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Originally Posted by Roughneck
Wallisch is definitely a headscratcher for the U.S. but the money they have down there just allows for so much depth in their programs that they can just keep doing stuff like this. He may be the face of their freestyle team but NBC will be so busy talking about Vonn that they won't have time for anybody else.
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Vonn is hurt? Also the development of freeskiers really doesn't have much to do with how much money the US Olympic Team gets. Realistically if Tom Wallisch was Canadian he'd still be getting lots and lots of dollars from North Face etc. to do his slope thing. These guys weren't trained by their national teams for the olympics because before now there was no olympics for these guys. I think it's more a matter of population and the volume of talent they can draw from.