Jim Scherr
Jim Scherr
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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 want to make sure to emphasize that the action of a few will reflect on the many.
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I think it's good. They're expressing themselves in their own individual ways. They're a reflection of who they are. Our athletes have the ability to express themselves freely.
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We have serious concerns over the actions of this particular N.G.B..
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There are a couple areas where we thought we'd perform better but we didn't. We just have to go back and work a little harder for Vancouver.
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We think there's an opportunity for a performance that could come close to or match what the athletes achieved in Salt Lake City. We hope they'll be able to achieve at that level. We'll tell you after the games how we did.
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We had 34 podium finishes in Salt Lake City and 75 top-eight finishes. We expect this team to do very well. We're not going to predict how many medals we might win in these games.
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This team has taken a bit of a hit because of their comportment.
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This team has taken a bit of a hit because of the expectations of some high-profile athletes. It was a case of mismanaged expectations and some unforeseen circumstances. But we'd hope a few incidents would not overshadow what we view as a great performance by our team.
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This team has a taken a hit in terms of its comportment here in Italy because of a couple of incidents involving some high-profile athletes.
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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 will make sure our edicts are followed to the highest degree. And overall, we've had almost all our athletes and teams do that. It's unfortunate that a few athletes have colored the rest of the delegation.
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Unfortunately a few can color the rest of the delegation, but that's life.
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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.