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A decade has passed since Apolo Anton Ohno, Derek Parra and Sarah Hughes took their golden turns on the Salt Lake City Olympic ice; since U.S. men swept snowboard medals in a Utah halfpipe; since Vonet- ta Flowers rode a Park City bob- sled run to history, becoming the first black Winter Games champion. In those 10 years, the U.S. Olympic Committee has tried twice to bring another Olym- pics to U.S. soil. And failed miserably. As Salt Lake City marks the 10th anniversary of its Games — the opening ceremony was on Feb. 8, 2002 — U.S. Olympic bid ambitions are on hold while the USOC and the International Olympic Committee jockey over revenue sharing. The earliest the USA could host another Olympics is 2022, when a Winter Games will be held. It could be much later. “We’re not considering a winter or a summer bid right now,” says Scott Blackmun, the USOC’s chief executive officer. That’s nothing to panic over, says Jon Killoran, CEO of the Reno-Tahoe Winter Games Co- alition, which hopes to make a bid to bring the Winter Games to Reno-Tahoe in 2022. It’s part of the Olympic process, which often takes time. “We’ve stated all along that the USOC has been very suc- cinct in what they need to ac- complish with the IOC in terms of a revenue-sharing agree- ment,” Killoran said. “We sup- port and understand that proc- ess, and we continue to prepare ourselves so that at the appro- priate time, when the USOC wants to move forward with the bid process, we can be ready to do that.” Killoran said it was in 2009 when the IOC and USOC first began to negotiate the revenue- sharing agreement, and at that time they set 2013, prior to when the host of the 2020 Games will be announced (on Sept. 7, 2013) as a guideline to have an agree- ment in place. Not having a home Games on the horizon, Blackmun says, af- fects Olympic awareness among fans and impacts to some extent how much sponsor and donor money the USOC raises to train Olympians. Over SALT LAKE ANNIVERSARY Jill Bakken, right, and Vonetta Flowers start at the top of the hill in the women's bobsled competition on Feb. 19, 2002, in Park City, Utah. They won the gold medal. MICHAEL CLEVENGER/GANNETT NEWS SERVICE FILE An Olympic issue USOC has no plans for 2022 bid — for now Staff and wire reports UPCOMING OLYMPIC GAMES SUMMER 2012: London 2016: Rio de Janeiro 2020: To be awarded in summer 2013 WINTER 2014: Sochi, Russia 2018: Pyeongchang, South Korea 2022: To be awarded in summer 2015 See OLYMPICS, Page 5D THE FILE ON NICK ROLOVICH BORN: Feb. 16, 1979 POSITION: Offen- sive coordinator/ quarterbacks coach HOMETOWN: Daly City, Calif. PLAYING CAREER: Arena League (five teams from 2003-08); Denver Bron- cos (2002-03); Hawaii (2000-01); San Francisco CC (1998-99). COACHING CAREER: Hawaii (2008- 11); San Francisco CC (2007-08) What happens when you take one of the top pass-game coach- es in the nation and fold him into one of the country’s dominant rushing attacks? Wolf Pack football fans are about to find out. Continuing a complete over- haul of his coaching staff, Neva- da coach Chris Ault hired offen- sive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Nick Rolovich on Wednesday morning. “The Pistol offense is special and now it’s going to get bigger, stronger and faster,” Ault said. The 32-year-old Rolovich spent the past four seasons at Hawaii, including the past two as the team’s offensive coordi- nator. Rolovich, who also played quarterback at Hawaii and in the Arena Football League, is considered one of the top young offensive minds in the nation. His Warriors teams were annu- ally among the nation’s top pass- ing teams. The Wolf Pack has been among the top rushing teams. Rolovich said he was excited, honored and impressed with the Wolf Pack’s program, adding that his goal is to make Nevada the top offense in the nation. Ne- vada hasn’t been far off the past few seasons, ranking in the top 12 nationally in points per game in three of the past four seasons. Ault said the addition of Ro- lovich is expected to spark a Wolf Pack team that took a step backward last season and fin- ished 35th in the nation in scor- ing offense. “This wasn’t broken,” Ro- lovich said. “We’re just trying to see how good we can make it. We’re just