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05-12-17 05:15PM |
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SPMFromPCC
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USA Olympic Trials teams selected
USCA press release
Women’s field:
Team Christensen: Cory Christensen, Sarah Anderson, Taylor Anderson, Jenna Haag
Team Roth: Nina Roth, Tabitha Peterson, Aileen Geving, Becca Hamilton
Team Sinclair: Jamie Sinclair, Alex Carlson, Vicky Persinger, Monica Walker
Men’s field:
Team Brown: Craig Brown, Kroy Nernberger, Jason Smith, Sean Beighton, Quinn Evenson
Team Clark: Brady Clark, Greg Persinger, Colin Hufman, Phil Tilker
Team McCormick: Heath McCormick, Chris Plys, Korey Dropkin, Tom Howell
Team Shuster: John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner, Joe Polo
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05-12-17 07:38PM |
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nelski
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It is surprising that there are only three womens' teams to four mens', but there must have been a performance threshold. Nebraska in December. Centrally located. That will be a good event. It is a pretty big venue at 7800... I hope the fans come out in droves.
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05-12-17 09:02PM |
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rbi
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surprised that they did not include the hpp junior teams. bear for the women and world silver medalist stopera for the men. not complaining, just surprised.
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05-14-17 11:21AM |
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AK267
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quote: Originally posted by nelski
It is surprising that there are only three womens' teams to four mens', but there must have been a performance threshold. Nebraska in December. Centrally located. That will be a good event. It is a pretty big venue at 7800... I hope the fans come out in droves.
Was hoping for at least 4 women's teams. I heard that the championship final is the best 2 out of 3.
One more thing....it's Nebraska in November. Not the frozen tundra of the great white north but close enough I guess.
Think of Omaha as DEEP SOUTH WINNIPEG (minus the Tim Horton's)
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05-14-17 07:06PM |
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southerncurler
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Seems like fair selections on both sides. Not sure there can be too many complaints about any deserving teams being left out.
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05-14-17 09:25PM |
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tuck
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Congratulations to all the curlers who earned an invitation to The Trials. While there are many noteworthy and prestigious (thank you, spellcheck) events in the Curling World; the Olympic Trials has to be the goal of any serious playdown contender.
A special congratulations to Team Shuster and Team Clark. Both teams, in their entirety, were on the outside of the HPP and both teams successfully kicked down the door with accomplishments achieved on their own dime. For all curlers outside of the HPP, these are the teams that have shown the way.
Team Birr, Men's silver medalists this year, also had to been given some consideration. Unlike the Brady Bunch, this was a One Year Team. Unlike the Brady Bunch, they didn't a recent gold medal on the resume. I have to think that they needed to win that last gold medal game to become an Omaha team or medaled in a couple of years with that same lineup or raised a little more heck on the almighty Points List.
Another One Year Team was Team Cassie Potter. I'd really like to see a field of four Women's teams in Omaha (better draw, build depth, get another chance for Cassie on the World stage, etc...), but they didn't even make the Finals in Seattle; so I have very little to argue about with their exclusion. Now short a player (Steph is expecting a child I'm told...again, congratulations), I think they could have added a shooter and been a real factor; but as the criteria sets up these days we will never know.
It seems early to making picks, but the NFL fans seem to make their picks starting the day after the Super Bowl. I suppose one could make picks and then change them as weekly results come in. I don't know. Just seems early.
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05-15-17 09:36AM |
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misty1
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i agree with the posters on here who said it would have been nice to see a 4th women's team.
women's event is totally wide open. roth is probably the slight favorite but it wouldnt surprise me to see any of them get through.
shuster is the favorite though on the mens side. clark is the kind of guy who can get hot and win events on his own but with the field here he will need support . they can win it though
id rate the mens teams odds of winning like this:
1. shuster
2. clark
3. brown
4. mccormick
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05-15-17 05:17PM |
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AlanMacNeill
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So the event is advertised as 8 days.
You are going from 4 mens teams to 2 and 3 women's teams to 2...and then Championship finals on both sides.
Even if you do a full double round robin and then a best of three championship....how are you filling 8 days?
you need 9 draws to play the full thing (assuming you are going to play 3 sheets at a time, 2 mens and one womens...if not...you're really going to sell full tickets to single game draws? Lord, I hope none of them are 12-0 shellackings....
