Yes, but the task at hand is analysing you, and asvising you in ways thay will see your performance increase. The task at hand for the coach isnt to go for a swim, bike or run.
Thinking is a different skill to doing.
Hoddle was obviously flawless in every professional regard, right? 
But i get your point.
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Do you want their race insight or yours?
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He must be quite dirty, or OCD. That will get about 9 hours cleaning a week around here.
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Fair point.
In fairness he does have a shaggy mutt. But he says people’s labour is Switzerland is just very expensive. Minimum wage 22.6 ChF per hour in Neuchatel canton according to random Google search.
He’s done some pretty good things with some handy athletes IMO. Although he did coach Luke Bell and the less said about that the better. 
and if you pop a few miles down the road to Aston, you’ll find a very good defender in his prime who hasn’t managed to pass on any of his experience to the defence whatsoever, or so results tend to show.
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Very topical, we play them tomorrow!
and if you’re that way inclined, put £££ on Traore to score at any time, 3/1 with some turf accountants, I know I will!
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Jiminez to score off a Traore cross.
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I am with @Hammerer and @explorerJC on this. I would want a coach who has spent time learning how to coach rather than they being KQ or pro-triathlete. I don’t need a coach for inspiration I want one to put the pieces of the training puzzle together in my context. A good athlete will know what works for them but maybe not for me.
I have a coach local to me who gets good results with athletes I know. I like him, he’s a really nice guy but I think we would annoy each other if we spent too much time together so I wouldn’t chose him as coach for that reason.
How many times, in a corporate setting, have we seen the best person in the team promoted?
Instead of managing their output and relationships, instead they have to manage their former colleagues. Their technical skill set is diluted, getting the best of the collective tales precedence.
This is no different. In fact I’d rather my coach have spent contributing research and analysing a diverse athlete range than locked on their own turbo trainer!
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But say Kona was your goal, wouldn’t you want a coach who had suffered the Queen K at least once? Then maybe later on turned their hand to helping other people do the same?
All these points, to me, spell out the same conclusion. Everyone is looking for something different. So there’s a different style of coach for everyone. Some want structure. Some want inspiration. Some want race experience. Some want coaching experience.
The tricky bit is finding the one that’s right for you!
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What does suffering on the Queen K teach you?
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Why? Would that help?
I’d much rather my coach, if I had one, have a plan to help ME get through it.
Absolutely, and on top of that the coach that people will respond best to may well change through their athletic journey. There are some coaches who seem to do fantastically well at getting people up off the couch and through the early part of their journey. There are others who excel at high performance marginal improvements but require the type of commitment that would likely kill off any enthusiasm from a beginner. Many people move coaches as their performance goals change.
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Well, there is an element of someone having walked-the-walk being highly useful. For example, you wouldn’t ask for life ‘coaching’ from a 15 year old. Doesn’t have to be at Kona specifically though; but you’d then want tips and advice from people who’d done Hawaii, if you KQd.
that’s a pointless straw man. The theme has been about coaching experience. This is not to say that a 15 year old couldn’t coach, but that you’d (hopefully) select a coach who can utilise those tips and advice to assist in making specific preparations (and contingencies) for you.
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