Conclusion: He got played diplomatically by the IOC.
What makes any rational person believe he’s going to fair any better as either a CinC, or in diplomatic brinkmanship with the Russians, Chinese, N Koreans, Venezuelans, Tongans, Vanutuans, Lichtenstinians, et. al.
I don’t really know, but I suspect that IOC members are actually left of center. I also suspect that when any city’s organizing committee contacts an IOC member, they get a positive response.
They ought not confuse a positive response with support.
A Poli Sci prof told me a story about a guy who ran for office — canvassed every house in the district (it was a city council/county council seat or some such), and got a positive response from well over 1/2 the voters.
On election day, the guy got trounced.