Deanouk wrote:
Unfortunately, there are several posters on here who want to se Coe fail. Never mind all the good work he has done and sticking to his guns re banning Russia, something the IOC didn't have the balls to do.
If he was so corrupt then why take the hard stance against Russia, resulting in death threats to him and his family? If he hadn't banned them he'd be damned and criticised, and by banning them he is still being damned. He can't win.
As D. Pound stated at the time, Coe is the best man to deal with the situation.
You raise some good points. I mean when I read today's articles, I initially was going to put above the QOD, "Did Seb Coe lie to Parliament?" but then went for the nuanced, "Seb Coe has some explaining to do.'"
The article we were linking to was totally changed so we've changed the QOD as well.
It's pretty clear that Seb Coe did know the IAAF was screwed up berfore the German ARD report came out. I imagine if he goes back to testify, he'll say he didn't know the full scope of scandal until the report came out and thus won't be caught in a lie
I don't have the transcript of his testimony in 2015 so i don't know for sure what he said (Update: Weldon found some stuff and the key word I think is "scale"), but I did find it interesting that in Sean Ingle's column today before the hearing he wrote the following, "In December 2015 Coe appeared to indicate to the culture, media and sport select committee." See how he used the word appeared. So I don't think they'll get him in a flat out lie.
They'll get a politician being a politician.
Should we be outraged? Maybe, but waht does that accomplish? Should we want him fired? I dont' think so.
"I think the question we need to be asking is, "Is it good or bad for the sport if Coe falls on his sword?" It kind of seems right now we have the perfect scenario - if he stays. Why? He's a very high profile guy, who has a lot of connections, with big business experience but one who will be under enormous pressure to do the right thing on doping.
If random person "John Doe" was the head of the IAAF would he be testifying before Parliament? No they would not.
I'm pretty damn confident if I was in Coe's shoes, I wouldn't have acted like he did. But then again, I would have never been political enough to rise to VP of the IAAF in the first place as you have to kiss too many butts. But couldn't one say, "He realized he absolutely had to get elected to save the sport and to do so he had to try to publicly kiss Diack's butt?"
Imagine if Sergey Bubka had been elected to head the IAAF instead of Coe. We'd basically have Russia in charge. Remember, Bubka is a pro-Russian person from Ukraine - which is pretty unusual.
Politics is messy my friends. I think Coe getting grilled but staying may be the best scenario. Then again, I can understand it if people are just tired of the excuses we make for those in charge of the sports we love.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/inside-lines-sergei-bubka-s-appeal-for-peace-sits-uneasily-with-his-russian-ties-9162907.html