Ed Arzouian: douchebag

Fausto Coppied

Kinash's stupidity was so monumental it is hard to believe he could make the same mistakes over and over again unintentionally.

Looking at Hamilton 2003 Kinash allowed control of the World Road Championships, an event under CONTRACT to the CCA, to be taken away and used to benefit the Canadian Football League and its suppliers. He left control in the hands of David Braley and Neil Landsmen, two guys who had never seen a bike race. The World Cycling championships were managed by two guys who had never seen a bike race.



Kinash doesn’t bother showing up in Hamilton in June 2003 for the National Championships. Three months before the worlds, to gauge progress.



Kinash leaves the CCA marketing position vacant from May 2003 to November or October 2004 more than 18 months. He left it vacant throughout the build to the Worlds and the event itself. As a results the CCA walked away form the $15,000,000 event without one new sponsor.



When he does hire somebody it is somebody with no cycling experience. That person fails miserably to do anything for the association or the sport.



Kinash hires a Chief Operating Officer two years later after botching the dismissal of Pierre Hutsebaut and Kinash hires a guy, Steve Lacelle without any cycling experience whatsoever.



Lacelle resigns but not before telling everybody the CCA needs a Ken Read-like person to run the sport in Canada.



Kinash again hires somebody without any cycling experience, Lorraine Lafreniere.



Kinash repeatedly made the very same mistake over and over again for four years.



It was so obvious it was a bad move every time, it is difficult to believe he did not do it on purpose to ruin the sport.

melslur

Geez, looks like we are on a downward spiral. Try to show some class; just maybe others will follow.

God again

Sorry, but that's been tried before. Good for you that you're an optimist, though.

God again

Anyway, the point of this thread is to show that quantity of views, which Ed keeps holding up as a symbol of the importance and popularity of his views, is irrelevant. Crap like this gets hundreds of views, his thread on Westwood gets, what 60? 70? The only constant to the number of views is Ed losing the handle and attacking people personally, and getting attacked back. Every thread that gets significant views has that in common.

Fausto Coppied

Well, I must then thank you, for adding to the discussion and raising the number of views to allow me to continue to point out the failings of the CCA.

As for Kris Westwood in particular, he should just have adimtted he didn't know about the points and that he made a mistake rather than add this stupid explanation below. After years of assisting in the CCA decline, Westwood is now part of the problem:

CCA Response (Kris Westwood)

This came as a surprise as COPACI (Pan Am Games Association) had stated at last year's Pan Am congress that no UCI points would be awarded at the Games.

I checked with Peter van den Abeele at the UCI, and they used a completely different rationale to award points to Pan Am Games in mountain bike versus NOT awarding points to road and track.

The intent here is to give another points scoring opportunity to South American nations, as they have very few mountain bike events on the international calendar.

The argument for not giving points to road and track is that the Games have very limited participation through a restrictive qualification process, and there is also a Pan Am championship on the calendar so points couldn't be given to both events.

In the end, the former arguments won over the latter in mountain bike, and the opposite was the case in road and track. (Kris, WTF are you saying????? Sounds like you had no clue before and still have no clue now. Apparently spending too much time at the CCA makes you into an idiot)

God again

Hey, stay on topic, dickwad. The point of this thread is "Ed Arzouian, douchebag." You want to discuss Kris, I recommend you repost to "Clueless in Rio and whatever." That will raise its pageviews to 72.

Fausto Coppied

When do you think you started setting the agenda?

Fausto Coppied

Oh, look another stupid decision by Kris Westwood, High Performance Director! There is no respect, say Euro Pros....

No respect indeed. That is what I have been telling you all along. That is what Bill Kinash has done to the sport. This is what people have been saying about Westwood.

July 4/07 8:30 pm EDT - Are Regulations Hurting Our Sport? - an Editorial
2. Alison Sydor and the Worlds. We wrote recently that Alison Sydor will be racing the Trans Alps multi-day race this month, and will therefore miss the Nationals. Now, the CCA - via the High Performance Committee - has a requirement that, with almost no exceptions, a rider must attend Nationals in order to be allowed to go to the Worlds.

In general, this is not a problem, and we agree that riders should not be skipping Nationals unless there are exceptional circumstances. Conversations with members of the HPC suggest that they are afraid of creating a precedent if they grant Alison Sydor a 'bye', and that it is therefore quite conceivable that Canada's most consistent Worlds finisher ever (14 consecutive top-5 finishes) will sit out the world championships this year - a critical year for Olympic points.

Leaving aside the fact that Canada could shoot itself in the foot by leaving a proven performer off the team, what sort of impression does this leave about loyalty?

I drove back from the St-Felicien World Cup to Montreal airport in convoy with Jose Hermida and Ralph Naef - the Multivan Merida pros. We stopped for lunch along the way, and Jose asked about what Alison is up to. I explained that she is doing some multi-day racing, and that there is a chance that she would not be allowed to go to the Worlds.

They were both shocked.

"This is not right," exclaimed Jose. "What about everything she has done for Canada in the last 14, 15 years? There is no respect."

http://www.canadiancyclist.com/default2.html

Rob Jones of Canadian Cyclist asks, "Are regulations hurting our sport?".

Of course they are Rob, The CCA is hurting our sport but 99% of the time you do nothing about it . You support the CCA because you milk them for cash.

God again

When I started the thread. You see, the way threaded discussions work, someone starts a topic, and others dicuss the topic. If they want to discuss another topic, they start another thread. If you focus hard I'm sure you'll get it.

Anyway, it just goes to show, a crappy thread like this is at 400 views, and your clueless is at 72, and that's probably all you. It just goes to show, what gets people here is watching you get kicked around and come back for more, not your asinine views on cycling.

Fausto Coppied

Put Ed Arzouian's name on anything and it draws a crowd.

Uboat

Did you forget your meds today, Mr. Arzouian? You're speaking about yourself in the third person again.

Have a good day, you two. Hope you have a nice weekend getaway at the Bates Motel. Maybe Uboat will see you there.

Fausto Coppied

Thx for reading, Uboat. As usual you have absolutely nothing to offer to the discussion but it is nice to know you're out there...., way out there.

Uboat

Dear Mixed Up Fausto/Ed,

It's hilarious to all of us here that you are so insecure you find the need to defend yourself to your apparent personality disorder, especially when it is in this thread that is so aptly named.

So, all I can say is it's true: Ed Arzouian = Douchebag, and have a good weekend.

Fausto Coppied

Sure thing, Uboat, what ever you say.Do you have any cycling related comments?