08-08-2012, 07:05 AM
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Originally Posted by Mango
No suspensions before match! They are all playing! So glad I was wrong.
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Good to hear. I really thought at the very least that Herdman would be suspended and at the worst that Tancredi would as well.
Heat of the moment or not, players really have to watch what they are saying publicly.
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08-08-2012, 07:10 AM
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Huynh just smoked her quarterfinal!
Off to the semis in a few hours!
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08-08-2012, 07:22 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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Thank God Rosie MacLennan won that gold, otherwise we might finish at 0. Our performance at present is tracking to be worse than Beijing, which has to disappointing.
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08-08-2012, 07:39 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Calgary
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Just found out Props to van koeverden for silver and oldershaw with the bronze.
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08-08-2012, 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by icarus
As tempting as it might be to detest the Americans after the result, I can't.
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I don't know why anyone would hate the Americans for that game. I don't blame them for anything that happened. The only thing that you could pin on them was the counting to the ref that Wambach did, but even then I don't blame her for that. They needed a goal and they needed all the time they could get to score that goal, that's just competitive nature showing.
It's no different than going to a ref after a whistle in hockey and telling the ref that someone is cheating off the draw. Am I going to chirp you if I hear you doing it? You bet, but that doesn't make it something I will hate you over.
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08-08-2012, 07:47 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
I don't know why anyone would hate the Americans for that game. I don't blame them for anything that happened. The only thing that you could pin on them was the counting to the ref that Wambach did, but even then I don't blame her for that. They needed a goal and they needed all the time they could get to score that goal, that's just competitive nature showing.
It's no different than going to a ref after a whistle in hockey and telling the ref that someone is cheating off the draw. Am I going to chirp you if I hear you doing it? You bet, but that doesn't make it something I will hate you over.
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Nobody blames them for what happened. Their piss poor attitude after the fact is what is mostly bringing on the hate towards them.
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08-08-2012, 07:55 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Nammer403
Just found out Props to van koeverden for silver and oldershaw with the bronze.
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Those races were sure exciting!
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08-08-2012, 08:21 AM
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Thank God Rosie MacLennan won that gold, otherwise we might finish at 0. Our performance at present is tracking to be worse than Beijing, which has to disappointing.
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We'll get 3 golds like we always do.
3 in Atlanta
3 in Sydney
3 in Athens
3 in Beijing
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08-08-2012, 08:39 AM
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CP Gamemaster
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: The Gary
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Watching China v Russia in women's boxing...that was tough to watch. They looked like two drunken women attempting to punch each other, and very sluggish at the end. Very few good hits.
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08-08-2012, 08:47 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Market Mall Food Court
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Originally Posted by SebC
Adam van Koeverden gets silver.
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It's really too bad he has Vancouver in his name. Otherwise he would have plenty of Olympic gold!
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08-08-2012, 08:51 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: I hate 'nucks ville
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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
It's really too bad he has Vancouver in his name. Otherwise he would have plenty of Olympic gold!
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horrible attempt at a joke..
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08-08-2012, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
It's really too bad he has Vancouver in his name. Otherwise he would have plenty of Olympic gold!
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No riots for coming in second place? I'm disappointed!
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08-08-2012, 09:04 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Market Mall Food Court
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Originally Posted by 403ep3
horrible attempt at a joke..
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It's not a joke? it's just true.
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08-08-2012, 09:08 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: STH since 2002
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Great to hear that a couple of our athletes reach the podium for a Silver and Bronze.
With the heartbreak of Canada's Womens soccer screw job, Clayton's boxing screw job and Whitfields crash.
The program and Canadian Olympic fans needed some good pick me up of news.
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Last edited by Stay Golden; 08-08-2012 at 09:10 AM.
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08-08-2012, 09:19 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Singapore
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
I don't know why anyone would hate the Americans for that game. I don't blame them for anything that happened. The only thing that you could pin on them was the counting to the ref that Wambach did, but even then I don't blame her for that. They needed a goal and they needed all the time they could get to score that goal, that's just competitive nature showing.
It's no different than going to a ref after a whistle in hockey and telling the ref that someone is cheating off the draw. Am I going to chirp you if I hear you doing it? You bet, but that doesn't make it something I will hate you over.
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The temptation is just to detest them generally for snatching away what looked like a monumental win from Canada and for winning a game they only led for 30 seconds. Nothing personal or about a particular event. It was a war, and defeat hurts. In fact, I want to hate Alex Morgan after scoring that goal but at the same time... 
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08-08-2012, 09:45 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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Nobody hates Alex Morgan. Seriously, how can you hate this face?
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08-08-2012, 09:58 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Alex Morgan is going to be the face of womens soccer for a long, long time to come. I just hope she doesn't follow the lead of previous US stars Hope Solo and Landon Donovan. Seriously, the amount of endorsements shes going to get will be pretty incredible: she's young, talented, American and incredibly hot - a gold mine.
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08-08-2012, 10:01 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: STH since 2002
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I would find it interesting to know just how many Canadian fans on CP cheer against the Americans while watching the Olympics.
I can say I do on most occasions but not everytime. There are certain USA competitors that handle winning or losing with grace and you just get a sense they are good people. It has nothing to do with Americans as a country, it only has to do with the way some American athletes are arrogant when competing on a International level. It just doesn't sit well with me.
Perfect example is there was an American gymnast that came in 4th or 5th in the Vault and he was genuinely happy for the succes of who medaled. That to me is what the "spirit" of the Olympics is about.
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08-08-2012, 10:04 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Work
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So what else is on tap for today regarding Canadian athletes? I find CTV's website is brutal when trying to figure out what is going on.
Potential Bronze in wrestling, and what else?
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08-08-2012, 10:12 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Market Mall Food Court
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stay Golden
I would find it interesting to know just how many Canadian fans on CP cheer against the Americans while watching the Olympics.
I can say I do on most occasions but not everytime. There are certain USA competitors that handle winning or losing with grace and you just get a sense they are good people. It has nothing to do with Americans as a country, it only has to do with the way some American athletes are arrogant when competing on a International level. It just doesn't sit well with me.
Perfect example is there was an American gymnast that came in 4th or 5th in the Vault and he was genuinely happy for the succes of who medaled. That to me is what the "spirit" of the Olympics is about.
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I cheer against them just like i cheer against the Oilers, Canucks or Leafs.and the effing RANGERS!
Most of my hate comes from the completely one sided broadcasting NBC and ABC did and that horrible U-S-A chant that happens from time to time.
Last edited by Bertuzzied; 08-08-2012 at 10:56 AM.
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