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<\/a>ross, on , said:<\/p>

\nMore insight from LetsRun.com - http:\/\/www.letsrun.c...-fired-0915.php<\/a>
\nLRC: Why Doug Logan Is Out At USATF And Where It Goes From Here LetsRun.com co-founder Weldon Johnson offers his analysis of the Logan dismissal. The outsider likely had zero built-in allies in USATF, which even USATF admits is an organization that is inherently "dysfunctional" in its setup. And when an outsider, not an insider over promises and possibly under delivers he's immediately thrown to the curb as no one's got his back. Regardless, the key thing to focus on is not why he's gone but what type of person does USATF hire to replace him and how do we prevent history from repeating itself as it appears the initial search process was poorly done.
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\nI'm of the opinion that the biggest thing the board needs to look for in their search is this:
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\n1. Someone who can raise money.<\/strong> I see the CEO of USATF position as similar to that of a president of a college. His biggest job is to look good, speak good (okay, speak well<\/em>...), and get people's checkbooks pulled out.
\n2. Someone who has a specific vision for growing this sport at the grassroots level.<\/strong> It's all fine and dandy that Americans are running faster than ever, in greater numbers than ever, in the upper echelons of the sport. But, and this goes back to my first point, a sport cannot grow financially if there is no fan base<\/em> to support it. The model that US Soccer has utilized isn't a bad method of growing a sport from the ground up, rather than top-down.","date_added":"Sep 18th 2010, 12:03am","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":12888,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-5171.jpg","pb_title":"werner","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=5171","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/willmusto.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"2312"},"85978":{"pb_id":"4","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"85978","comment_id":"85978","member_id":"4","comment":"More insight from LetsRun.com - http:\/\/www.letsrun.c...-fired-0915.php<\/a>
\nLRC: Why Doug Logan Is Out At USATF And Where It Goes From Here LetsRun.com co-founder Weldon Johnson offers his analysis of the Logan dismissal. The outsider likely had zero built-in allies in USATF, which even USATF admits is an organization that is inherently "dysfunctional" in its setup. And when an outsider, not an insider over promises and possibly under delivers he's immediately thrown to the curb as no one's got his back. Regardless, the key thing to focus on is not why he's gone but what type of person does USATF hire to replace him and how do we prevent history from repeating itself as it appears the initial search process was poorly done.","date_added":"Sep 16th 2010, 10:13pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":{"wally_id":"31","email_settings":"127","email":"ross@teamxo.com","address":"ross","gender":"m","member_id":"4","member_name":"ross","avatar_location":"av-4.jpg","avatar_type":"upload","avatar":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-4.jpg"},"can_delete":false,"item_id":12888,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-4.jpg","pb_title":"ross","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=4","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/ross.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"31"},"85814":{"pb_id":"901","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"85814","comment_id":"85814","member_id":"901","comment":"speechless.","date_added":"Sep 13th 2010, 8:38pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":12888,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"members\/avatar\/3683.jpg","pb_title":"David Pickett","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=901","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/davidpickett.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"1357"},"85783":{"pb_id":"4","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"85783","comment_id":"85783","member_id":"4","comment":"UPDATE: ``I have my head held high,'' says Logan
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\nBy Philip Hersh
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\nIt seems as if you can file this the under inmates running the asylum.
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\nThis is what ousted chief executive Doug Logan told me by phone after the USA Track & Field board of directors announced Monday it was making what looks like a costly decision to dump him after barely two years on the job:
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\n``Discussions related to the terms of my separation are ongoing, and I can't comment further on them at this point,'' Logan said.
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\n``I have spent 26 months investing my soul in this sport and this federation. Some remarkable transformation has taken place in that time. I am extremely proud of what the staff and I have been able to accomplish.
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\n``I have my head held high. I will pay no attention to anyone who wants to denigrate my record.''
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\nhttp:\/\/newsblogs.chi...-ceo-logan.html<\/a>","date_added":"Sep 13th 2010, 5:23pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":{"wally_id":"31","email_settings":"127","email":"ross@teamxo.com","address":"ross","gender":"m","member_id":"4","member_name":"ross","avatar_location":"av-4.jpg","avatar_type":"upload","avatar":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-4.jpg"},"can_delete":false,"item_id":12888,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-4.jpg","pb_title":"ross","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=4","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/ross.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"31"}},"last_id":"85783","url":"comments.php?item_type=news&item_id=12888&item_url=profile.php?member_id=3026"}