Jeff Hartwig for USATF president!

[TrackCEO]

I conducted a brief email Q&A with Jeff Hartwig, who just returned from Germany and his last elite vault competition.

Among other things, he talks about becoming a sports agent or coach, and perhaps trying the decathlon some day:

http://masterstrack.com/blog/002823.html

Watch out, Skeets and Greg! Here comes Jeff. Show me the money! :lol:

K E N

[polevaultpower]

I think he'll make an amazing agent for vaulters. He is very well-connected within the sport and understands the special needs of vaulters.

I hope he stays involved with the USATF side of things and works to improve things there.

[gh]

Being "well connected" and "understanding the needs" is all very nice, but I'm not sure Jeff has--at the risk of offending my agent friends--the essential ingredient for truly successful agentdom: being a hard-headed, won't bend (word I don't really want to use) who would sell his mother down the river.

There are a few nice-guy agents, but the successful ones play (very) hard ball.

Maybe Jeff can whip out a snake when the negotations get tough :-)

[TrackCEO]

I hope he stays involved with the USATF side of things and works to improve things there.

That's a thought!

Jeff for USATF president!

K E N

In fact, I'm starting the Draft Hartwig Movement:
http://masterstrack.com/blog/002824.html

Here's what he'd be working with:
http://www.usatf.org/about/financials/taxes/

[polevaultpower]

Being "well connected" and "understanding the needs" is all very nice, but I'm not sure Jeff has--at the risk of offending my agent friends--the essential ingredient for truly successful agentdom: being a hard-headed, won't bend (word I don't really want to use) who would sell his mother down the river.

There are a few nice-guy agents, but the successful ones play (very) hard ball.

Maybe Jeff can whip out a snake when the negotations get tough :-)

He's not _that_ nice. I think he would hold up just fine in negotiations, especially once he's been at it a few years.