Annecy did not have the best bid during the Applicant stage. However, they listened to the IOC's concerns and modified their bid as shown in the Candidate Books (which I own a copy of ), to be more compact than originally proposed. The fact that they are willing to change and not be so arrogant in their proposals shows a good aspect of their bid, the ability to listen.
However, had there been more quality bidders, it's very likely that Annecy would have been eliminated from the Candidate stage (rendering all arguments for them useless), or they would have made it but scored the bare minimum o