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Jaybo · 02-26-2010, 11:35 PM

I'm not a huge curling fan and I was also watching the women's gold medal game with the sound low as I visited with family so wasn't able to give the commentary my full attention.

So can somebody please explain some of the strategic decisions that the Canadians made in the last couple ends including the extra one? I'm thinking particularly of the decision to take out the Swedish guard in the extra end leaving a double take-out shot for the game. Why not just throw another guard and clog up the ice to put the pressure on Sweden to make a tough shot instead of leaving the big shot for yourself?

Again, I hope I'm even remembering the sequence right but any thoughts about the entire game and how it developed, especially at the end, would be appreciated.

02-26-2010, 11:35 PM	#1
Jaybo Crash and Bang Winger Join Date: Sep 2002 Exp:	Curling Strategy I'm not a huge curling fan and I was also watching the women's gold medal game with the sound low as I visited with family so wasn't able to give the commentary my full attention. So can somebody please explain some of the strategic decisions that the Canadians made in the last couple ends including the extra one? I'm thinking particularly of the decision to take out the Swedish guard in the extra end leaving a double take-out shot for the game. Why not just throw another guard and clog up the ice to put the pressure on Sweden to make a tough shot instead of leaving the big shot for yourself? Again, I hope I'm even remembering the sequence right but any thoughts about the entire game and how it developed, especially at the end, would be appreciated.