Random Brier week thoughts:
- Some strange results
so far. Stoughton looks like he is playing in the Glenmore Intermediate as
opposed to the Brier. Mead is cracking jokes, the front end looks bored, and
Jeff is throwing his inturn like a Frisbee. Not sure if they will make it to
the weekend, but if they do they will likely play better.
- I have never been a
big Martin Short fan, but man that Capital One commercial where he plays the
role of a cheesy PR guy, a cross-eyed hockey player, a cross eyed toothless
goalie, a cross –eyed referee and a frustrated announcer trying to book a
rewards flight at a hockey game is AWFUL. But it looks like they spent a pile of
money on special effects, and they run the commercial about a zillion times
every draw. Maybe next time, spend less money on the talent, more on the script
writer.
- Bret Gallant looks
horrible this week. The way he is playing, Gushue would not hire him to serve
frozen yogurt at his shop, let alone play 3rd for him next year.
Gush is going to have to stand on his head to make playoffs. I am hoping they
lose a 5th game soon, so that TSN will stop showing them as the
feature game.
- Quebec is having a
strange week: they beat Cotter, then they lose to PEI. They beat Manitoba, then
lose to Grattan. Will the real team
Ménard please stand up? They are still alive, but it looks like they will have
to almost win out (including big games against Koe and Gushue) to make
playoffs.
- Was watching Cathy
Gauthier introduce the Quebec team. She started going on about how Jean-Michel
has to practice a lot, because he does not really get to play a lot of
competitive teams in Quebec. Boo Cathy Gauthier. Her and Mudryk are awful –
even for the early morning games. Have switched to Guy on RDS2, even though he
keeps saying “pesanteur block de départ” instead of “hack”.
- Eddie Mackenzie made
a nice early run to try to avoid relegation, but it will be too little too
late.
- Surprised Nova
Scotia is so bad. I have played these guys before, they are not as bad as 0-7.
- Kamloops looks
empty. There are almost as few people watching as the Slams.
- Okay – I have heard
about Jenny’s blown out knee and pregnancy. I get it. WFG stuck by her and
threw more money at her, instead of ditching the pregnant lady with the bad
knee. Good for them. But if I see this commercial again I am going to stick a Q-tip into my brain (have not received the Wax Vac yet). WTF
WFG?
- I still like Koe to
win, but damn he is boring to watch. He makes Stoughton look like Brock Virtue.
- I just don’t get why
TSN, Sportsnet, RDS all need to have 7,000,000 people talking about the NHL
trade deadline. And everyone has to have a countdown clock, and a team of
talking heads discussing all the trades that will not happen. I just spent 20
minutes watching Bob Mackenzie texting someone. Can we just wait until after
the deadline, and then tell me who went where? The trade deadline day turns all
the hockey people into gossiping teenage girls.
- I think Scotties has
to stop showing the commercial with Heather Smith-Dacey, unless the re-edit it
to remove the Dacey out of it, kinda like Heather has done. (not to spread
gossip, but she will be playing with Johnny Morris in Ottawa at the Canadian Mixed
Doubles in a few weeks. Hmmmmmm)
- Johnny Mo has to
market those green curling shoes. They look magical. I am thinking of getting a
pair in Ruby Red, so I can click my heels together when it gets ugly.
- Highlight of the
week so far: Balsy (Greg Balsdon) making a great shot in a losing effort to NB,
then turning to the crowd and shouting “COME ON!” with his best Brad Jacobs
impression. Magic. As expected Greg has been entertaining, and has added the
term “Cheese Dog” to the curling vocabulary. I believe it is similar to the “Soft,
stinky-cheese weight” that Scott Hill used to call. Also here is a great link to Greg getting interviewed by John Morris: Morris and Balsdon
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