Tina Jordan! I know a few people on the list would prefer her over a medal.
He was partying with her, after the Super G.  He had no race the next 
morning. . .

Don't forget, Bode already has Olympic medals.  Compared to him, Johnson
was a flash in the pan.  

Remember, Phil Mahre, he found the Olympics annoying.  Granted he did better
then Bode, but he was boring.  Bode is fun.

The tiger ears had to go because they were considered advertising for 
Kellogs.

John, I have never seen you so worked up.  What about the people
you work with, are you scaring them?  They must be keeping their distance 
from you.   Did you bet everything you own, on the US ski team?




On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:51:58 -0800, John Crowley, Jr. <<a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind0602C%26L%3DSKIVT-L%26E%3D0%26P%3D857195%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fplain" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>>
wrote:

>On 2/21/06, T O S <<a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind0602C%26L%3DSKIVT-L%26E%3D0%26P%3D857195%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fplain" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>> wrote:
>> This one has the makings of a thread that will go on and on.
>>
>> These are for all intent and purposes, professional athletes.
>> They got to this point by knowing what works for them.
>> I do not believe micromanaging their behavior is not going to change the
>> results.
>>
>> Personally, I liked Stiegler's little dance.  I liked the pearls and the
>> tiara.  Ski racing is a dying sport.   Having all racers act like uptight
>> Austrians is not going to help revive it.   The sport desperately needs
>> athletes with
>> personalities.   Bill Johnson may have been a jerk, but he was good for the
>> sport.
>>
>
>The difference is Bill Johnson actually won a gold medal and a few
>World Cup races.
>
>Acting silly or "over the top" when your performance is near
>irrelevancy is ridiculous.  Kinda like those celebrations by NFL
>receivers when all they've done is catch a first down pass.  Give me a
>break.
>
>What does Resi's dad think?  He of three Olympic medals?  See below.
>
>And apparently, Bode's PBR diet is not the only thing holding him back
>these days.
>
>***********
>
>"Her father nodded approvingly when told about the tiger-ear
>prohibition, which may be lifted for Wednesday's race.
>
>'The Olympics idea should not be sidetracked with gimmicky stuff,'
>Pepi Stiegler said. 'I'm not saying that her tiger ears are gimmicky.
>They're kind of fun throughout the year. People like it. But the
>Olympics are the Olympics.'
>
>Not that Pepi Stiegler is all tradition and earnestness. Now 68, he
>laughed sympathetically about the waywardness of Bode Miller, recently
>photographed in a Sestriere nightclub with Tina Jordan, Playboy's Miss
>March 2002."
>
>From:
>
>"Former Star Now in Role of a Father"
>
>By NATHANIEL VINTON - New York Times
>Published: February 21, 2006
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/sports/olympics/21resi.html?_r=1
>
>Or:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/rwcdc
>
>
>> I am not upset with Bode.  I agree with him, that he could have just as
>> easily been sitting there with 4 gold medals.   However, this is ski racing.
>> Nobody is guaranteed anything.  Once a race starts, it is a clean slate,
>> anyone entered in the race can win it.   Stuff happens.  Being in Nike
>> ads doesn't guarantee anything.
>>
>> It is too bad some coaches may lose their job, but that is the life of
>> a pro-coach.  If your athlete wins, you look good.  They don't live up to
>> expectations, you get fired.   It may not be fair, but it is the way sports
>> world wide.   They can't fire the athletes.
>>
>> I can't imagine the pressure some of the athletes feel at the Olympics.
>> In the US they know that these are the only races that really matter.
>> They must hear it over and over from the coaches and USSA.  If they let the
>> pressure get to them, they will not perform to their best.  If putting on
>> a string of pearls helps you relax, then go for it.
>>
>> I don't subscribe to: if you don't win, you should be crying.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 20:46:27 -0800, John Crowley, Jr. <<a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind0602C%26L%3DSKIVT-L%26E%3D0%26P%3D857195%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fplain" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On 2/20/06, John Crowley, Jr. <<a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind0602C%26L%3DSKIVT-L%26E%3D0%26P%3D857195%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fplain" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>> wrote:
>> >> On 2/20/06, Matthew Kulas <<a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind0602C%26L%3DSKIVT-L%26E%3D0%26P%3D857195%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fplain" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>> wrote:
>> >> > I think you're dead wrong on this, Gramps, er, John.  These are kids
>> >> > here, why can't they have a little fun.  Stiegler, Richardson,
>> >> > etc.--they're psyched just to be at the games.  A tiara or pearls
>> >> > certainly isn't going to hurt their skiing, and I'm sure they're out
>> >> > there working their sessa off.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> I don't question their work ethic.  I question their intensity AT THE
>> >> OLYMPICS when they're wearing that crap.
>> >>
>> >> You can wear anything you want, or nothing at all - if you are winning.
>> >>
>> >> If you are not winning, it just plain looks silly and as if not committed.
>> >>
>> >
>> >Or try this one on TEO.
>> >
>> >How about if Jimmy comes down wearing Mardi Gras beads after the first
>> >run of the SL?  He's barely better than mediocre in the standings and
>> >yet at the same time starts making a spectacle of himself in the
>> >finish, complete with goofy faces at the camera and doing "muscle
>> >poses", etc. (the male equivalent of said "preening" around in earlier
>> >reply).  Screaming and hollering like he's the Incredible Hulk.
>> >
>> >And then on the 2nd run.... he's not any better in the standings,
>> >doesn't ski that well, and does the same thing in the finish area.
>> >
>> >Since this is not the reeb league at Bolton, TEO - what would you
>> >think about his focus or intensity and commitment to having his best
>> >effort in the Olympics?
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> > --Matt K.
>> >> >
>> >> > On 2/20/06, John Crowley, Jr. <<a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind0602C%26L%3DSKIVT-L%26E%3D0%26P%3D857195%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fplain" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>> wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Speaking of a Ski Team fiasco, how about those US women in the
>> >> > > combined SL, specifically Mancuso and Stiegler?
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Mancuso wearing a "tiara" and Stiegler in pearls - how cute?  There's
>> >> > > time for fun and games like you're at a VARA J4 race or something, but
>> >> > > I don't think the Olympics is one of them.  They are too veteran
>> >> > > (World Junior titles, World Cup starts, etc.) to have to deal with
>> >> > > pressure by doing that kind of stuff.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Yeah, from their perspective, maybe it's going to be "cool" to be seen
>> >> > > in Olympic footage for the rest of your life wearing some wacky outfit
>> >> > > - but nobody's going to care if you finish 9th or 11th or wherever
>> >> > > they were.  That was just ridiculous.
>> >> >
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