10-16-2012, 03:08 PM
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#781
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Mango
I kind of realized I came across as a cow in that response. My apologies. Just disappointed.
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I didn't think so. But we're all allowed to feel a little pissy given the circumstances.
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10-16-2012, 03:08 PM
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#782
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by valo403
There are plenty of other winter sports that Canada excels at, the medal stand in Vancouver demonstrated that, but summer sports are always going to be difficult. The culture doesn't really embrace them and the weather makes it difficult for them to grab hold of people.
Outside of Sweden and Russia (which has a massive population advantage) are there any other cold weather climates that have strong soccer programs? Norway pops up here and there, Finland generally sucks. Denmark has been strong for a while so I guess that's another, but they're vikings so that's not quite fair. I guess Germany counts as cold weather, but it's filled with robots in human skin so again, not really fair.
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Poland, Ukraine, Serbia, Hungary and etc.etc. There are plenty of cold weather nations that manage to excel at numerous sports professional and amateur. They also have passionate fan bases for many different sports. We have fans for hockey and ?
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10-16-2012, 03:09 PM
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#784
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by M*A*S*H 4077
I cheer for Canada and Germany in everything. Canada first, Germany second. Although it would be crazy if Germany ever beat Canada in hockey.
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Ditto.
In other news, Portugal losing to N. Ireland.
When the announcers say; "Nani to Ronaldo to Postiga!" You can generally figure out why they didnt score.
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10-16-2012, 03:11 PM
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#785
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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5 now. Embarrassing. Come on!
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10-16-2012, 03:13 PM
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#786
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by polak
Most of Europe has a similar climate to the regions in Canada where 90% of the population resides.
Germany, Poland, UK, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Serbia, Austria, Switzerland, Russia, Ukraine are all countries with a similar climate to Southern Canada and with a strong support of Soccer (much stronger than Canada at least)
I'd kill if we could have the mentality of France or Italy. Those are examples of REAL sporting countries.
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You think the UK has a similar climate to Canada? Really?
And what exactly makes France and Italy "REAL sporting countries"? What other sports are they elite in? What other sports does the nation support?
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10-16-2012, 03:15 PM
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#787
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Originally Posted by St. Pats
Poland, Ukraine, Serbia, Hungary and etc.etc. There are plenty of cold weather nations that manage to excel at numerous sports professional and amateur. They also have passionate fan bases for many different sports. We have fans for hockey and ?
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What "numerous" sports do these countries excel in? Soccer and ???? They have fans for soccer and ???
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10-16-2012, 03:16 PM
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#788
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Marshmallow Maiden
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by valo403
What "numerous" sports do these countries excel in? Soccer and ???? They have fans for soccer and ???
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While I can't speak for the other countries, Serbia is very a strong sporting nation: tennis, water polo, basketball, handball and volleyball all come to mind.
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10-16-2012, 03:17 PM
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#789
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Originally Posted by valo403
What "numerous" sports do these countries excel in? Soccer and ???? They have fans for soccer and ???
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handball, field hockey, tennis, athletics
just because they are not popular here doesn't mean they don't excel in it
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10-16-2012, 03:22 PM
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#790
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I believe in the Jays.
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We could still qualify with an 8-0 Cuba victory right? They are up 1-0 right now.
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10-16-2012, 03:22 PM
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#791
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Well at least we cap tied Cavallini. One small glimmer of light today.
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10-16-2012, 03:22 PM
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#792
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I wonder if this is Hart's last game as coach? The team was completely unprepared in both the Panama and Honduras games. That's on him.
This loss is only going to further demonstrate how far Canada has to go to get to the World Cup, and I imagine it's going to kill and even reverse the momentum the program had with the Canadian fanbase after the Women's Olympic tournament.
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10-16-2012, 03:22 PM
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#793
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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
handball, field hockey, tennis, athletics
just because they are not popular here doesn't mean they don't excel in it
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So two sports nobody outside of that region plays (I realize this can apply to hockey) and individual sports and all of a sudden we're holding these countries up as great sporting nations? That's absurd.
Was Canada a great sporting nation when we went through the period of having a number of world class sprinters? Does the fact that we are elite in sliding sports not qualify? What about skiing? No? Speed skating? Doesn't count?
