My post was intended to start a dialogue rather than an interrogation! We’ll see what JV decides to address when/if he turns up. And no I don't have an agenda, except for (excessive?) curiosity. Yes, my invitation was sincere. Nor do I have 'issues' as one poster puts it (at least not to my knowledge!).
Sorry if some questions have been answered before - they were all new to my knowledge at least. My guess is that the disagreement on this point is due to the answers being out there if you read between the lines (indeed, that is how I came up with some of the questions in the 1st place - reading between the lines in interviews etc. - thank you to the poster who said my list was well researched!). The NYT Op-Ed was great, but I appreciated the higher level of specifics in bicycling.com even more (all the details there that Joe Public would not necessarily want or need). I guess I just wanted the info to be made explicit in these cases. Indeed yes, some questions JV cannot reasonably answer, but at least he can see what people want to know (and maybe it will give him ideas for the book that I hope he’ll write when/if the time is right).
Incidentally - when/will there be a book? I was happy to see David Millar write his while still in cycling - but I guess that the life of a team manager is very hectic.
I have to admit to being somewhat surprised by some of the criticism, but all points have been noted for the future! I decided not to trim the list just for the moment - I’m sure JV can quickly and easily sort the wheat from the chaff. My intention is that he can choose what he wants to address etc., and I tried to write it in a way that encourages expansion, discursion, context etc.
I think that any flack I get is nothing compared to what JV has to deal with on a daily basis!
And finally, hopefully others will add to the list, as one poster has already done - thanks for that!
- Argyle Fan
(p.s. Just to correct one poster's assumption - I'm female
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