Talk:Courtney McCool

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This is fantastically POV. I don't mind the unsourced statements that much because there is a lot of intrigue surrounding what went on behind the scenes between the prelims and team finals in Athens, but its overly negative about the decision made.

To my knowledge, nobody in the know has ever publicly explained what went on. It may be that McCool was benched because of weak prelims performances, it may be because her wrist injury was giving her trouble, it may be because of her mental state. It could be any or all of those. There must be a better way to incorporate this though. For a start, its implied that Marta made a mistake leaving Courtney out, but while some of her selection decisions are certainly open to criticism she could hardly have used her if she was mentally and/ or physically not up to it. If anyone knows of evidence that McCool was only omitted because of her mistakes in prelims, please do add it.