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https://www.curling.ca/blog/2023/04...nges-confirmed/

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Thanks for sharing.
So suffice to say residency rules not applying to ‘pros’ if they want to go that route. I don’t think I mind any changes within this press release but will have to reread and process it all in time.

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The best-of-3 Olympic trial final is the biggest change in my opinion. I didn't think Canada would ever do something like that, so I'm most pleasantly surprised by that part of the announcement.

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I think these changes were well thought through and reflect what players and others have been saying.
But what about that last little tag: "Final decisions on what to name the pre-qualified teams at the National Championships will be made later this summer."
Does this mean they won't be Wild-Card,or will they be Non-Affiliated, or are they Pro-Circuit teams? What are they getting at here? Or will they get honourable place holder slot names - the Pickering slot,RIchardson, Schmirler or some non-Sask place holder named slots. Asking for a friend. I'd cheer for whomever curled in the Heather Houston slot. Great pre-fgz curling ambassador.

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Lots of major youth (<21) events. Nice for Murdoch... and us :-D.

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The pre-qualified teams are like "early birds" special, i.e. they qualified months before anyone else not Team Canada.

So I think it would be nice to name them after birds.

So, yeah, maybe Team Goose, Team Booby, and Team Chickadee, in that order (number of syllables signifies the CTRS rank).

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by curlingclips
The pre-qualified teams are like "early birds" special, i.e. they qualified months before anyone else not Team Canada.

So I think it would be nice to name them after birds.

So, yeah, maybe Team Goose, Team Booby, and Team Chickadee, in that order (number of syllables signifies the CTRS rank). [/QUOTe


Pigeon....Tool. Your mother is calling from upstairs to the basement, get a life.

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by curlingclips
The pre-qualified teams are like "early birds" special, i.e. they qualified months before anyone else not Team Canada.

So I think it would be nice to name them after birds.

So, yeah, maybe Team Goose, Team Booby, and Team Chickadee, in that order (number of syllables signifies the CTRS rank). [/QUOTe


Pigeon....Tool. Your mother is calling from upstairs to the basement, get a life.

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These changes don't even address the biggest issue many , even some players vouced. Timing . It's in the same spot it was

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That’s what hit me, too, misty. I think it needs to be held much earlier. I wonder why they didn’t address that issue as I consider it a big one.

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That’s what hit me, too, misty. I think it needs to be held much earlier. I wonder why they didn’t address that issue as I consider it a big one.

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Many players discussed it but not consistently. It's possible the consensus wasn't for changing the time.

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Obvious answer is that TSN demanded the timing to be such. They successfully demanded that the minimum number of ends in a Brier/Scotties final is 10 ends. Curling Canada already lost Tim Hortons as the title sponsor for the Trials. I don't think they have the leverage to dictate when the trials will be held. It was 100% TSN's preference, and TSN pays the bill, so Curling Canada obliges.

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Obvious answer is that TSN demanded the timing to be such. They successfully demanded that the minimum number of ends in a Brier/Scotties final is 10 ends. Curling Canada already lost Tim Hortons as the title sponsor for the Trials. I don't think they have the leverage to dictate when the trials will be held. It was 100% TSN's preference, and TSN pays the bill, so Curling Canada obliges.

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How many ends was the 2023 Scotties final?

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You think your constant childish name calling of a poster makes you any better?

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Feel free to propose some other "early bird" team names.

How about Hawk, Eagle, Cardinal? That's also 1-2-3 syllables, and as far as I can tell, all 3 have been used as mainstream sport team names (Atlanta Hawks NBA, Philadelphia Eagles NFL, St. Louis Cardinals MLB).

I strongly feel that they shouldn't just be XYZ 1/2/3. They each should have their own unique names, with their own unique crests on their uniforms.

Right now there's no way to visually tell if a team is WC1 or WC3 (their uniforms both just say "WILD CARD"), and I think that's a missed opportunity to give these teams more identity and meaning.

If you don't like the "early birds" idea, we can stick with the wildcard theme with Ace of Spades, Two of Diamonds, and Three of Clubs. Combined with the provincial Hearts, that would complete the whole suit on the deck of cards.

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If this non Canadian ,non curler imbecile ( curlingclips )would stop posting rubbish we would stop the name calling..He does not have to post on everything on this site.Give us a break.The Font of all knowledge he is not.

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The nice thing about Ace of Spades/Two of Diamonds/Three of Clubs is that it suggests that we're not going to have any more teams in this category, unless we start including Joker or something.

There are many problems with Wildcard 1/2/3, one of which is that it can easily be expanded to 4/5/6, which I'm sure will freak some people out.

I suppose you can also expand the early birds too, but it becomes harder and harder to find bird names with 4+ syllables, and it quickly becomes impractically long, so I still think the early birds is also a viable idea.

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You sound like you’re in middle school. How hard is it to disagree with a poster’s ideas without getting personal by name calling?

I read the TOS and nowhere does it say you have to curl or be Canadian to have opinions and ideas.

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His posts above about birds names is a good example

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That Curling Show had a big discussion on these changes, including Q&A with David Murdoch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47bdLrQG0-Y&t=9m45s

* David Murdoch is balancing interests from various stakeholders, and that includes respecting the guardrails of residency rules. Timing of trial is not easy to change. Goal for 2026 is for Canada to medal in all 5 disciplines.
* Mike Harris says the only stakeholders that matter are the athletes
* Mike Harris, Joanne Courtney, and Kaitlyn Lawes believe Curling Canada should not disallow players from participating in both mixed doubles & men's/women's in the same Olympics
* Everyone agrees mixed doubles in Canada is still on the backburner for whatever reason

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