lightheir wrote:
JasoninHalifax wrote:
You guys have been talking about Sanders gets it all wrong for years, and yet... he still gets it done and it seems from his interview that he knows where he messed up and what he needs to do to correct it. The dude had an extremely sub-par day (by his standards) and still cranked out an 8:24 He'll be fine in Kona.
I'd strongly argue LS is outperforming what any coach could give him at this point based on his good judgment. I wouldn't have said so in his earliest years where he was making really obvious errors, but ultimately results are what matter most, and you gotta be kidding me if you look at his string of race results in the last year and a half and say he's going wrong. Even this alleged meltdown is pretty freaking awesome - 2nd place and only losing to a historic performance, on your WORST day - jeez, I'd take that any day, regardless of coach or not.
Even if this is the best LS ever gets (2nd at Kona, and his recent string of wins), it's an unabashed success the way he is doing it. Whether it be indoor training, semi to no coached, vlogging, etc.
2nd at IMMT to a first time IM finisher, by 15 minutes. Also, far from his worst day. Nobody is questioning his physiology or his talent, just his decision making process.
And yes. This is all armchair quarterbacking. But the guy is a celebrity in this world and a public figure, so it is expected.
And no athlete can ever "outperform" what a good coach can teach them. That's preposterous