a do-everything prep to watch

[jazzcyclist]

Will Mike Holloway want to "waste" him in the decathlon when he's probably capable of scoring and/or winning three individual events?

[booond]

Will Mike Holloway want to "waste" him in the decathlon when he's probably capable of scoring and/or winning three individual events?

No.

[jc203]

I worry about precocious vertical jumpers. Knees are fragile things that tend to wear out after a certain number of explosive efforts.

[unclezadok]

Will Mike Holloway want to "waste" him in the decathlon when he's probably capable of scoring and/or winning three individual events?

Not when the meaningless NCAA team title is at stake.

[player]

Eaton and Holloway are two different body types. Eaton is a mesomorph; Holloway is all limbs. When Holloway is in his football duds, he conjures up Randy Moss, which Eaton assuredly does not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SygUrS1D44U

Holloway can be many things but he was never going to be a truly elite level decathlete, whoever his coach.

One more vid: the 25'11.5 LJ:
https://twitter.com/milestatdotcom/s...73762335809536

[Atticus]

One more vid: the 25'11.5 LJ

Maximal talent, minimal technique.

[booond]

Maximal talent, minimal technique.

Exactly what I thought. Plenty of potential.

[tandfman]

Not when the meaningless NCAA team title is at stake.

Meaningless to you, perhaps. But it's very meaningful to the coach (and the coach's employer) and to the athletes as well. Also to most of the people who actually attend the NCAA championships.

[jazzcyclist]

Not when the meaningless NCAA team title is at stake.

Meaningless to you, perhaps. But it's very meaningful to the coach (and the coach's employer) and to the athletes as well. Also to most of the people who actually attend the NCAA championships.

Amen! To the athletes, coaches and supporters of the schools, the NCAA team title is the holy grail of the sport on the collegiate level, not the decathlon title, or any other event title for that matter.

[Atticus]

Amen! To the athletes, coaches and supporters of the schools, the NCAA team title is the holy grail of the sport on the collegiate level, not the decathlon title, or any other event title for that matter.

There's LOTS of money at stake there - coaches contracts and athletes' scholarships. The NCAA Championships are much more important than many countries' National Championhips, and certainly have better marks across the board.

[gh]

NCAA team titles are also of high import to everyday journalists. Team titles have a far greater chance of getting a school some love with the general media than do individual achievements.

[lonewolf]

Meaningless????????????????

[Atticus]

Will Mike Holloway want to "waste" him in the decathlon when he's probably capable of scoring and/or winning three individual events?

Mouse will usher him over to his jumps coach and make him a 27-footer by next May.

[aaronk]

I'd leave a dec until his soph year of college.
Let him develop more first---get faster, stronger, etc.
Get better marks---maybe high 26's in the LJ--even 27, and faster in the hurdles & 400.
Also should wait because of the differences between a HS dec and a Collegiate/Pro dec---higher hurdles, heavier weighted implements.

[jazzcyclist]

Mouse will usher him over to his jumps coach and make him a 27-footer by next May.

And he'll put him on the relays too, a la Christian Taylor.