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Three male runners have left the Northern Arizona Elite in the past week. First Scott Smith, then Scott Fauble, and finally Rory Linkletter announced they were parting ways.
Scott Smith announced his retirement first. Scott Smith has had some good races. For example, he placed 6th at the 2018 Boston Marathon. While it's always sad to see an athlete leave, this didn't surprise me. His races at the 2020 Marathon Trials and the 2021 Boston Marathon show that his days of top-ten finishes may be over.
Within a week, Scott Fauble and Rory Linkletter both announced that they were leaving the team. While Scott Fauble has been with the team for seven years, Rory Linkletter has been on the team for a little less than three years. After seeing some impressive workouts and a commanding performance at CIM, I'm interested to see what Rory Linkletter will do next.
Scott Fauble specifically said:
> I truly believe in what NAZ Elite is doing from a business and culture standpoint, and I will always root for NAZ Elite athletes. That being said, it’s time that I go my own way.
What are your thoughts? Is this just the changing of the guard? Is the timing just because of contracts expiring all at once? Are they fed up with Hoka One One's failure to create a competitive carbon plated racer? Or are they looking to improve by changing their training stimulus? What training group will Scott Fauble and Rory Linkletter join?
#Update
Ben Rosario put out his thoughts and an explanation for some of the changes. You can find them here. He mostly confirms what was already public or suspected:
- There are no dramatic rifts under this shakeup. Ben says, "As a lifelong sports fan, [this week] sounds totally normal to me and doesn’t seem like a big deal."
- Scott Smith is retiring, Scott Fauble and Rory are looking for something new, and NAZ elite did not renew Sid's contract.
- Fauble and Rory have plans, but they're not public.
- There will be some new athletes at NAZ elite this next year.
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His results are coming from consistently elite target volume, and there's not much reason to expect his usage to drop off in these next two games - Hockenson isn't coming back and things don't look great for Swift either, and the Lions are actually winning games. And he has two great matchups in these next two weeks. Continuing WR1 production might not be in the cards - but it might, and even if Swift does get back on the field, continuing WR2 value seems pretty likely.
Might want to check your wire.
Best:
+2.52: Pedro
+2.44: Hazard
+1.91: Loftus-Cheek
These players are scoring harder chances.
Worst:
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-1.46: Morata
-1.44: Giroud
These players are missing easier chances.
Here's my list:
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- Zestium Beam
- Wrecking Phoenix
- Runboldt Beam Shell
- Origium Beam
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Bogut (74.5%), Livingston (71.2%), and Iguodala (71.1%). These are for shots from 0-3 feet and source is basketball reference's shot finder. The shooting of Steph and Klay seems to have some benefits besides just the points.
Oh and Kevin Durant was 6th last season at 70.7%
Now that we have our winner, I love to see how a team of her and her besties would do it a game.
Taking the top 6, I'm thinking the following team:
Top - Neeko
Mid - Lissandra/Syndra
Jungle - Diana
ADC - Miss Fortune
Support - Morgana
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