General Curling Thread

[puffnstuff]

I kinda wanted to see EJ go over the boards and rag doll that clown

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Slava

What was happening with that guy who was thrown out? I kind of missed it and just a see that he was doing something and then asked to leave.

https://leaderpost.com/sports/curlin...sed-from-brier

[kipperiggy]

Why was Dunstone apologizing for scoring three but not with the shot he was going for? Why doesn't it matter? It's not like he cheated and that's curling, sometimes Plan B works out even better than Plan A that you call.

[Derek Sutton]

Etiquette. You are always taking the points but flukes are no reason to celebrate. In hindsight the shot he made is the shot they should’ve called.

[GirlySports]

just a respect thing, like flukes in billards or tennis

[Derek Sutton]

Real scare for Sluchinsky this afternoon scoring 4 in the 10th to beat….. Nunavut 12- 10.

[Strange Brew]

Looks like Koe is done. Kevin that is.

His brother beats Gushue.

[GirlySports]

McEwen will win pool b running away but the rest could be tiebreaker hell (draws to the button).

[Whynotnow]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Looks like Koe is done. Kevin that is.

His brother beats Gushue.

Yeah this iteration of Kevin’s team isn’t doing it, including him. I’d love for Jamie to somehow emerge a winner here, that would be an amazing story.

[EldrickOnIce]

Pretty ordinary curling from a lot of teams so far

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

McEwen will win pool b running away but the rest could be tiebreaker hell (draws to the button).

Not so fast. SK drops one, NS with a two-win day.

Jamie Koe is 4-1!

[Kidder]

Go NWT!

[transplant99]

Raining indoors on one of the sheets.

Not ideal.

[Mazrim]

Am I the only who doesn't really care for the province teams at this point? These guys are jumping around to whatever province suits them, and we've got multiple teams from a single province. You might as well throw away the province stuff and just have the teams go by skip name like the Grand Slams.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Mazrim

Am I the only who doesn't really care for the province teams at this point? These guys are jumping around to whatever province suits them, and we've got multiple teams from a single province. You might as well throw away the province stuff and just have the teams go by skip name like the Grand Slams.

It would be the Alberta + Manitoba + Homan/Gushue championships.

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

It would be the Alberta + Manitoba + Homan/Gushue championships.

It already is? There's 3 Alberta and 2 Manitoba teams in the Brier.

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by Mazrim

It already is? There's 3 Alberta and 2 Manitoba teams in the Brier.

Manitoba teams are skipped by guys from BC and Ontario

[EldrickOnIce]

Interesting strategy from Dunstone, electing to give Bottcher 1 in the 9th to trail by 2 playing 10, instead of a, wide open hit to tie. I don't really get it. Get your 2 in 10 and you still need to steal 11. Of course 3 is possible, but unlikely

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

Manitoba teams are skipped by guys from BC and Ontario

Saskatchewan is skipped by a guy from Manitoba.

Oh....and this is the nuttiest Briar I remember....."upside down world" stuff.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

Interesting strategy from Dunstone, electing to give Bottcher 1 in the 9th to trail by 2 playing 10, instead of a, wide open hit to tie. I don't really get it. Get your 2 in 10 and you still need to steal 11. Of course 3 is possible, but unlikely

Yeah, teams now overvalue the hammer. With the new rules now and the trickey ice, it's not impossible to steal. Heck, Bonot stole twice against Bottcher the day before.