NearPup 2,156 Posted February 17, 2022 #101 Share Posted February 17, 2022 5 hours ago, De_Gambassi said: Bloody hell I believe we have less than 100 curlers here Ya the point is it’s not arrogance to expect our teams to do well. It’s just the way the system is set up we have like 15 teams in the top 30 in the world, which is not helpful in events like the Olympics where you can only send one team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_Gambassi 896 Posted February 17, 2022 #102 Share Posted February 17, 2022 37 minutes ago, NearPup said: Ya the point is it’s not arrogance to expect our teams to do well. It’s just the way the system is set up we have like 15 teams in the top 30 in the world, which is not helpful in events like the Olympics where you can only send one team. Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien. Actually, it's quite common for countries with the biggest player base in a sport not to be as dominant as expected. The more players you have, the worst your ressources will be spent. Obv, with such an adantage, Canada should do much better anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,156 Posted February 17, 2022 #103 Share Posted February 17, 2022 1 minute ago, De_Gambassi said: Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien. Actually, it's quite common for countries with the biggest player base in a sport not to be as dominant as expected. The more players you have, the worst your ressources will be spent. Obv, with such an adantage, Canada should do much better anyway. Canada basically doesn’t have a high performance program in curling at all. The expectation is basically that it will just sort itself out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,205 Posted February 17, 2022 #104 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Yeah, you can almost consider each rink/club to be its own thing with little mixing. Top players are starting to move around in an attempt to create super teams, but a lot of those moves are done at the rink/club level (as in "over a beer") instead of a national director trying to form teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swewi 297 Posted February 17, 2022 #105 Share Posted February 17, 2022 1 hour ago, JoshMartini007 said: Yeah, you can almost consider each rink/club to be its own thing with little mixing. Top players are starting to move around in an attempt to create super teams, but a lot of those moves are done at the rink/club level (as in "over a beer") instead of a national director trying to form teams. All Swedish teams are also created by the players themselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,593 Posted February 18, 2022 #106 Share Posted February 18, 2022 leads 4-0 after the first end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle 720 Posted February 18, 2022 #107 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,749 Posted February 18, 2022 #108 Share Posted February 18, 2022 24 minutes ago, Belle said: Not for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,749 Posted February 18, 2022 #109 Share Posted February 18, 2022 It’s like a Rocky movie out there 7-7 after 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swewi 297 Posted February 18, 2022 #110 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Fun fact in the semi final is that the girlfriend of GBs Swedish coach is the Swedish alternate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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