Katelin Snyder: The Coxswain Turning Tragedy Into Triumph For Team Usa In Rio | TIME

It's the most dominant American team you've likely never heard of: the U.S. women's eight rowing squad, which has won every world title and Olympic gold medal since 2006. In Rio, a new coxswain takes over Olympic duties.
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Katelin Snyder: The Coxswain Turning Tragedy Into Triumph For Team Usa In Rio | TIME
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[@stevefull6726]

Avant-tom, I have never responded to anything online before, but I will now. I rowed with Katelin for 3 years at UW and was a part of 2 of those National Championships. A coxswain is the most integral part to a winning boat and a successful team. Without her we would have been nothing. To say that a coxswain does not work is insane! That is like saying that your coach does no work in preparing the team, because they are not physically exerting themselves. Or its like saying a bench player for an NBA championship team does not deserve a ring because he did not play in the final series. To your point, work is defined as activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result. A coxswain takes over all the mental responsibilities of the rowers. Everything from technical elements, motivational elements, and strategic elements and making those "game time" decisions that make or break your day. I emphasize "your" here because the rowers depend on those leadership skills and decision making responsibilities in order to achieve the optimal boat speed and the desired outcome. A coxswain exerts themselves in a way that benefits the team to achieve their purpose and hopefully the best result. You may have rowed for 4 years in high school, but you never understood the sport and what it means to be a teammate and a champion.

[@dugfriendly]

Go Huskies! One of my buddies in the mid-80's was on the UW lightweight crew.

[@Ncaravias]

dugfriendly I don't think UW has a lightweight crew, maybe they did in the past but I've never heard of it

[@TheStuport]

Welp....The "Eight" won a Gold........WAY TO GO TEAM

[@ferryengr]

Get that girl a Husky shirt!

[@AvantTom]

You didn't win 3 national championships. You didn't win shit. You're the cox. You got your job because you're light.

[@bigkushgod]

shes the igl bro

[@AvantTom]

the what?

[@eilrabike6040]

Your opinion means exactly nothing. You're not in that boat.

[@AvantTom]

you're talking about giving a medal to someone who does zero work.

[@AvantTom]

according to the definition of work, which you are free look up in the dictionary, it is a straight up fact that cox does zero work. ALL of the work that moves the boat is done by the rowers. When is the last time you saw a cox throw up at the end of a race huh?