Now is the time to quote this one as well: Note the 8:05-8:10 forecast for this year. Also, Schumacher has Pascal Dobert, Steeple Olympian helping him with Jager.
26mi235 wrote:
malmo wrote:After watching the video I would say that "possibly" is an understatement. Jager isn't "potentially one heck of a steeplechaser" nor is he "a project". Jager is the best American steeplechaser I've ever seen. He could be giving clinics right now.
For a neophypte he does everything right. It appears that his natural lead leg is his right, but when he leads with his left there's a slight upper body rotation. Pretty much every steeplechaser who has ever lived does that off the "wrong" leg. He's got no lapses of confidence going into the barriers, and what I really like most of all, is that if put into the lead he attacks.
It remains to be seen how he does when he runs out near his physical edge, but I have a hunch that 8:05 to 8:10 will be his sweet spot this year.
Needless to say, I'm very impressed.
I'm completely befuddled how Schumacher could get it so wrong with Bethke, yet have had this kid under his nose undetected all this time? Now it appears that both runners have found their real events.
Schumacher makes mistakes but tends to learn from them. It appears that he has done this again in this case.