When Jonas Peterson was hired in April to succeed Rikard Grip as national team manager, Johan Sares was the long-time manager of the Swedish Ski Federation, and therefore one of those responsible for the recruitment.

But the fact that Peterson has already been forced to leave, due to a schism with the whaling team, does not mean that Sares regrets the recruitment.

- I don't feel it one as a failure, definitely not. I still think Jonas Peterson is a good name for that position and a person who would fit into that role, he tells SVT Sport, and continues:

- However, I see it as a failure that it has become as it has become.

"Big heart"

Sares remained as length manager of the Swedish ski ban until mid-May, and he thus only be Peterson's manager for ten days. But he continued to be a pitcher to Peterson in the spring and summer, and has therefore been aware that everything did not work painlessly.

- He has a big heart and commitment. He has worked very hard and met a lot of people and tried to form an idea of ​​the business in a short time. And I understand that there have been some challenges towards the end. But I don't think it should have stopped like this.

What did you feel when the news of his departure came a few days ago?

- I was sorry. I was really sad.

Did you have any idea it was heading that way?

- No, I didn't think so. But I understood that there were challenges. But I probably didn't think it would end like this.

When you mean you understood that there were challenges, what do you think of them then?

- I know, after all, that they have looked at the organization, including in the organization around the embankment, as it was said in the newspapers. I know, after all, that he has had a job around getting that organization together. And I know that it has been a very strong bunch, and when Urban (Nilsson, former election manager) chose to step off, then I understood that it would be difficult to get to it.

- There I understand, of course, that there have been certain views.

Satisfied with the recruitment

Although Peterson got it in the relationships early on, he does not see that he, or the other members of the federal leadership, could have done anything differently in the recruitment.

- Jonas may not have gotten into a perfectly optimal position, since there were several people choosing to quit. So the run-in period could have been a little better. But I do not see that we would have made the recruitment any different. We were looking for a leader who was used to leading larger groups, but still had a connection to skiing but not so strong ties with the closest ski family - and I think we found that in Jonas.