tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2391028863667740203.post873042371446705074..comments2024-02-29T07:40:49.971-05:00Comments on In the House: What the Olympics have done to Competitive Curling – Part DeuxMike Fournierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00667806592155378995noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2391028863667740203.post-29285741528165561112015-01-30T09:07:43.766-05:002015-01-30T09:07:43.766-05:00What other Olympic sport can you be lazy, not comm...What other Olympic sport can you be lazy, not committed 100%, make sacrifices in life and career? Sprinters train and train and train and eat very strict diets and do things no other human would think of just to shave off 0.01 of a second to try to win the Olympics...and most will fail. This is the nature of the beast...we want curling to be an Olympic sport...it needs to be treated as such. Is it creating an elite group in curling, yes. Is that bad for the game, no. It is just bad for those of us that are lazy and don't want to do what the elite athletes are doing to be the very best.<br /><br />Sheesh....if it's not one thing, it's another. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2391028863667740203.post-61195029896756465882014-04-04T19:35:15.446-04:002014-04-04T19:35:15.446-04:00Very good article, but I think some of the numbers...Very good article, but I think some of the numbers to calculate the time away is understated. It is more like 10 days off for a Brier, 3-4 days off for a tour event (get there thursday night and leave monday night at latest). Very tough to juggle especially if you don't live in a big hub. but beside all of that now we are getting these top teams using the Brier as a catapult to the Olympic trials and totally alienating any of the more traditional (grass root) teams from the game, leaving the only 6-8 teams standing. This will leave the depth of curling more shallow than a slow running creek in August. KEEP THE INTEGRITY OF THE BRIER AND ALL PROVINCIAL PLAYDOWNS to those who support it at the grass roots level. NO byes to the provincial finals and everyone should start from scratch every year. This will truly show the depth of Canadian curling and reward those who make it. Tee Man (BC)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com