Heres one for you.......
http://www.curlingrocks.net/press/usa-curling-hires-scotlands-derek-brown-director-high-performance

......and he used to complain he was never at home in his previous job ?!

As I have said before I think Gail, Lindsay etc were not the only victims at Vernon...although victims they were. I also felt that "broonie" was shafted by the system and he was left to fire the bullets from a revolver which had been loaded before and indeed used before. I think it is wrong the way team munro were treated but also the way previous champions were treated. The names of steven rankine and graeme cormack are in my head but i cant remember the exact details. But there have been other cases when 5th men have been ousted or  indeed "forced" onto a team...which means there is no longer a team in my book!!! Old fashioned I know.

So I for one will give tribute for all derek did in bringing the professionalism his paymasters wanted to the fore. I will never agree with some of what they wanted but c'est la vie.  Maybe (sic) Derek didnt man manage "that" situation well but I think he has taken the flak that a lot of others could also be taking. Too many teams and players (unlike Gail) merely acquiesced, doffed their caps and didnt rock the boat they had scrambled onto. They too have culpability.

So Derek if you ever read this forum..I doubt it....  I wish you, and USA curling, well.

jjk - excellent summary.