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Eric Roza fires Dave Castro as Director of Sport of CrossFit

Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:55 am
Posted by LSUAlum2001
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Posted on 1/5/22 at 8:55 am
Roza stepped away the last few months for mental health reasons.

I guess he thought Castro was the root of all his problems?
Posted by GhostofLesticleMiles
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Posted on 1/5/22 at 9:41 am to
Posted by boxcarbarney
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Posted on 1/5/22 at 9:53 am to
Castro always came off as a douche nozzle. He chased away the best SMEs Crossfit ever had: Mark Rippetoe, Robb Wolf, and others.

Robb Wolf on Dave Castro and the Black Box Summit
Posted by lsu777
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Posted on 1/5/22 at 9:53 am to
well castro is a giant douche so.....
Posted by burgeman
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Posted on 1/5/22 at 10:30 am to
The amount of knowledge in the initial days of CrossFit is pretty amazing.
Posted by olemissfan26
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Posted on 1/5/22 at 11:21 am to
Dude probably couldn’t stand the fact that Castro wasn’t a yes man and actually had motives other than the bottom line. All the new ownership/leaders care about is turning CrossFit into another corporation they can use to milk affiliates and members for money.

Love him or hate him Dave deserved better than this. And the way this was put out tells you all you need to know about Roza. Will be interesting to see how they spin this move.
Posted by BigPerm30
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Posted on 1/5/22 at 3:08 pm to
Dave and Assman made the sport. You think they'll still have access to the ranch?
Posted by LSUAlum2001
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Posted on 1/5/22 at 3:27 pm to
I think Dave was the guy behind the CrossFit Games from the beginning.

And no, I doubt they have access to Castro's family property moving forward.

Castro recently posted a picture on his IG feed with him visiting and having drinks with Glassman. I doubt that went over well at current CFHQ.
This post was edited on 1/5/22 at 3:28 pm
Posted by Bison
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Posted on 1/5/22 at 6:58 pm to
Castro is a douche bag with bird legs, I understand he had a significant, and probably central role in making the games what it is today, and I can respect that, but In the back of my mind, He aggravated the crap out of me for some reason.
He can’t even RX works out that he programs .
Posted by olemissfan26
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Posted on 1/5/22 at 7:46 pm to
quote:

He can’t even RX works out that he programs .


this is a dumb reason not to like him. 99% of the general population can’t RX games workouts and most people that do CrossFit can’t finish games workouts to the intended stimulus. Yeah I can do “the standard” but I’m getting time capped.

ETA: also all the idiots hating on him have no idea what they want to replace him. 100% they will end up hating the guy who replaces him more for shitty programs.
This post was edited on 1/5/22 at 7:50 pm
Posted by 3nOut
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Posted on 1/5/22 at 10:38 pm to
I have no love for Castro as he’s always seemed like a douche but I can’t help but think that this is related to woke reasons.
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