Philip Hersh on Jim Scherr’s resignation
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Olympics reporter Philip Hersh has a story today on Thursday’s surprising resignation of Jim Scherr as USOC chief executive.
As Hersh writes, pushing Scherr out gives the rest of the world the old impression the USOC still can’t get its act together:
‘Where Chicago’s 2016 Olympic hopes are concerned, there could not be a worse time for the USOC to lose the man who has been its primary face since 2003. ... Now Chicago must waste time and energy before the Oct. 2 vote for the 2016 host in trying to explain why the USOC once again has an new CEO. Stephanie Streeter was given the job on an interim basis ... and [is] a complete unknown to nearly all the IOC members who will choose the 2016 host.’
-- Debbie Goffa