There are not that many athletes who really work on team pursuiting. Therefore, the absolute worst he should have done at Nationals was second or third. His team got seventh. I cannot believe what some people believe. And the real education starts in the field with learning how to use all of that knowledge.
Theory sounds great but practical application gets the job done.
Then there is the myth among some intellectuals that coaching is for dummies. They believe that coaching is a manual labor type of job that doesn't require any intelligence. But let's analyze that and see what coaches really do. You gather information, analyze information, and make decisions based on the analysis of that information. We call that thinking, you know, like CEO's, scientists, and other intelligent people do.