trying to make it a little more scary. It’s already pretty feared. People always have fear about Nevada be- cause of the offense. Our de- fensive coaches (at Hawaii) told me that. Hopefully we bring a little more fear, a little more intimidation and we score as many points as we can.” The move to hire an offen- sive coordinator/quarterbacks coach was a stark change for WOLF PACK FOOTBALL Pack adds pass-first Rolovich Former Hawaii OC expected to spark Pistol offense Chris Murray [email protected] Nick Rolovich See COACH, Page 3D OUR TAKE Nick Rolovich got his peanut butter on Chris Ault’s chocolate. Or maybe Ault got his chocolate in Rolovich’s peanut butter. Whatever, the Pistol and the run-and-shoot are two great tastes that should taste great together. Ault’s announcement Wednesday that he has hired “Rolo” as the Wolf Pack’s new offensive coor- dinator and quarterbacks coach seems to have come out of left field. It has, and why shouldn’t it? The week began with Ault’s left-field announce- ment that he was giving up those duties to focus on the defense. Ault probably didn’t hire Rolovich, Hawaii’s offensive coordinator in 2010 and 2011, to install the Warriors’ run-and-shoot offense into Ault’s Pistol scheme, but the possibilities are endless and tantalizing. It was Rolo who incorpo- rated parts of the Pistol into Hawaii’s offense in 2010, and in their first game the Warriors racked up 588 yards in a 49-36 loss to USC. The Pistol became a bigger part of Hawaii’s offense a year later. This much I know: When these two sit down to discuss their visions, I’d like to be a fly on the wall. You can email the author of this take at [email protected] ‘ROLO’ AND THE PISTOL HAVE GREAT POTENTIAL DAN HINXMAN SECTION CONTACT LAUREN GUSTUS 775-788-6326 [email protected] S PORTS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012 ● RGJ.COM/SPORTS D WEDNESDAY’S SCORES NBA Milwaukee 105, Toronto 99 Orlando 102, Miami 89 New York 107, Washington 93 San Antonio 100, Phila. 90 Cleveland 99, L.A. Clippers 92 Atlanta 97, Indiana 87 Detroit 99, New Jersey 92 Chicago 90, New Orleans 67 Memphis 85, Minnesota 80 Dallas 105, Denver 95 Houston 103, Portland 96 NHL Buffalo 6, Boston 0 Detroit 4, Edmonton 2 Anaheim 3, Carolina 2 (OT) Calgary 4, San Jose 3 No exact formula exists for beating the Wolf Pack — after all, the team is 19-4 this season — but the one thing that team after team after team has tried to throw at Ne- vada this season is a zone de- fense. And lately, that zone has thrown the Wolf Pack of- fense out of sync. When Nevada faces Ha- waii at 9 p.m. tonight, Wolf Pack coach David Carter said he expects his team to see yet another zone. As a result, his team has worked more on its zone of- fense as it looks to rebound from its first loss in 10 weeks — a 72-68 loss to Idaho on Sat- urday in which the Wolf Pack struggled for good looks against the Vandals’ zone scheme. “We’ve been working on it a little bit more because I think we’re going to see it more,” Carter said. “We had some close games against the zone and now that we’ve dropped one, teams are go- ing to look at that and say, ‘Maybe this is the remedy to beat them.’” The Wolf Pack made only 40.4 percent of its shots over two games last week, both against zone schemes. Ha- waii is likely to use its unique WOLF PACK BASKETBALL Pack looks to solve zone ‘D’ Nevada coming off first loss in 10 weeks Chris Murray [email protected] See PACK, Page 6D WOLF PACK BASKETBALL WHO: Nevada (19-4, 8-1 WAC) at Hawaii (13-9, 5-3) WHEN: Today, 9 p.m. WHERE: Stan Sheriff Center (10,300 capacity) in Honolulu RADIO/TV: 94.5 FM/KAME BETTING LINE: Nevada favored by 1.5 points Shoving a Shark The Sharks’ John McCarthy, left, is pushed away from the puck by Calgary defenseman T.J. Brodie during Wednesday’s NHL game. NHL standings, 5D. JASON O. WATSON/U.S. PRESSWIRE INSIDE THIS SECTION Columnist Tim Dahlberg says sagging TV ratings have the BCS’ attention. 3D
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A decade has passed sinceApolo Anton Ohno, Derek Parraand Sarah Hughes took theirgolden turns on the Salt LakeCity Olympic ice; since U.S.men swept snowboard medalsin a Utah halfpipe; since Vonet-ta Flowers rode a Park City bob-sled run to history, becomingthe first black Winter Gameschampion.
