It is amazing that he thinks he is the right man to lead the IAAF away from corruption and into the light. The evidence is that there has been systematic, endemic corruption there for years, that the committee must have known about it and that his right hand man was heavily involved in the Russian bribery scandal. Throughout all of that Coe has been the Vice President and a committee member. He either knew all about it, turned a blind eye or didn't do his job properly. Perhaps he was too busy being an ambassador for Nike to notice what was going on under his nose. Does he not realise that while ever there is suspicion or doubt about him he can not carry on. There are lots of people completely unconnected with the organisations past who could take it forward. It doesn't need to be him. Why is he hanging on? That of itself demonstrates a further lack of judgment at best and an astonishing arrogance at worst.
I do agree, yet, I also think it is possible that he still remains a 'right 'person' for the job.
Of course, it is possible that in big organisations the right hand does not know exactly what the left is doing, but either way there may be all manner of reasons the organisation and Coe could not act unilaterally. Management structures are complex and there are so many things to account for it is often best to proceed cautiously. In any case, everyone is human and without real proof of specific wrongs it is perhaps harsh to write him off.
He has years of experience and now everything is coming out he may be much more empowered to act and his true strength may possibly now come to the fore.
I respectfully but completely disagree Ian. I am not saying he is corrupt, but with the Nike link and now the WADA findings the fact is that he was at the absolute heart of an organisation that was systematically and fundamentally corrupt and his own judgment has been called into question. Even yesterday he was apologising if his previous statements had given the impression that he hadn't thought there was a big problem. Whoever leads an organisation like that forwards needs to have everyone's full confidence, and if there is even a lingering doubt about that person's past involvement or judgment then that person can not be the right person for the job. Otherwise every decision he makes will be viewed with a little bit of suspicion, which will hinder progress. I say again, there must be dozens of other credible candidates for the job from outside the organisation who can come in and say categorically that they are nothing to do with it's past, which will give them a clean piece of paper. Coe needs to put the well being of the organisation before himself, step aside and let someone come in from outside to take it on.