I'm not seeing how this realistically works enough to justify travelling in for 8 days to watch the event, I'm seeing too much downtime.
What am I missing?
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05-15-17 06:12PM |
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dbsdbs
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quote: Originally posted by AlanMacNeill
So the event is advertised as 8 days.
I'm not seeing how this realistically works enough to justify travelling in for 8 days to watch the event, I'm seeing too much downtime.
What am I missing?
GREAT question. Hope USCA responds soon so folks can make their travel and hotel arrangments. Sounds like a really exciting week.
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05-15-17 06:14PM |
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AlanMacNeill
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It sounds like an exciting 4 days...maybe 5....
And that *may* be the answer, the advertised dates include the practice day and/or opening ceremonies, and the playoffs are dragged out via one game per day or something of that nature.
ANd that's fine, if that's the plan...but we need to see the plan so we can plan accordingly.
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05-15-17 06:33PM |
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dbsdbs
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Sometimes sarcasm is hard to read. My plans are made. No way I travel to watch a 4-team and a 3-team tourney
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05-15-17 09:38PM |
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AK267
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quote: Originally posted by AlanMacNeill
It sounds like an exciting 4 days...maybe 5....
And that *may* be the answer, the advertised dates include the practice day and/or opening ceremonies, and the playoffs are dragged out via one game per day or something of that nature.
ANd that's fine, if that's the plan...but we need to see the plan so we can plan accordingly.
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I'm HOPING the USCA/USOC/OSC releases something soon because it's causing a major crimp in promoting this thing...other than some press releases I've seen no real advertising or social media.
Your concerns are noted. If I were an out-of-towner, plunking down my coins for this, I'd like to know what I'm getting. Personally, this small format seems cheap from a spectator viewpoint. But you have to remember, most who will view this are locals and don't know about the inner workings of selection boards or formats. They're there to watch an "Olympic" event.
From what I've heard, and take with a grain of salt as this is off hand info.
Nov 10-11 open houses and learn to curls
Nov 11 USOC Winterfest with active displays and opening ceremonies
Nov 12-18 Trials
I'm not sure at this time what else they are offering other than club run events (open houses/learn to curl) and the USOC displays.
They better have a dedicated website and Facebook site for this....even the locals will want more info.
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05-15-17 11:45PM |
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curlky
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My guess is that the 8as in case they took 5 and 5 so the time was blocked off. Now they they have taken 3 and 4, I will assume they adjust the schedule accordingly.
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05-16-17 12:56AM |
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guido
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Does the winner actually get to go to the Olympics????
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05-16-17 10:55AM |
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AlanMacNeill
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Yes, guido. The teams that emerge from this trial will be our Olympic Team.
The HPP has already stacked the deck via the selection criteria, so they do not need to stack the selection coming out of the event, they can claim the glory from any of the 7 teams who emerge victorious...so they can protect their phony baloney jobs (to quote a marvelous movie from too many years ago).
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05-16-17 03:31PM |
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biterbar
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quote: Originally posted by AlanMacNeill
Yes, guido. The teams that emerge from this trial will be our Olympic Team.
The HPP has already stacked the deck via the selection criteria, so they do not need to stack the selection coming out of the event, they can claim the glory from any of the 7 teams who emerge victorious...so they can protect their phony baloney jobs (to quote a marvelous movie from too many years ago).
"Harrumpphh"!
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05-19-17 12:49AM |
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curlky
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quote: Originally posted by AlanMacNeill
The HPP has already stacked the deck via the selection criteria, so they do not need to stack the selection coming out of the event, they can claim the glory from any of the 7 teams who emerge victorious...so they can protect their phony baloney jobs (to quote a marvelous movie from too many years ago).
If by stacked teh deck you mean they laid out clear guidelines, and followed through with those guidelines, and ultimately picked the teams the have performed the best, then yes, the deck was stacked, heaven forbid
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05-22-17 03:49PM |
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AlanMacNeill
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clear guidelines? Sure...I guess...
There were two ways into this trials:
1. Top 5 placing at Worlds this year. There is, by definition, only one team per gender that is capable of meeting this bar, the team that is Team USA. I'll grant you that it's a clear path, but it isn't a wide one.
2. HPP Selection. They could choose from 2-4 other teams per gender. With no guidelines or requirements given to guide that. Shockingly, all of the teams selected just happened to already exist in the HPP.
