He Speaks the TRUTH wrote:
FAT Nuts wrote:OU probably spends 2-3 scholarships on distance runners
OSU spends all of theirs on distance runners.
How is taking 12.6 scholarships and beating people with less considered great??
The only reason OSU wins is they out spend everyone else.
IF the OU football team had 10 scholarships and OSU had 80 it would be ridiculous, and everyone would be talking about it.
It is that way in XC. IF Martin put 12 scholarships in distance it would be a different result
The distribution of schollys is a very real and factual point in this discussion. So I would say both are great coaches, though Martin has definitely done more with less in the distance events/CC. Dave is probably more appealing to the majority hs recruits because of his age/personality -but if a kid was mentally tough enough to deal with Martin he will make you great.
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"mentally tough enough to deal with Martin he will make you great" ... I believe that.