I know what you are saying, but at this point she needs to move on and plan for the future. No point in further finger pointing in the past. She can't change that, and if she learned anything, in the end it is her shattered dream not anyone elses. I get it that coaches are supposed to help, but maybe some coaches did try to help and she did not follow the plan or did more than the plan or do all the other things that every athlete is know to do to self sabotage. I don't have any visibility into either side of the story, just saying that at some point an adult needs to be accountable to themselves.

I know what you are saying about coaches support staff etc. To me that's another thing that needs to be fixed too (looks like they are already doing something anyway). Paula was a good athlete long before she had the help of all of those high profile coaches. She can drive her own bus a bit more and take some backseat navigation help from the rest of the crew that Triathlon Canada gives her rather than be a passenger!

but after the fact - the media storm, the firings, the muckraking, etc - i really do think paula should be owning more of that. step front and center and create the messaging. frankly, i think it wouldn't kill whitfield to, either. he played a big old part in stirring this pot. . .

Yeah, but the anemia part did not need to go on Paula's public blog. What did that solve? Was she blaming herself for the Anemia or the people around her?