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Australian Dolphins head coach Jacco Verhaeren <\/strong>never for one moment thought that it would get to this \u2013 an Olympic year without the Olympics.<\/p>\n

The seventh and final year of his contract in charge of the number two swimming nation in the world \u2013 a coach in charge of a team that now can\u2019t train and headlining a team of coaches that now can\u2019t train them.<\/p>\n

Alarm clocks locked away with their kickboards, pull-buoys, goggles, flippers and stopwatches for the Australian winter \u2013 hopefully ready to be dusted off in the Spring.<\/p>\n

A man in charge of a high performance team that like the rest of Australia and the rest of the world will be as Paul McCartney wrote \u201cStuck inside these four walls\u201d for six months.<\/p>\n

Verhaeren is due to return to his homeland in the Netherlands at the end of 2020 to re-enrol his two boys into school.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen what transpires for the rest of the year but he is a man determined to leave his stamp on the re-preparation of his adopted Australia for a postponed Olympics in Japan in 2021.<\/p>\n

What are the next steps for his athletes and coaches as they contemplate six months in a world of their own \u2013 without the daily rigors of training, eating and sleeping Olympics \u2013 a routine and the dream of Citius, Altius, Fortius now put on hold.<\/p>\n

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WINNING WHISTLE: \u00a0USC Spartans coach Chris Mooney urging on his troops with Jacco Verhaeren close by. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n

He talks consistently to his coaches and as he says its human nature they want all the answers and all the decisions immediately.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I would tell them \u2018give yourself some time to digest this\u2019\u2026people are full of emotions and all of these emotions are their own,\u201d said Verhaeren.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the moment we are providing them with their own space, to really digest this message first and we are focusing on providing care, immediate care for the ones who need it but also long term care because for some people reality will kick in in a matter of weeks or months even but\u2026. this could take a while \u2013 there is no quick fix.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn saying that, it is no time to really make big decisions about our future; it is time to make very good decisions; to deal with what we\u2019re dealing with and the matters at hand and then after that phase which could be a matter of weeks we are going to focus on reparation so we repair the damage to our people and also to our industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen to re-set the minds because we don\u2019t know the goals at this point in time and we don\u2019t know when that goal is going to be set\u2026but obviously (it\u2019s) the Olympics.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then to recalibrate the plans and only after that we can make decisions that you\u2019re asking for now.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is going to happen then? We have to sit out this situation and do it a step at a time.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst and foremost now it is really allowing them space and we make sure we provide them with the appropriate care and any big decision about the future we make now would be too emotional and would definitely be without enough knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n

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HEAD AND TALES: Head coach Jacco Verhaeren with Mentor Coach Rohan Taylor. Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n

Verhaeren said he didn\u2019t think the postponement news \u201cwas unexpected\u201d saying it was obviously the only and right thing to do right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut still it is a tough message and particularly for our athletes and coaches who have been working for years to get to this point,\u201d said Verhaeren.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd to suddenly see their goal not fade away but suddenly (become) non existent any more\u2026 it\u2019s a big message not unexpected but the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

And his reaction to his call out last week to the rest of the world that Australia feels for you and we understand the Olympics is no place for an \u201cunlevel..unfair playing field.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a lot of responses from all over the world and no one disagreed, which is nice,\u201d said Verhaeren.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe (at Swimming Australia and with our CEO Leigh Russell) felt it right to put down our position.<\/p>\n

\u201cMessages thanking me and saying it was \u2018really good\u2026 thanks for your support; thanks for bringing it out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it was a relief for people; we are all in this at this point in time and the more grief and concern we can share – shared grief is better than to struggle on your own.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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