I think Webb's decision revolves around a question I asked before he went to Michigan. When a coach gets you to 3:53 at 18, why in the world would you want to leave him? Just think if Snell or Coe had gone to a U.S. university at 18.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Contopoulos Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 2:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: t-and-f: Michigan freshman Webb may turn pro... That seems crazy! After his cross success (atributable to Warhurst I imagine) why would Webb suddenly lose faith in him and his system? Didn't we all hear about the "Michigan" workout that Webb ran not too long ago? Surely that was with the team and not a Razcko supplied workout. I don't think Razcko has what it takes to make an Olympic medalist. Maybe he does... who knows? But as a fan of track and field in this country, and the mile and 5k in particular, I would hate to see Alan Webb never progress any further because he was afraid to leave Razcko. >From: "John N. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "John N. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: t-and-f: Michigan freshman Webb may turn pro... >Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 16:36:58 -0400 > >The problem is greater than just wanting to peak at the right time. Webb >has been practicing on his own, not warming up/down wqith the Michigan >team, >and in other ways not integrating himself into the Warhurst system. Webb >talks (or did throughout much of the spring) to Razcko every night, >seemingly undercutting Warhurst as his coach. If Webb turned pro, it is >unclear whether Warhurst would let Webb stay in his system, since by >turning >pro Webb would be trying to get back to his high school coach's system. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Contopoulos >Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 4:04 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: t-and-f: Michigan freshman Webb may turn pro... > > >It seems as though Webb wants to get away from Warhurst and move back to >Razcko more than getting away from NCAA comp. Can anyone verify this? I >would think it would be more like he would want to stay at Michigan, >training with the Kevin, Tim, Paul and Nate (could you IMAGINE a better >training group of North Americans???) perhaps take classes towards an >eventual degree, but not run NCAA comp. In this way he still gets all the >benefits of his current situation (classes towards a degree, training group >and a great coach) but can concentrate on running the races and peaking at >the times that make one a professional. With Nate running 1:47.00 >(shutting >down the last 100) last night, that makes Tim, Kevin, now Nate and Paul >from >last year to all succeed under Warhurst within the past 2 years. I don't >know what he can do with "mediocre" talent, but the guy obviously knows how >to develop World Class talent. > >Mike > > > >From: Dan Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Dan Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: t-and-f: Michigan freshman Webb may turn pro... > >Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 10:05:17 -0700 (PDT) > > > >"Cook has been a long-time mentor to Raczko. A year ago Raczko and > >Warhurst had a model relationship, talking constantly about short- and > >long-term objectives, including the 2004 Olympics. The relationship has > >deteriorated." > > > >That's quite a loaded teaser. Anyone know details? > > > >Dan > > > > > >--- Paul Merca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ...see Dick Patrick's article at > > > > > > http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/stories/2002-05-30-webb.htm > > > > > > Paul Merca > > > > > >===== > >http://AccountBiller.com - MyCalendar, D-Man, ReSearch, etc. > >http://Run-Down.com - 10,000 Running Links, Fantasy T&F > >------------------------------------------------------------ > > @ o Dan Kaplan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <|\/ <^- ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) > >_/ \ \/\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (lifetime forwarding address) > > / / (503)370-9969 phone/fax > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > >http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
