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When you are dealing with 1k plus pound animal doing intricate motions there is a non trivial chance for something to go really badly and if you wind up underneath said animal it is unlikely to end well for you. Unlike snowboards horses have minds of their own so there is always the X factor of the animal spooking or reacting to something unexpected can end really badly for rider and horse.
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daveNYCWhy universe hate Waspinator?Registered Userregular
She competed within the rules and so got to go to the Olympics. If competitors/others think that is a problem then change the rules (which they probably will, for good reason).
I reserve my internet vitriol for dopers
About the only thing that bothers me is that she managed to go to enough competitions to qualify for the Olympics but never seemed to develop any skill or ability to do tricks. Eddie the Eagle might have sucked, but even a shitty ski jump is still pretty impressive. Tonga guy managed to not come in last. Try and put a little more effort into things than just showing up.
Shut up, Mr. Burton! You were not brought upon this world to get it!
When you are dealing with 1k plus pound animal doing intricate motions there is a non trivial chance for something to go really badly and if you wind up underneath said animal it is unlikely to end well for you. Unlike snowboards horses have minds of their own so there is always the X factor of the animal spooking or reacting to something unexpected can end really badly for rider and horse.
I figured such things were more to blame, that while injury might be less frequent it might be decidedly more gruesome. What with ton of flailing beast involved in the injury.
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HardtargetThere Are Four LightsVancouverRegistered Userregular
She competed within the rules and so got to go to the Olympics. If competitors/others think that is a problem then change the rules (which they probably will, for good reason).
I reserve my internet vitriol for dopers
About the only thing that bothers me is that she managed to go to enough competitions to qualify for the Olympics but never seemed to develop any skill or ability to do tricks. Eddie the Eagle might have sucked, but even a shitty ski jump is still pretty impressive. Tonga guy managed to not come in last. Try and put a little more effort into things than just showing up.
man whatever, she skied down that halfpipe better than i fucking would have been able to.
obviously it's ridiculous but good for her, she still did it. they just gotta tighten up the rules.
When you are dealing with 1k plus pound animal doing intricate motions there is a non trivial chance for something to go really badly and if you wind up underneath said animal it is unlikely to end well for you. Unlike snowboards horses have minds of their own so there is always the X factor of the animal spooking or reacting to something unexpected can end really badly for rider and horse.
I figured such things were more to blame, that while injury might be less frequent it might be decidedly more gruesome. What with ton of flailing beast involved in the injury.
Just look at christopher reeve he was a really skilled rider but he got thrown once and fell bad and wound up paralyzed. I am not minimizing dangers from snow sports but the way the lady in question was going she was unlikely to ever be in much danger. Still I don't have any major beef she found a loophole and used it so she could say she was an olympian. She spent a great deal of money to do so in venues that probably overall helps the sport by supporting the competitions and events with her entry fees. There are always a couple odd balls like this every olympics.
Canada not even gonna make the playoffs in women's curling.
Women's curling
I feel for them but this is one of the worst performances I've ever seen at a competition like this. Worlds, Olympics, you name it. I hope they can save some face with the remaining games because this is hardly a showcase of their talent.
Homan's 77% for the tournament. The team is 81%. Not great, but South Korea's 78% and their skip is 78% too. It's just a little baffling how every time Homan et al. miss, they miss spectacularly and in the most critical of situations. You know, double/triple-takeout on their own stones, missing barely guarded knockouts TWICE in the 11th end, baffling strategic decisions.
The takeaway though is what my friend was commenting on when we were chatting this morning: the women's stats SUCK. Like, not just Canada but all the teams in the tournament. Barely anyone breaking 80%.
Canada not even gonna make the playoffs in women's curling.
Women's curling
I feel for them but this is one of the worst performances I've ever seen at a competition like this. Worlds, Olympics, you name it. I hope they can save some face with the remaining games because this is hardly a showcase of their talent.
Homan's 77% for the tournament. The team is 81%. Not great, but South Korea's 78% and their skip is 78% too. It's just a little baffling how every time Homan et al. miss, they miss spectacularly and in the most critical of situations. You know, double/triple-takeout on their own stones, missing barely guarded knockouts TWICE in the 11th end, baffling strategic decisions.
