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Originally Posted by GirlySports
But I think that's Canada's mistake. You take players based on career, previous roles, and experience. Not performance over a year.
How many times in this tournament have you seen other teams and thought to yourself "That guy's still playing?"
Here's an Canadian example of an old guy. Paul Kariya. Now he's probably over the hill and shouldn't be considered on this team. But put him in a tournament like this and he'd probably get a goal or two due to his experience. International selections are tricky like that.
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Yet that is what the 2006 debacle was hammered with - they took the experience over the youth and who was playing well at the time...
Honestly, with Team Canada management, unless it's gold they lose.
2nd guesses come out when unverified leaked rosters get online, and they keep on going until Canada either holds gold or they don't, and that is when the knives really come out.
Hell look at all of the "Babcock is a moron" posts on this board... I don't agree with some of his line management, but the fact is his team is undefeated, and people already want his head.