"Your freshman year Coach Putyrae helps develop you a lot, believes in the potential you have, and is always available for a meeting. However, not much can be said positively for the years after. I watched him change his training plan every year since I've been here, and now his mentality just seems to be that whatever team can squeeze the most meters into one practice will win NCAAs. Little seat racing done, and girls passing out at practice seems to be a weekly occurrence. While I am able to push myself further than I thought I could, doing 24K on the erg every steady state practice makes the team culture one of exhausted and burnt out athletes. I felt anytime an athlete brought any of this up to Coach Putyrae, he never felt he could make any change to make the athletes happy, and in turn didn't listen to them."

"His strategy is simple; make his kids swim in fear. His inability to connect with swimmers makes him hard to like. Talks crap about you in front of other swimmers, and racist remarks were said on pool deck. Gets away with a lot on deck, would not want my kid to be coached by him. No respect for others"

"Has his favourites. Has the emotional stability of a 14 year old girl. He is extremely divisive, when he decides he doesn’t like someone then he will harass them to their face and behind their back to other swimmers."

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"Be straight up. Get to know your players. Help them out "

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"He is very Helpful"