I just don’t understand why a coach would try to “reinvent the wheel” when the methods were in place that had proven to be successful. ANYONE who has been around the pro game realizes that you have to be “ON” every time you step on the track. There’s little, really no room, for low-key competitions, at least outdoors. It’s basically run fast early, run faster late.
As bad a Christopher has been, Kunkel has been worse. What I find irksome is that his difficulty with previous high volume SE programs is well documented. Assuming that he is doing the same work as Christopher, he has returned to the same level as when he arrived in Edmonton.