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Old 03-12-2019, 08:18 AM   #111
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Originally Posted by Derek Sutton View Post
Vic I'm okay with but Russ and Cheryl were so negative especially early in the week when a few of the teams (Manitoba) were struggling. "That's just awful" and "they should have this figured out by now" were not terms they used during the Scotties. It was "the ice" or "frost" or "a slow spot" whenever one of the Ladies missed a shot. Unless Gushue was playing Russ has a permanent boner for Gushue from that gold medal thing. I couldn't listen to them, watched with the volume down most of the time.

I prefer Kevin Martin and Joan on Sportsnet over Howard and Bernard on TSN.
I actually like that Russ & Cheryl aren't afraid to be negative. Sometimes a bad miss is just a bad miss. I hate when the commentators make excuses. I find they are usually pretty spot on as to what went wrong - if the skip gives too much or too little ice Russ usually tells the viewer that before the shot is even thrown, if there is a faster line they are usually on top of that. No reason the skips shouldn't know the ice as well as the commentary team.
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