To understand why someone would lash out so severely, you have to have a little inside baseball about coaching hierarchy in the US. Having coached in two countries, there is something very unique about the way top American coaches are elevated.
Two days ago, bundled up for a frigid run with my wife, I found myself thinking about my upcoming podcast interview with Bob Bowman. There’s definitely not a meme out there where a woman wonders what her silent husband is thinking about, and it turns out it’s chatting up the coach of two of the greatest swimmers in the history of the sport.