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03-13-23 11:06PM

misty1
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Full respect to gushue and koe. They've been impressive. But they can win as much as they want. It won't change the fact that I will view Martin, Stoughton and Howard as the greatest 3 of all time . Above them, above even edin. When those 3 were active and at their best , that was the greatest era of curling there ever was or will be. You can't top that. I'm confident that they'd all have won more if they were active at different times .

Women...I've statd it before but schmirler and Norberg will always have my vote. It's very hard for me to pick between the 2. I go back and forth

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03-14-23 11:24AM

oliviertoisel
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quote:
Originally posted by misty1
Full respect to gushue and koe. They've been impressive. But they can win as much as they want. It won't change the fact that I will view Martin, Stoughton and Howard as the greatest 3 of all time . Above them, above even edin. When those 3 were active and at their best , that was the greatest era of curling there ever was or will be. You can't top that. I'm confident that they'd all have won more if they were active at different times .

Why? Kevin Martin couldn't even win a world championship for 20 years. When it was easier.

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03-14-23 12:41PM

hogged again
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Originally posted by curlingclips
Michael Jordan talked about GOAT-ness and comparing athletes from different eras.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smMKqdFHkkk

"I won 6 championships. Bill Russel won 11. Does that make Bill Russel better than me? Or make me better than him? NO. BECAUSE WE PLAYED AT DIFFERENT ERAS"

Jordan said that because he knows if he played against Russell in a 7 game series and tried to drive to the hoop like he did against jabronis he wouldn't even get through game 3.
Your comment that you can't compare teams from 2017 to now is ludicrous.

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03-14-23 04:39PM

oliviertoisel
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It's just a fun discussion so why not compare eras.

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03-14-23 05:28PM

Deliverer
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quote:
Originally posted by curlingclips
Michael Jordan talked about GOAT-ness and comparing athletes from different eras.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smMKqdFHkkk

"I won 6 championships. Bill Russel won 11. Does that make Bill Russel better than me? Or make me better than him? NO. BECAUSE WE PLAYED AT DIFFERENT ERAS"

You and Jordan are entitled to hold a minority viewpoint.

However, of the highest-paid sports analysts/commentators, few disagree with Bob Costas' statement on this subject, namely: "It IS possible to compare players even when they played in different eras.'

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03-14-23 05:37PM

myhouse911
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We witnessed not only the last Brier for Colin Hodgson, but Ryan Fry as well.
Congrats to Ryan on all his accolades.

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03-14-23 05:41PM

CURLER1
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Originally posted by myhouse911
We witnessed not only the last Brier for Colin Hodgson, but Ryan Fry as well.
Congrats to Ryan on all his accolades.

Ryan Fry article:
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/to...Db1M?li=AAggNb9

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03-14-23 06:07PM

oliviertoisel
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“Retired”. Hmm. Retiring in curling is like joining the gym in January. It might last but I’d take the under.

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03-14-23 09:18PM

decade
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Many a person has retired and the sold his soul to the highest bidder.

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03-15-23 03:41PM

hogged again
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Fry hasn't had the same intensity the last couple years. That may be because he is getting older or it may be because he switched from super intense Jacobs team to Epping/McEwen but still I'm surprised as I thought he was one of those guys who would play into his 50s. I think maybe after next year he may join Jacobs at second and take a longhot run at the trials.

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03-15-23 10:22PM

CurlingWatcher1
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Originally posted by hogged again
Fry hasn't had the same intensity the last couple years. That may be because he is getting older or it may be because he switched from super intense Jacobs team to Epping/McEwen but still I'm surprised as I thought he was one of those guys who would play into his 50s. I think maybe after next year he may join Jacobs at second and take a longhot run at the trials.

Nobody left for Fry to play for that has any money. The top 8 canadian teams suck up all the money. Nobody in the top 8 wants Fry so he has no choice but to step back.

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03-16-23 11:11AM

johnnysmoke
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quote:
Originally posted by hogged again
Fry hasn't had the same intensity the last couple years. That may be because he is getting older or it may be because he switched from super intense Jacobs team to Epping/McEwen but still I'm surprised as I thought he was one of those guys who would play into his 50s. I think maybe after next year he may join Jacobs at second and take a longhot run at the trials.

Of the teams that Fry played with, the appearance was that N. ON was the best fit. I wish him the best wherever he lands.

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03-16-23 02:02PM

Deliverer
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Up to the time Fry rode into

town, Jacobs & Co. had been

spinning their wheels trying to

win a Brier or a Grand Slam

event. Fry proved to be the exact

elixir they had been seeking.

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