The takeaway though is what my friend was commenting on when we were chatting this morning: the women's stats SUCK. Like, not just Canada but all the teams in the tournament. Barely anyone breaking 80%.
I have no idea wtf is going on.
Early in the tournament wasn't there chatter about the sheets? I don't like blaming the tools but when everyone is off their game maybe there is something?
When you are dealing with 1k plus pound animal doing intricate motions there is a non trivial chance for something to go really badly and if you wind up underneath said animal it is unlikely to end well for you. Unlike snowboards horses have minds of their own so there is always the X factor of the animal spooking or reacting to something unexpected can end really badly for rider and horse.
I figured such things were more to blame, that while injury might be less frequent it might be decidedly more gruesome. What with ton of flailing beast involved in the injury.
Just look at christopher reeve he was a really skilled rider but he got thrown once and fell bad and wound up paralyzed. I am not minimizing dangers from snow sports but the way the lady in question was going she was unlikely to ever be in much danger. Still I don't have any major beef she found a loophole and used it so she could say she was an olympian. She spent a great deal of money to do so in venues that probably overall helps the sport by supporting the competitions and events with her entry fees. There are always a couple odd balls like this every olympics.
I think that lady is hilarious, I am a fan of seeing game systems exploited. I wonder if they will fix the exploit or just hope not too many folks exploit it.
Canada not even gonna make the playoffs in women's curling.
Women's curling
I feel for them but this is one of the worst performances I've ever seen at a competition like this. Worlds, Olympics, you name it. I hope they can save some face with the remaining games because this is hardly a showcase of their talent.
Homan's 77% for the tournament. The team is 81%. Not great, but South Korea's 78% and their skip is 78% too. It's just a little baffling how every time Homan et al. miss, they miss spectacularly and in the most critical of situations. You know, double/triple-takeout on their own stones, missing barely guarded knockouts TWICE in the 11th end, baffling strategic decisions.
The takeaway though is what my friend was commenting on when we were chatting this morning: the women's stats SUCK. Like, not just Canada but all the teams in the tournament. Barely anyone breaking 80%.
I have no idea wtf is going on.
The granite stones are less intimidated by ladies yelling at them than when men yell at them?
Canada not even gonna make the playoffs in women's curling.
Women's curling
I feel for them but this is one of the worst performances I've ever seen at a competition like this. Worlds, Olympics, you name it. I hope they can save some face with the remaining games because this is hardly a showcase of their talent.
Homan's 77% for the tournament. The team is 81%. Not great, but South Korea's 78% and their skip is 78% too. It's just a little baffling how every time Homan et al. miss, they miss spectacularly and in the most critical of situations. You know, double/triple-takeout on their own stones, missing barely guarded knockouts TWICE in the 11th end, baffling strategic decisions.
The takeaway though is what my friend was commenting on when we were chatting this morning: the women's stats SUCK. Like, not just Canada but all the teams in the tournament. Barely anyone breaking 80%.
I have no idea wtf is going on.
Cancel their passports and return flights! They're South Koreans now!
Canada not even gonna make the playoffs in women's curling.
Women's curling
I feel for them but this is one of the worst performances I've ever seen at a competition like this. Worlds, Olympics, you name it. I hope they can save some face with the remaining games because this is hardly a showcase of their talent.
Homan's 77% for the tournament. The team is 81%. Not great, but South Korea's 78% and their skip is 78% too. It's just a little baffling how every time Homan et al. miss, they miss spectacularly and in the most critical of situations. You know, double/triple-takeout on their own stones, missing barely guarded knockouts TWICE in the 11th end, baffling strategic decisions.
The takeaway though is what my friend was commenting on when we were chatting this morning: the women's stats SUCK. Like, not just Canada but all the teams in the tournament. Barely anyone breaking 80%.
I have no idea wtf is going on.
The granite stones are less intimidated by ladies yelling at them than when men yell at them?
That's not it. I am always intimidated when women yell at my stones.
Canada not even gonna make the playoffs in women's curling.
