Man I came on here pretty anti-Rupp but y'all are swinging me the other way. Sure message boards and armchair coaches/players tear up players in every sports, but they have the comfort of knowing there are millions of other fans who aren't hypercritical dbags, whereas Letsrun and other message boards pretty much constitutes the entire fan base, so it must suck for Galen knowing that he takes American distance running to Unprecedented heights and gets nothing but crap for it. I'll never look up to him the way I do/did the more personable, funny, or badass runners like the Big Mazungo, Chris Derrick, Solinsky, Jäger, and Bumbalough (for example when Bumbi out kicked Dupp in a prelim to show he wasn't intimidated and Rupp ignored his hand, and the boards ripped Bumbi), but Rupp doesn't deserve this level of vitriol unless there is legitimate proof that he cheats. He can't help it that he's a normal guy instead of a reality tv level personality a la Nick Symmonds.