I agree completely with your statement. However, I was not attempting to imply or make the jump that really shitty swimmers make really good coaches. I was pointing out that really shitty swimmers *can* make really good coaches, and their swim times should not be used as a parameter to discount their opinion. In one sentence, Paulo...I mean, The Authority, implies that someone else should not offer their insight because they are 2 min swimmer, and then in the next statement says very accomplished swimmers make terrible coaches for adults. For all I know the 2 min/100m swimmer is a terrible coach (and I would not say I agree with what they contributed), but I am not going to discount his insight because of his swim times. Hell, his times are probably better then Brett and a number of other elite coaches......this can be applied across all elite coaches in any sport.

But to answer your question, no, I do not believe that because really good swimmer make shitty coaches, that shitty swimmers make good coaches. However, there is a reason for the old phrase, those who can, do - those who cant, teach.