Women's curling
I feel for them but this is one of the worst performances I've ever seen at a competition like this. Worlds, Olympics, you name it. I hope they can save some face with the remaining games because this is hardly a showcase of their talent.
Homan's 77% for the tournament. The team is 81%. Not great, but South Korea's 78% and their skip is 78% too. It's just a little baffling how every time Homan et al. miss, they miss spectacularly and in the most critical of situations. You know, double/triple-takeout on their own stones, missing barely guarded knockouts TWICE in the 11th end, baffling strategic decisions.
The takeaway though is what my friend was commenting on when we were chatting this morning: the women's stats SUCK. Like, not just Canada but all the teams in the tournament. Barely anyone breaking 80%.
I have no idea wtf is going on.
The granite stones are less intimidated by ladies yelling at them than when men yell at them?
That's not it. I am always intimidated when women yell at my stones.
It is possible maybe they intimidate the granite stones too much? Scares them literally straight.
Canada not even gonna make the playoffs in women's curling.
Women's curling
I feel for them but this is one of the worst performances I've ever seen at a competition like this. Worlds, Olympics, you name it. I hope they can save some face with the remaining games because this is hardly a showcase of their talent.
Homan's 77% for the tournament. The team is 81%. Not great, but South Korea's 78% and their skip is 78% too. It's just a little baffling how every time Homan et al. miss, they miss spectacularly and in the most critical of situations. You know, double/triple-takeout on their own stones, missing barely guarded knockouts TWICE in the 11th end, baffling strategic decisions.
The takeaway though is what my friend was commenting on when we were chatting this morning: the women's stats SUCK. Like, not just Canada but all the teams in the tournament. Barely anyone breaking 80%.
I have no idea wtf is going on.
CBC's website had full match by match breakdowns.
I watched about half of Homan's games, and the only explanation I can wrangle is that the misses were really bad at critical times. Often game-losing misses or end-throwing misses. But ... I'm not sure that wasn't the case for other teams too, since I didn't see all their matches and even when I watched them play, it wasn't with the same critical eye.
It's just a little puzzling to me how their accuracies are all so close together yet outcomes so different. I guess that points to strategic errors being the major issue?
Yes when the accuracies are almost the same a lot of what is winning games is strategy and when you are missing. The top teams don't miss much but you miss the wrong shot at the wrong time and it can end your match.
But the top teams were missing a bunch was my point. Their stats suck. All of them. They are barely breaking 80% at a top level international competition.
Why Homan was sucking so bad in particular is less the point there then that the entire women's field was kinda sucking.
they should absolutely allow the US and Canada to use the body more. These women aren't delicate flowers, practice all the time with men and obviously want to do it (looking at the Canadian penalty just now). allowing it wouldn't turn them into goons and it would show that the "only men can hit" thing is a stupid throwback.
Oh my Fucking God.
Someone needs to get me a gif of figure skating double gold champion Scott Moir with a beer in his hand yelling "Are you kidding me!" at the ref.
Oh my Fucking God.
Someone needs to get me a gif of figure skating double gold champion Scott Moir with a beer in his hand yelling "Are you kidding me!" at the ref.
they should absolutely allow the US and Canada to use the body more. These women aren't delicate flowers, practice all the time with men and obviously want to do it (looking at the Canadian penalty just now). allowing it wouldn't turn them into goons and it would show that the "only men can hit" thing is a stupid throwback.
/rant
I am expressly not watching the game because I know the officiating will infuriate me. It always does for USA-CAN women's hockey. The officials from other countries are just in over their heads.
they should absolutely allow the US and Canada to use the body more. These women aren't delicate flowers, practice all the time with men and obviously want to do it (looking at the Canadian penalty just now). allowing it wouldn't turn them into goons and it would show that the "only men can hit" thing is a stupid throwback.
/rant
I am expressly not watching the game because I know the officiating will infuriate me. It always does for USA-CAN women's hockey. The officials from other countries are just in over their heads.
they should absolutely allow the US and Canada to use the body more. These women aren't delicate flowers, practice all the time with men and obviously want to do it (looking at the Canadian penalty just now). allowing it wouldn't turn them into goons and it would show that the "only men can hit" thing is a stupid throwback.
