apparently, the intended sarcasm didn't come through as i had intended....the fact is, i dig what the kid has to say. that doesn't mean i always agree with him, or that much of what he says wouldn't pack a much greater wallop if he ran as well as he has a bit more consistently...
my point is that we gripe and moan about a definite lack of exposure, a lack of 'personalities', a lack of anything where the rest of the american sporting scene is concerned and now we've got an interesting head going with a very talented body and it's time for him to "shut up and get a normal hair cut"? no thanks. just because he doesn't fit into someone else's paradigm of good behavior befitting a creative, intelligent athlete in his early 20's, doesn't mean i don't have room for him in my spectrum. i'll take gabe's weirdness anytime: good, bad or indifferent. besides, most distance guys i know are nuttier than a stuckey's pecan log...they just don't have articles written about them,their antics or their thoughts on something other than how it feels to run four laps in under four minutes. "when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." -toby From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: Jennings craps out Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 09:20:27 EDT Excellent answer as a coach and human being re: Gabe _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com