[quote]curious as george wrote:
webb is in trouble, big trouble, and if he doesn't make the squad, serious doubt should be cast on last year's accomplishments. [quote]
Please explain to me again how webb is in "big trouble" from running ONE race on the track! how does this years ONE result cast doubt on last years accomplishments if he doesn't make the squad? The Webb camp is silent, as far as I can see, on where they are in training or what they are planning, but casting the whole of the 2008 season as a disgrace after one race seems a little ambitious to me.
I would like the coach to come out and discuss stuff with the world but it doesnt seem important enough to them. That can mean more things than alan being in big trouble. I will be more interested in the 800 result on the 14th than what the boards say right now. the hype goes both ways: "OMG!! Puskedra might run 8:30s,.. how fast can German go???, Jelimo is so new to the 800 how much better can she get?" then when the results come in time after time that "ho hum, nothing new to see here" kind of keeps things in perspective. Alan has run ONE race on the track. lets see where things go over the next 3 weeks. if he utterly fails, then we can bash him on the boards. but until then, lets see if he might actually be in good position for being competetive at the right time.