tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2391028863667740203.post8961323923121085390..comments2024-02-29T07:40:49.971-05:00Comments on In the House: “Quebec teams are better prepared for the Brier Patch than they are for the Brier.”Mike Fournierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00667806592155378995noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2391028863667740203.post-44218140638355262982012-11-13T13:30:01.588-05:002012-11-13T13:30:01.588-05:00Shit, j'ai manqué ça!
Comment performer comme...Shit, j'ai manqué ça!<br /><br />Comment performer comme Martin? Facile:<br /><br />- se trouver une job genre golfeur, "artiste" (Genre Bambino) ou critique littéraire<br /><br />- Trouver 50 000$ de commandite<br /><br />- trouver 3 autres personnes qui ont le même genre de "job" que soi.<br /><br />- trouver un club qui accepte que tu pratiques seul quand bon te semble<br /><br />- engager un coach et un psychologue sportif pour permettre à l'équipe de survivre plus de 2 semaines<br /><br />- engager un consultant pour expliquer à ta blonde que t'es parti de Septembre à Mars et que tu vas la voir plus souvent sur Skype qu'en vrai<br /><br />Donc c'est très facile.<br /><br />Mike, I will see you in TMR next weekend. Good luck.<br /><br />Christian BouchardChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510249142665933437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2391028863667740203.post-34100969842243995232012-11-09T02:57:47.406-05:002012-11-09T02:57:47.406-05:00Wow Mike,
It was a proposal for discussion based ...Wow Mike,<br /><br />It was a proposal for discussion based on statistics and ideas/options. It was presented in the form of questions not statements. Had it been truly offensive and mostly nonsense people would have walked out instead they stayed around for almost 2 hours. The objective was to come up with solutions/ways of doing better. If it served to unite the players, well that's good. There will be other meetings this winter. I hope people come up with suggestions that take into account all the contraints we face.<br />Good luck in the Canadian Mixed <br />Marco FerraroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2391028863667740203.post-54993777074933917552012-11-09T02:35:23.150-05:002012-11-09T02:35:23.150-05:00Gerry,
The first slide in the presentation stated ...Gerry,<br />The first slide in the presentation stated very clearly that it was to be an exchange of ideas, an initial meeting to discuss ways of improoving our playdown format and tour. No more no less. To ask our teams why they don't have coaches, is not an insult but simply a question. To point out that most teams play very little in December and January is not an insult but a fact that it's not the best preparation for the provincials. A so called dictator wouldn't have driven 5 hours to share ideas with players.<br />Marco FerraroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2391028863667740203.post-6588038277411081882012-11-08T17:57:13.121-05:002012-11-08T17:57:13.121-05:00Perhaps it is time to combine a few of the under r...Perhaps it is time to combine a few of the under represented regions? Either combine them or force them to hold elimination playoffs. The age-old tradition of there being 12 regions is not set in stone. And, a return to the unwieldy 16 team, two pool round-robin is unthinkable! There is no question we want to have the best teams at the provincial championship. Denying a spot to the "money" teams would help to kill the "Circuit" faster than a fire out of control! A 10 team round-robin works well. Give one spot each to seven "regional" winners, two to the top "money" teams and one spot to the Circuit champion. Marco's out-dated proposal which seeks to protect and placate the "Regions" of la belle province is counter productive!jaypekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680916900492367576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2391028863667740203.post-16953880415112913812012-11-08T15:46:22.609-05:002012-11-08T15:46:22.609-05:00I propose that the last two teams be selected by h...I propose that the last two teams be selected by having the skips throw footballs through tires.Gerry Routledgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2391028863667740203.post-70470522714264625342012-11-08T14:13:59.410-05:002012-11-08T14:13:59.410-05:00Oh - that's right! I had forgotten about that ...Oh - that's right! I had forgotten about that part! The proposal was even worse than I remembered!Mike Fournierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667806592155378995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2391028863667740203.post-54562037642828413202012-11-08T14:01:01.751-05:002012-11-08T14:01:01.751-05:00Mike,
Small correction regarding the proposed pla...Mike,<br /><br />Small correction regarding the proposed playdowns format : the 2 spots ''by the points'' would actually be a last chance type of qualification. Hence, all the points accumulated throughout the year would only be used for the teams not making it through ''hybrid regions''. Points would then be used to select the four teams that would play another spiel to select the last 2 teams going to provincials. <br /><br />Philippe MenardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2391028863667740203.post-58036488784491514812012-11-08T11:32:21.972-05:002012-11-08T11:32:21.972-05:00Marco once again has forgotten that the mandate of...Marco once again has forgotten that the mandate of Curling Quebec is to implement the wishes of the athletes. Not the other way around. Just because he applied for the job doesn't automatically make him the most knowledgeable decision maker.<br /><br />This mentality of dictating to the masses is wrong and has been proven wrong in the past. I suspect that the villagers with the torches will have to rise up one more time and start rattling the gates at CQ until somebody wakes up.Gerry Routledgenoreply@blogger.com