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Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby
Um, if they are doing their bests and not medaling how do you hold them accountable? Tell them to be better than they are? Even if they're doing their best?
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I think it's the goal setters that should be held accountable in this case, not the athletes.
I don't see many Canadian athletes dramatically underperforming. With very few exceptions, many are doing as well as expected and some have exceeded expectations.
There's a big difference between being a medal hopeful (which I interpret as being in the contention: a top 10 raning heading in to the event and hoping you have a good day and land on the podium) and being likely to win (which I interpret as being top 3 all season long heading into the games).
Honestly, how many Canadian athletes so far have come in with a top 3 or 4 ranking in world cup events or world championship events and completely bombed? Not many.
On the other hand, there have been several that had a chance, and in the end it didn't happen for them. I'm sure the goal setters were counting on of a few of these to come up big and it just hasn't happened.