In those 10 years, the U.S.Olympic Committee has triedtwice to bring another Olym-pics to U.S. soil.
And failed miserably.As Salt Lake City marks the
10th anniversary of its Games— the opening ceremony was onFeb. 8, 2002 — U.S. Olympic bidambitions are on hold while theUSOC and the InternationalOlympic Committee jockeyover revenue sharing.
The earliest the USA couldhost another Olympics is 2022,when a Winter Games will beheld. It could be much later.
“We’re not considering awinter or a summer bid rightnow,” says Scott Blackmun, theUSOC’s chief executive officer.
That’s nothing to panic over,says Jon Killoran, CEO of theReno-Tahoe Winter Games Co-alition, which hopes to make abid to bring the Winter Gamesto Reno-Tahoe in 2022. It’s partof the Olympic process, whichoften takes time.
“We’ve stated all along thatthe USOC has been very suc-cinct in what they need to ac-complish with the IOC in termsof a revenue-sharing agree-ment,” Killoran said. “We sup-port and understand that proc-ess, and we continue to prepareourselves so that at the appro-priate time, when the USOCwants to move forward with thebid process, we can be ready todo that.”
Killoran said it was in 2009when the IOC and USOC firstbegan to negotiate the revenue-sharing agreement, and at thattime they set 2013, prior to whenthe host of the 2020 Games willbe announced (on Sept. 7, 2013)as a guideline to have an agree-ment in place.
Not having a home Games onthe horizon, Blackmun says, af-fects Olympic awarenessamong fans and impacts tosome extent how much sponsorand donor money the USOCraises to train Olympians. Over
SALT LAKE ANNIVERSARY
Jill Bakken, right, and Vonetta Flowers start at the top of the hill in the women's bobsled competition onFeb. 19, 2002, in Park City, Utah. They won the gold medal. MICHAEL CLEVENGER/GANNETT NEWS SERVICE FILE
An Olympic issueUSOC has noplans for 2022bid — for nowStaff and wire reports
UPCOMING OLYMPIC GAMES
SUMMER
2012: London
2016: Rio de Janeiro
2020: To be awarded in summer2013
WINTER
2014: Sochi, Russia
2018: Pyeongchang, South Korea
2022: To be awarded in summer2015See OLYMPICS, Page 5D
THE FILE ON NICKROLOVICH
BORN: Feb. 16,1979
POSITION: Offen-sive coordinator/quarterbacks coach
HOMETOWN: DalyCity, Calif.
PLAYING CAREER:Arena League (five
teams from 2003-08); Denver Bron-cos (2002-03); Hawaii (2000-01); SanFrancisco CC (1998-99).
COACHING CAREER: Hawaii (2008-11); San Francisco CC (2007-08)
What happens when you takeone of the top pass-game coach-es in the nation and fold him intoone of the country’s dominantrushing attacks?
Wolf Pack football fans areabout to find out.
Continuing a complete over-haul of his coaching staff, Neva-da coach Chris Ault hired offen-sive coordinator/quarterbackscoach Nick Rolovich onWednesday morning.
“The Pistol offense is specialand now it’s going to get bigger,stronger and faster,” Ault said.
The 32-year-old Rolovichspent the past four seasons atHawaii, including the past twoas the team’s offensive coordi-nator. Rolovich, who also playedquarterback at Hawaii and inthe Arena Football League, isconsidered one of the top youngoffensive minds in the nation.His Warriors teams were annu-ally among the nation’s top pass-ing teams. The Wolf Pack hasbeen among the top rushing
teams.Rolovich said he was excited,
honored and impressed with theWolf Pack’s program, addingthat his goal is to make Nevadathe top offense in the nation. Ne-vada hasn’t been far off the pastfew seasons, ranking in the top12 nationally in points per gamein three of the past four seasons.
Ault said the addition of Ro-lovich is expected to spark aWolf Pack team that took a stepbackward last season and fin-ished 35th in the nation in scor-ing offense.
