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sucks for canada, but oh well. Congratulations to the US on requiring slanted refereeing and a shootout to finally beat them.
But, on balance the US did play the better game. the investment for Canada will need to be in fitness and conditioning training / facilities if they want to stay on the US level. Hockey skill was not the determining factor, but the canadians looked slower and tired and weren't able to create in the 3rd/OT.
Of course a lot of this was aggravated by their coach shortening the bench in OT. You can't do that in 4 on 4 on international-size ice. She's gonna lose her job for that display and rightfully so.Last edited by KHD; Thu Feb 22, 2018, 10:29 AM.
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Yeah, I thought Canada looked really tired in both the third period and overtime. That lazy change cost them the game. Kinda surprising given how many games they play out here in Calgary against far better competition than the US women. Oh well.
Bad couple days for Canada even though they won some medals. Koe lost to the US so no gold for Canada in curling. That's a huge disappointment no matter what they are saying about the world catching up and all that. Losing to a US club team, twice no less, is awful. The women crapping the bed was also pretty shocking, though it looks good on the skip. She refuses to listen to anyone and won't take any advice, so, there you go.
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slaw wrote: View PostYeah, I thought Canada looked really tired in both the third period and overtime. That lazy change cost them the game. Kinda surprising given how many games they play out here in Calgary against far better competition than the US women. Oh well.
Bad couple days for Canada even though they won some medals. Koe lost to the US so no gold for Canada in curling. That's a huge disappointment no matter what they are saying about the world catching up and all that. Losing to a US club team, twice no less, is awful. The women crapping the bed was also pretty shocking, though it looks good on the skip. She refuses to listen to anyone and won't take any advice, so, there you go.
Koe and Homan just played extremely sub-par for long stretches this week and neither team seemed to have the level of confidence that should accompany their skill level. Homan in particular was a disaster and doesn't seem the type to learn from her failures.Last edited by KHD; Thu Feb 22, 2018, 04:33 PM.
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Mack North wrote: View PostWhatever it is, it dominates my sports channels for way too many hours each year [emoji23]If we knew half as much about coaching an NBA team as we think, we"d know twice as much as we do.
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KHD wrote: View PostI am not buying the "world is catching up" narrative in curling. Look what Lawes/Morris did after forming a doubles pair and practicing for literally 30 minutes before the olympic trials.
Koe and Homan just played extremely sub-par for long stretches this week and neither team seemed to have the level of confidence that should accompany their skill level. Homan in particular was a disaster and doesn't seem the type to learn from her failures.
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