The point is that you're digging to find things in other countries and ignoring what Canada excels at. It's such an oddly Canadian thing to do, find a way to trash your own countries sporting prowess.
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10-16-2012, 03:24 PM
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In the Sin Bin
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Originally Posted by valo403
You think the UK has a similar climate to Canada? Really?
And what exactly makes France and Italy "REAL sporting countries"? What other sports are they elite in? What other sports does the nation support?
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It's not like the UK is some warm climate oasis. They have miserable weather there too.
France: Soccer, Basketball, Motorsports, Handball, Rugby, Tennis, Cycling are all sports that they blow Canada away at and actually support with REAL passion. On top of that, France is a top 10 country in both olympic games.
Italy: Soccer, Swimming, Cycling, Skiing, Volleyball, Basketball
Canada: Hockey, Curling (lol)... We'd be okay if there was any sort of international competition with Lacrosse or football... Thats it. The vast majority of Canadians could not name one player from the Canadian olympic basketball or (last) baseball teams and we're not great in either.
Individual olympic sports are hard to classify because many countries have a few athletes that are decent in a variety of sports. That doesn't mean they're some avid supporters of the sport. That usually comes with consistency. Canada had a period of time where they had great sprinters, but we're hardly a nation of sprinters... Poland for example, has a great cross country skier right now... Doesn't mean that they're a cross country power.
I'd give Canada Speed Skating and Rowing as we tend to consistently excel at those.
Last edited by polak; 10-16-2012 at 03:33 PM.
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10-16-2012, 03:29 PM
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#795
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Originally Posted by valo403
So two sports nobody outside of that region plays (I realize this can apply to hockey) and individual sports and all of a sudden we're holding these countries up as great sporting nations? That's absurd.
Was Canada a great sporting nation when we went through the period of having a number of world class sprinters? Does the fact that we are elite in sliding sports not qualify? What about skiing? No? Speed skating? Doesn't count?
The point is that you're digging to find things in other countries and ignoring what Canada excels at. It's such an oddly Canadian thing to do, find a way to trash your own countries sporting prowess.
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I'm not digging
I think Canada is great, considering population
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10-16-2012, 03:29 PM
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#796
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I believe in the Jays.
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We are a young country. Our Rugby and baseball teams are respectable and we are producing a lot more football, basketball, and soccer players then we were 10 years ago.
We have the best high school basketball prospect in North America to go along with a number of first round picks the last couple of years.
The fans will come if we manage to taste some success in any of those sports.
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10-16-2012, 03:30 PM
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#797
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by valo403
What "numerous" sports do these countries excel in? Soccer and ???? They have fans for soccer and ???
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They have pro basketball, volleyball, rugby etc. etc. Heck we have numerous Canadian athletes who have to go there and elsewhere to play their sport. Canadians support hockey and I'm not sure the average Canadian even supports that as such a huge percentage of the seats are held by corporations.
It's just who we are. I think our infrastructure at many sports is slowly getting better but it's a few select people that work at it with very little support from the general populace.
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10-16-2012, 03:30 PM
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#798
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Calgary
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So I went out to help the Purolator guy with a bunch of boxes, and come back and it is 6-0? So much for the comeback. 
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10-16-2012, 03:30 PM
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#799
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by shermanator
I wonder if this is Hart's last game as coach? The team was completely unprepared in both the Panama and Honduras games. That's on him.
This loss is only going to further demonstrate how far Canada has to go to get to the World Cup, and I imagine it's going to kill and even reverse the momentum the program had with the Canadian fanbase after the Women's Olympic tournament.
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If you fire Hart you're going backwards.
Remember where Canada was 4 years ago.
Perhaps we expected too much to go from nothing to something.
Getting 10 points in this round was still an achievement.
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10-16-2012, 03:30 PM
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#800
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by shermanator
I wonder if this is Hart's last game as coach? The team was completely unprepared in both the Panama and Honduras games. That's on him.
This loss is only going to further demonstrate how far Canada has to go to get to the World Cup, and I imagine it's going to kill and even reverse the momentum the program had with the Canadian fanbase after the Women's Olympic tournament.
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I agree. When you enter a winnable or drawable game and you're coming out the other side with a 6-0 thrashing at the moment fingers must be pointed.
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