“This wasn’t broken,” Ro-lovich said. “We’re just tryingto see how good we can make it.We’re just trying to make it alittle more scary. It’s alreadypretty feared. People alwayshave fear about Nevada be-cause of the offense. Our de-fensive coaches (at Hawaii)told me that. Hopefully webring a little more fear, a littlemore intimidation and wescore as many points as wecan.”
The move to hire an offen-sive coordinator/quarterbackscoach was a stark change for
WOLF PACK FOOTBALL
Pack adds pass-first RolovichFormer Hawaii OC expected to spark Pistol offenseChris [email protected]
NickRolovich
See COACH, Page 3D
OUR TAKE
Nick Rolovich got his peanut butter on Chris Ault’s chocolate.Or maybe Ault got his chocolate in Rolovich’s peanut butter.Whatever, the Pistol and the run-and-shoot are two great tastes
that should taste great together.Ault’s announcement Wednesday that he has
hired “Rolo” as the Wolf Pack’s new offensive coor-dinator and quarterbacks coach seems to havecome out of left field. It has, and why shouldn’t it?The week began with Ault’s left-field announce-ment that he was giving up those duties to focus onthe defense.
Ault probably didn’t hire Rolovich, Hawaii’soffensive coordinator in 2010 and 2011, to install theWarriors’ run-and-shoot offense into Ault’s Pistol scheme, but thepossibilities are endless and tantalizing. It was Rolo who incorpo-rated parts of the Pistol into Hawaii’s offense in 2010, and in theirfirst game the Warriors racked up 588 yards in a 49-36 loss toUSC. The Pistol became a bigger part of Hawaii’s offense a yearlater.
This much I know: When these two sit down to discuss theirvisions, I’d like to be a fly on the wall.
You can email the author of this take at [email protected]
‘ROLO’ AND THE PISTOL HAVE GREAT POTENTIAL
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WEDNESDAY’S SCORES
NBAMilwaukee 105, Toronto 99Orlando 102, Miami 89New York 107, Washington 93San Antonio 100, Phila. 90Cleveland 99, L.A. Clippers 92Atlanta 97, Indiana 87Detroit 99, New Jersey 92Chicago 90, New Orleans 67Memphis 85, Minnesota 80Dallas 105, Denver 95Houston 103, Portland 96
NHLBuffalo 6, Boston 0Detroit 4, Edmonton 2Anaheim 3, Carolina 2 (OT)Calgary 4, San Jose 3
No exact formula existsfor beating the Wolf Pack —after all, the team is 19-4 thisseason — but the one thingthat team after team afterteamhastriedto throwatNe-vada this season is a zone de-fense.
And lately, that zone hasthrown the Wolf Pack of-fense out of sync.
When Nevada faces Ha-waii at 9 p.m. tonight, WolfPack coach David Cartersaid he expects his team tosee yet another zone.
As a result, his team hasworked more on its zone of-fense as it looks to reboundfrom its first loss in10 weeks— a 72-68 loss to Idaho on Sat-urday in which the Wolf Packstruggled for good looksagainst the Vandals’ zonescheme.
“We’ve been working on ita little bit more because Ithink we’re going to see itmore,” Carter said. “We hadsome close games againstthe zone and now that we’vedropped one, teams are go-ing to look at that and say,‘Maybe this is the remedy tobeat them.’”
The Wolf Pack made only40.4 percent of its shots overtwo games last week, bothagainst zone schemes. Ha-waii is likely to use its unique
WOLF PACKBASKETBALL
Packlooks tosolvezone ‘D’Nevada coming offfirst loss in 10 weeks
Chris [email protected]
See PACK, Page 6D
WOLF PACKBASKETBALLWHO: Nevada (19-4, 8-1 WAC) atHawaii (13-9, 5-3)
WHEN: Today, 9 p.m.
WHERE: Stan Sheriff Center(10,300 capacity) in Honolulu
RADIO/TV: 94.5 FM/KAME
BETTING LINE: Nevada favoredby 1.5 points
Shoving a Shark
The Sharks’ John McCarthy, left, is pushed away from the puck byCalgary defenseman T.J. Brodie during Wednesday’s NHL game. NHLstandings, 5D. JASON O. WATSON/U.S. PRESSWIRE
INSIDE THIS SECTION
Columnist Tim Dahlbergsays sagging TV ratingshave the BCS’ attention. 3D