Given that qualifying for Nationals and becoming Team USA for Worlds is a deck stacked against any Non-HPP Team (because it's a point race, with the HPP teams given a financial head start towards entering events that give large point totals, not to mention preferential treatment at being wildcarded entries into events that award points), and that the selection to the HPP is done in secret (hell, notice the grief given to someone for just posting the list of those trying out), I daresay that it is a process that is neither clear nor transparent.
You will, of course, disagree, since you would disagree with me if I claimed this sky was blue and the sun bright.
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05-22-17 05:41PM |
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I looked outside and the sky is gray, not blue, and it is falling. It's middle of the day and the sun is not visible, so it must not be bright, and may not even exist anymore. So obviously you can't be trusted about the path to the Olympic trials, but that's a moot point anyway, because the sky is falling, the sun is gone, and we are all doomed.
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05-22-17 06:53PM |
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jhcurl
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Actually team Brady Clark is not part of the HPP.
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06-01-17 11:39AM |
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AK267
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I'd heard a rumor that one of the Trials teams is protesting the schedule and start times. This is throwing a wrench on finalizing the schedule.
Anyone heard about this?
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07-07-17 03:26AM |
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Alice
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Team Birr lawyer's letter
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1...XZUcmZwQzA/view
On-ice results matter more than any off-ice decision made in secret by people in a warm room. Team Birr has earned on-ice that fifth slot to the USA 2017 Olympic Trials. I have yet to read an articulable reason from USCA's HP program to justify having a men's trials with just 4 teams.
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07-07-17 09:27PM |
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AK267
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Re: Team Birr lawyer's letter
quote: Originally posted by Alice
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1...XZUcmZwQzA/view
On-ice results matter more than any off-ice decision made in secret by people in a warm room. Team Birr has earned on-ice that fifth slot to the USA 2017 Olympic Trials. I have yet to read an articulable reason from USCA's HP program to justify having a men's trials with just 4 teams.
I was hoping for a fourth women's team as well...only three???
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07-08-17 07:55AM |
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IMWright
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Re: Team Birr lawyer's letter
quote: Originally posted by Alice
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1...XZUcmZwQzA/view
On-ice results matter more than any off-ice decision made in secret by people in a warm room. Team Birr has earned on-ice that fifth slot to the USA 2017 Olympic Trials. I have yet to read an articulable reason from USCA's HP program to justify having a men's trials with just 4 teams.
Justification? The HPP can pick and choose who they want, simple as that. Let's call a spade a spade. They set the "auto-bid" criteria so high that only 1 team qualifies from that and the rest discretionary picks? That qualifying via an automatic bid should be the norm, not the exception.
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07-08-17 08:30PM |
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RockDoc
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quote: Originally posted by AlanMacNeill
clear guidelines? Sure...I guess...
There were two ways into this trials:
1. Top 5 placing at Worlds this year. There is, by definition, only one team per gender that is capable of meeting this bar, the team that is Team USA. I'll grant you that it's a clear path, but it isn't a wide one.
2. HPP Selection. They could choose from 2-4 other teams per gender. With no guidelines or requirements given to guide that. Shockingly, all of the teams selected just happened to already exist in the HPP.
Given that qualifying for Nationals and becoming Team USA for Worlds is a deck stacked against any Non-HPP Team (because it's a point race, with the HPP teams given a financial head start towards entering events that give large point totals, not to mention preferential treatment at being wildcarded entries into events that award points), and that the selection to the HPP is done in secret (hell, notice the grief given to someone for just posting the list of those trying out), I daresay that it is a process that is neither clear nor transparent.
You will, of course, disagree, since you would disagree with me if I claimed this sky was blue and the sun bright.
The fundamental error in the selection criteria is that other than finishing 5th or better at worlds (which gets you at most one team selected) the selection criteria are not objective. There are "factors" that will be considered for discretionary selection, but apparently those factors are not applied in an objective way or defined in advance. The lack of transparency and objectivity leaves the USCA open to potential litigation, which may yet occur. Why not establish in advance (like Canada) completely objective criteria for a fixed number of teams to play down? If a competitive team can't emerge from a well-structured domestic competition, one shouldn't have to worry much about how we fare at the Olympic level. There are lots of ways this could have been structured objectively and transparently. You just have to be prepared to live with the results--something that seems to be the apparent sticking point.
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