/rant
I am expressly not watching the game because I know the officiating will infuriate me. It always does for USA-CAN women's hockey. The officials from other countries are just in over their heads.
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About the only thing that bothers me is that she managed to go to enough competitions to qualify for the Olympics but never seemed to develop any skill or ability to do tricks. Eddie the Eagle might have sucked, but even a shitty ski jump is still pretty impressive. Tonga guy managed to not come in last. Try and put a little more effort into things than just showing up.
I figured such things were more to blame, that while injury might be less frequent it might be decidedly more gruesome. What with ton of flailing beast involved in the injury.
man whatever, she skied down that halfpipe better than i fucking would have been able to.
obviously it's ridiculous but good for her, she still did it. they just gotta tighten up the rules.
Just look at christopher reeve he was a really skilled rider but he got thrown once and fell bad and wound up paralyzed. I am not minimizing dangers from snow sports but the way the lady in question was going she was unlikely to ever be in much danger. Still I don't have any major beef she found a loophole and used it so she could say she was an olympian. She spent a great deal of money to do so in venues that probably overall helps the sport by supporting the competitions and events with her entry fees. There are always a couple odd balls like this every olympics.
Wikipedia has a page up. It's not complete, but it seems pretty good:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curling_at_the_2018_Winter_Olympics_–_Statistics
I don't know where else to find stats sadly.
The takeaway though is what my friend was commenting on when we were chatting this morning: the women's stats SUCK. Like, not just Canada but all the teams in the tournament. Barely anyone breaking 80%.
I have no idea wtf is going on.
Early in the tournament wasn't there chatter about the sheets? I don't like blaming the tools but when everyone is off their game maybe there is something?
Then again the men's stats don't look too bad
I think that lady is hilarious, I am a fan of seeing game systems exploited. I wonder if they will fix the exploit or just hope not too many folks exploit it.
the call is pretty electric
The granite stones are less intimidated by ladies yelling at them than when men yell at them?
Cancel their passports and return flights! They're South Koreans now!
That's not it. I am always intimidated when women yell at my stones.
It is possible maybe they intimidate the granite stones too much? Scares them literally straight.
CBC's website had full match by match breakdowns.
I watched about half of Homan's games, and the only explanation I can wrangle is that the misses were really bad at critical times. Often game-losing misses or end-throwing misses. But ... I'm not sure that wasn't the case for other teams too, since I didn't see all their matches and even when I watched them play, it wasn't with the same critical eye.
It's just a little puzzling to me how their accuracies are all so close together yet outcomes so different. I guess that points to strategic errors being the major issue?
Uhhh, I don't know if you noticed, but the South Koreans already have a pretty good women's curling team.
Why Homan was sucking so bad in particular is less the point there then that the entire women's field was kinda sucking.
/rant
We're flying even strength but this is killing momentum.
Edit: these games should be required watching for how to play positional hockey. It's like a textbook.
Edit2: motherfucker, another penalty.
Edit3: son of a bitch. 3rd power play pays off.
Someone needs to get me a gif of figure skating double gold champion Scott Moir with a beer in his hand yelling "Are you kidding me!" at the ref.
Edit: better tweet.
Olympic athletes.....just like us!!!
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For all I know Scott Moir could have been drunk since he finished his last skate and no one on earth would blame him
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Hah what the shit 4 straight penalties!
I am expressly not watching the game because I know the officiating will infuriate me. It always does for USA-CAN women's hockey. The officials from other countries are just in over their heads.
Hey now, he also needed to save some time to entirely platonically hug and whisper with Tessa for like a straight hour
The officiating is trash, yep
Understatement at the moment.
Edit: another missed call
No matter what happens in this game and no matter how many medals Norway eventually wins, drunk Scott Moir has officially won the Olympics for Canada
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Agree.
Edit:oh, a high stick in the face and no call?
Cool.. Cool.
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Yo people are quick
I love the internet.
PING!
Also the compete of both these teams is great. As good or better than NHL.
Edit: PING!