Handovers are extremely difficult and very costly.
When did the USA men’s 4 x 100m team last strike gold at the olympics?
You may be surprised that it was way back in 2000!
A silver, 3 DSQs (1 for doping) and a DNQ from the last five Olympic Games.
Handovers are tricky in athletics and are just as common and disastrous in football.
Sack, Appoint, Clear-out of ‘crap’ players, new players signed on 2 or 3 year contracts – honeymoon over, team struggles, sack manager, appoint new manager…
