There's potential he could come on ST to talk shop. There's a lot that goes into coaching athletes's at that level. Very rarely does an athlete stay with the same coach their entire career. As GJ's current coach once told me over beers:

Coaches are troughs for athlete's to come and graze and then go to the next one.

Another nugget from Joel Filliol:
-the moment you lose trust in the other person, you better end the relationship sooner rather than later. That's from the coach or the athlete side, it's sometimes very much a 2 way street with what either party will allow from the other person.

It's part of high performance. For context since Knibb post junior racing years- this is her 3rd coach at age 26. OB- Henderson- OB- DL


I also think it's really hard to coach athletes at the WTCS level that are from the same federations inside your private squad. There's just too much messiness that then comes into play. Obviously if your the federation paid coach (US doesn't really have 1 centralized "coach"; they sorta let the athlete's get whwoever they trust to coach them) then your coaching everyone, but if your a private coach, it's almost better to keep it 1 gender per federation in your squad. You can have different levels of athletes like WTCS level athlete and a "development" athlete, but if you have 2 US women going for basically the same spot; it's really really hard to keep everyone happy in that situation.

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Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II