Pmoax19
October 22, 2009, 12:25am
36
He ran 44.93i very early in '05 and then left his coach @ ECU. He struggled to replicate indoor times (notice his outdoor best is actually relatively slower and run just shortly after leaving his coach, running much slower overall throughout the rest of the season). From people I know that were running at ECU at the time, who have gone to the most recent Olympics and World Championships (ie people who saw the full training and knew what he could do in the right situation), said he was likely able to dip below 44 THAT season outdoors if he just stuck it through. The 44.93i was quite submax and very early. The ECU guys did little work under Coach Carson for indoors and basically no unloading for those early meets.
I know the guy you are talking about and he has a tendancy to see things more optimistically than they are. I doubt that he would have gone sub 44 that season.