Aw, c'mon guys. Marty asks some legitimate questions at the end of
his e-mail - and so far he's received 3 responses - all of which are
slamming him because he asks "where did he run?" amongst his other
questions without going farther.
Let's look at it (Marty's questions enumerated):
1. Does anyone know anything about Webb's coach?
-- pretty open-ended.
2. Where did he run?
-- OK, you guys are rippin' on him here - then stopping.
3. How good was he?
-- same as above
4. Has he gotten lucky the past few years or has he
produced good runners from other years?
-- legitimate coaching question
5. Is he the next Pat Tyson or Joe Newton?
-- legitimate coaching question
It seems to me it would be more productive for someone to speak up
and answer the questions - rather than just question the validity of
them.
I don't know much about Raczko. He organizes the Northern Virginia
Track Club. I know South Lakes' track team was 4th in the state last
spring, and 7th in the state XC meet last fall. In 1999, they were
8th in regionals for XC - which is their semi-final. They have about
25 boys on their XC team, and are a big school.
FWIW, Joe Newton has phenomenal turnouts - finishing with 80+ runners
each year. Also, in case anyone cares, Newton was a sprinter in
college. His times sounded good to me - they wouldn't be great by
today's standards - but Newton is about 72 years old - so I try to
put it in context of 50 years ago.
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Does anyone know anything about Webb's coach? Where did he
> run, how
> good was he, has he gotten lucky the past few years or has he
> produced good
> runners other from other years? Obviously South Lakes is a very
> good HS
> program is they have another kid that can do 3:00 for 1200m. That
> poor kid
> is a good runner in his own right and no one even knows his name.
> I thought he was a young coach. Is he the next Pat Tyson or
> Joe
> Newtown?
> Marty O.
>
> In a message dated 01-05-30 12:30:48 EDT, you write:
>
> << I think a lot of times what turns a great high school runner
> into an
> afterthought is the change in coach in college. If I was a college
> coach and
> Webb was coming to me I'd be asking Webb's high school coach for a
> little
> help now and then, just so I don't screw things up. Find out what
> Webb has
> been doing and keep doing it. If it isn't broke, don't fix it. >>
=====
Dave Cameron
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