Registered: Nov 2012
Location: Toronto
Posts: 621

Brutal is the only way to describe this stinker. They can't hit and stick, can't hit the bloody eight foot. Miskew must be curling around 40%. Homan just missed a hit and stick anywhere full twelve for her deuce. Nedohin in an earlier end had a draw to anywhere but deep to set up a pretty much guaranteed three and instead was deep. As I say, brutal.

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Registered: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
Posts: 202

All I can say is that good curlers look pretty ordinary when they struggle with the ice so that might be the problem with this game. Hey, in last night's... when was the last time you saw Koe miss the house on an open draw... that tells me something is giving the teams' problems.

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Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Selkirk
Posts: 140

Their problems are called being unable to curl well on ice that is anything less than perfect. I would pay big dollars to see the elite teams play a few games on a little 3 sheeter in rural Manitoba. That might be a sell out!!!! oh I forgot there are only 24 seats on benches in these clubs, so it would easily sell out unlike all the Slams and Canada Cups and the various events that are invite only.

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Registered: Nov 2012
Location: Toronto
Posts: 621

I was at the Glenn Howard curling camp this October. We had loads of 'face time' with the whole team. Not to mention sharing a drink or three:-) During one of our conversations Glenn was talking about playing in Penetang with his wife, Wayne and Sherry Middaugh. Something they've been doing for many a year. And what he had to say was that on club ice their percentages were often under 80%. That the reason they could make so many difficult shots at the Grand Slams and curling in the 90%'s was the ice.

He also said, "Don't get me wrong, we win our fair share." I.e. Sure they may only be curling 75% but that's better than anyone else on the sheet:-)

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Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Toronto
Posts: 2668

But don't they have a chance to practice on this ice and with all their stopwatches etc...surely they are not so rigourously set on pristine ice that they can't manage something tricky. Heh, in the olden days, Ed Werenich would have had a press conference about it by now.

This bunch of millenials are scared of their own shadows or as ML would speculate - Warren Hansen!

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