Jim Scherr
Jim Scherr
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TV ratings, particularly in the U.S. market, are critical to the long-term cause of the movement.
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We don't want to second-guess what people do. But at certain points, if certain behavior becomes a distraction to teammates or reflects poorly on the entire U.S. Olympic team, we want to step in and take some action.
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We wanted to take a step that really drove and emphasized performance.
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We will use a number of things that happened here to point out specifically to our next teams, case studies, if you will, how to react and how to present themselves in the games' environment.
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We want to make sure to emphasize that the action of a few will reflect on the many.
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Many people don't realize that women's wrestling is now an Olympic sport, ... It was a great experience for me to coach that team. It was an honor to be selected to do so.
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Prior to Salt Lake, we were an afterthought as a winter sport nation. We had won a few medals, the highest being 13. But we really weren't considered one of the powers in the Winter Olympic Games.
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Don't wait for someone else to fix your property. Be part of the leadership team and build El Paso ... take your money, build what you got and be proud of it. Make it what it can be,
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Equally troubling is the manner by which this matter, and others, has been handled by the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation, which long ago could have taken steps to address and correct this situation. As a result, America's skeleton athletes have had to deal with an unnecessary distraction during their preparation for the upcoming Olympic Winter Games, and that is unacceptable.
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The wrestling world and the state of South Dakota can be very proud of what Jim has accomplished in his life; I know I am. There aren't many jobs in the sports world as powerful as the one he has. And to have someone in that job who comes from a wrestling background is great. He is dealing with some of the most influential business and sports leaders in the world on a weekly basis.
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So overall these Games have seen both mismanaged expectations and some unfortunate and unforeseen circumstances.
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We should have given him the support earlier. We're doing it now.
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This has been an incredible performance. It's probably our fault that it's been viewed a little less than that.
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They represent the country. If someone says he skis wasted, yes, we will step in at some point in time and we would be concerned.