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Originally Posted by Mango
Curious, but why did Kevin Koe move on from his old rink? He had already secured a spot at the Brier.
It seems so odd that John Morris was playing with Cotter one minute last season and the next minute, he grabbed Koe's guys to be part of Team Canada.
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It's been mostly addressed but what a lot of people don't realize is qualifying for the 2018 olympics has already started for the Canadian teams, it is a four year committment just to qualify. So with Kevin Martin wanting to step away, Hebert and Kennedy needed to find a place to play. As well, Koe's front end of Rycroft and Thiessen had said they were not willing to make the 4 year commitment so Koe was looking for a new front end. It just so happened that they (Koe) won the brier last year (wich was a throw away year for olympic qualifying) and qualified for the brier this year based on new changes by the CCA. You need 3/4 (Rycroft, Theisen, Simmons)of your team to stay intact to remain the same team (Tean Canada), they just needed a skip so insert John Morris.
Overall having a Team Canada I think is a good thing for sevral reasons and marketing is the biggest one. Having Glen Howard on the Brier adds and posters doesn't make much sense since he didnt qualify this year, this could really be the case for any team. This year it may have not worked out as the CCA planned, going forward though, it'll be a positive change, and the women have done this for many years.