Alan Webb » Confirmed: Alan Webb leaves Alberto Salazar

You forgot about Steve Sherer being there as well!! ;)

Lys - You see that's just the problem, "Choice". There's too much damn choice in this country when things don't go perfectly our own way. Girl friends, marriages, jobs, etc...... seems nobody has the balls and internal fortitude anymore to actually stick with something or someone when the going gets tough! "Choice" is like a cancer that misdirects our attention from simply getting on with the business of being our best. Does this guy honestly think Salazar is trying to sabotage him? Give him workouts that set him up to underachieve? What the hell kind of paranoia is that? If the grass always seems to be "greener over there", then you're almost always guaranteed to bring your own personal weeds with you! Pathetic - this is a sad state of affairs!

Patriot I agree the as a nation we really need to get our development system together of the young talent that we have here because there are too many athletes who have great potential falling through the cracks and yet I do agree Webb is a moron from what I've seen of him he just races dumb but also needs to see a coach through for longer then some months but he shouldn't of gone into group with no middle distance runners in the first place and a coach who doesn't coach em normally.

Hey thats fine make some more room for wheating

who cares he is past it ... in mind, body and spirit.

You can tell by his eyes ... he has no confidence, frustrated, this will only lead to injury ...

big set up for april fools?

Webb needs to train at altitude to jump start his career. Flagstaff? Oh, and an April Fool's joke in March would be the most lame one ever.

why was Harry Groves not on this list?

he should take his coaching from god just like ryan hall

I'm not sure what to make of this. I believe he made a mistake, Webb is really starting to fall off what he used to be. Alberto has a history of coaching great athletes. Hopefully this movie work out well. It definitely is more than Alberto, Webb seems to have a pretty big ego if he's letting go of yet ANOTHER coach.

This doesn't make any sense. He hasn't given the training he is working on a chance to kick in. Something doesn't smell right. Although I think he would do really well training with Leer, Bethke, Willis, and Emanuel.

New coach: God

Very stupid move on Webb's part. Salazar was going to take him places. To curious, Webb will most likely NOT be undoing training, you don't make up for lost time in running, that's how you get hurt.Mark I also disagree that Ryan Hall is the best distance runner in the country. He races at most twice a year and has not had a Hall-level performance in the marathon since a few years ago. Alan Webb is also no longer one of the top middle distance runners in the country. Andy Wheating, Nick Symmonds (for 800m), Nick Willis, and Leo blow him out of the water. He USED to be the top middle distance runner. He could've been again under Salazar. He has trouble taking his ego and putting it aside, which is more than likely a major factor in all this.I also disagree that Webb will move back to Warhurst. Webb left UMich for a reason (of which would be he disliked Warhurst's training and how he was improving under Warhurst). Webb's been a guy of bad decisions: leaving UMich, going back to his high school coach, now leaving Salazar. I got news for you people, Salazar is THE creme de la creme of international coaching today.

First, i still think this is a big, really stupid April fools joke.

But if it is true, while all the potential coaches mentioned are great coaches the only one that would make sense at this point in Alan's career would be to join Cook's group. Although, i was really excited to see what the slimmer Alan would run this year under Al Sal.

Lets take a look at each coach/group.

Cook: His training methods are basically what Alan did with Raczko. So its a proven recipe with but with the master chef. Plus there are the MD horses there to train with. It's a pro group who spends countless hours at the track doing all the ancillary work one can imagine. Webb's ecstasy. I think he would fit nicely into the dynamics of the group. But does he want to be the focus or can he play nicely with others?

Rowland: Symmonds is fast but limited to the 800. Can that group give Alan the aerobic challenge he needs? Would be an easy move since its in the same area.

James Li: may be a great coach and his training methods may match but at this point in Alan's career thats a big leap of faith. and he would still be the stepchild.

Vig: college coach with college responsibilities.

Warhurst: cant see him going back there with the way college went. Ron has a history of breaking guys or getting them in great shape. very risky.

Vin: college coach with lots of studs to worry about. Wheating is a beast and its local for Alan, assuming he wants to stay there. Has Vin had much post collegiate success beyond the first year post college?

Shu: 5/10k oriented. Lots of studs for sure. Maybe too many? Wouldn't be much of a transition geographically.

I'd have to think he would look for what he knows worked and try to improve on it.

VIG!