Thoughts. I have first hand experience on number 9.) Great coach probably one of the best. Very greedy human being. His entire idea of life success is based on running. He made a comment about a former runner of his and about how proud he is. Yet what is success when you have nobody to share it with and you have yet to establish yourself in a real career? Number 9.) Does not look beyond the track and is also incredibly immature in the sense that he still looks at former athletes as failures because they moved on or partied in college. The real successful former runners of his I'd say are the ones that have a successful marriage, children that look up to them, and have built a successful foundation in life off the track. 9.) Has a successful program but once each of those athletes run out of time as an athlete he will be done being an influence in there lives because that is how #9 operates part of the reason why he can't hold down any business or relationship off the track.
In professional running the athlete's relationship with their coach is business not personal. How many NFL players really like their coach? It's irrelevant.
Can we please not post stupid questions like this? This is merely opinions and no way of telling the right answer or not.
💯 It’s pretty much a beauty/popularity contest decided by people who couldn’t possibly know the relevant facts.
I agree that we can't really know the facts, but it is interesting to see the public perception of different coaches, group cultures, etc. That perception affects, in part, how people are attracted as fans to cheer for specific runners and training groups... which is why most of us are on LRC in the first place.
How about Jon Green? Molly Seidel, Grayson Murphy, and Emily Infeld all seem to love him. There's also Ben Thomas and Mike Smith, though I'm not sure if those should count