Has anyone else noticed how Berea's teams get worse and worse every year. Looking at the results now makes me cringe a little. Not to knock anyone individually or to say that the whole team is bad, but as a whole it stinks. I also had to chuckle when I looked at the Cumberland results. I would have liked to have brought my middle schoolers to it. They certainly could have embarrassed the last few people in a lot of events.

I think that Jarod and Trey show some promise. They could be mid 15 guys if they take the initiative.

They need a real assistant in there to help with training. Coach still gets a good amount of talent but there just isn't anyone to actually coach the athletes. I don't think it's going to get any better either. Stu was the best possible coach we could have had when I went to Berea and coach J didn't even pay him enough to cover gas cost.

They have some guy who said something to the effect that he had a sprinter who wasn't that fast in the 400. He could run a 49 so he decided to work on this sprinters endurance and he was able to go out in 49 and hold on to run a 51 the next lap. So basically, he's a dumb ass.

I can honestly see why you would be offended, but I don't think anyone meant that as a personal attack. As former athletes its only natural to comment on the current state of the old school. I think its fair to say the program is less successful than previous generations (honestly I think we have been slowly getting worse since my time there) and I really did not mean that as a slam against you or any individual athletes. That is partially why I began the thread, I really wondered what's happening. I know that you have coached a lot of successful teams and I'm assuming your coaching hasn't changed much, so the mystery is what is different. Have I criticized your coaching before...certainly, but I have always maintained respect for you as a coach and a person. I apologize for offending you. If you hate me for it, thats fine. That's all the drama I can handle for a while.

regardless of whether coach got on to this thread or not, we have to understand that everything comes in cycles. one cannot be a 'winning' team all the time. there is a down time and an up time, you win some and you lose some. it is all up to the athlete in the end and the commitment betweent athlete and coach. as an avid runner and 'not a competitor' i dig the idea of challenging yourself and not a standard set by some dude and trying to achieve a goal that most of us will not reach. but thats just me talking. oh man, i found this midevil trail that will knock the socks off of you.

Well it wasnt me either but damn who ever it was it really fooled me at first. I also spoke with coach today and nothing was said about this so I doubt it was him. I thought it was Zach and I find it weird that zach posted right before coach did. HMMMMMM.