young adults appear to be the most irrational people on the planet. its a time of life when people seem to be the most irrational, the most self centered, least responsible.
when faced with hard difficulties they will tell themselves that they were lied to, mislead, or question the leadership etc.. so for xc runners they will say the coach doesn't know how to train runners, or that they can't motivate, or that they race too much, or that they race too little, the school "sucks" or whatever else... I guarantee whatever they say it will NOT be "I went there but I wasn't a good enough student/runner to succeed in that program." they will not own it........... until they're 30.