Olympic Excitement

[Malthus]

Oh, and just for curling fans:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlU_vvITynM

Heavy Metal Curling!   

[Barrister]

And we won gold in the sports that matter most: hockey and curling.   

Know which sport Carl insisted on watching? Curling.

I tell you, if you'd visited four years ago, i'd be doubting his paternity. 

I knew I liked that lad.   

Believe it or not, curling is actually a great tv sport.  What really makes it is the mikes on the players - you can hear them think through every shot.  I can't think of any other sport where you get that kind of information right from the players themselves.

[Malthus]

And we won gold in the sports that matter most: hockey and curling.   

Know which sport Carl insisted on watching? Curling.

I tell you, if you'd visited four years ago, i'd be doubting his paternity. 

I knew I liked that lad.   

Believe it or not, curling is actually a great tv sport.  What really makes it is the mikes on the players - you can hear them think through every shot.  I can't think of any other sport where you get that kind of information right from the players themselves.

Oh, I believe it. The rocks are large and slow-moving enough you can actually see the play. With hockey, you see the players but it is often difficult to track what is going on.

[Syt]

Oh, and just for curling fans:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlU_vvITynM

Heavy Metal Curling!   

Already been posted, but I gladly repeat how fitting a girly band like Hammerfall is for women's curling.

[crazy canuck]

I thought the US was very lucky to only be down 2-1 at the end.  In the 2nd period Canada was raining down shots that either hit the post or took miracle saves.

The puck luck definitely favoured the Americans in that game.   The two shots in the beginning of the third that hit the post would have made for a lot less dramatic period.  But an old hockey saying is that hard work creates it own luck and the Americans did play hard.

[crazy canuck]

With hockey, you see the players but it is often difficult to track what is going on.

I am beginning to think you and Josephus are not really Canadians but Monkeybutt sock puppets.

[DGuller]

It does suck that 90% of the time in hockey, the first time you know that the goal happened is when one team raises their sticks in celebration.  It would be nice to be able to see the goal yourself as it happens, before the scoring team spoils the result.

[crazy canuck]

I have no trouble following the puck.  I am not sure why others do.  I suppose its because I know where to look.

[Grey Fox]

Following the puck binds you to watching only one fact of Hockey. Instead of following the puck, try to follow the defense or the center when he doesn't have the puck.

[DGuller]

I have no trouble following the puck.  I am not sure why others do.  I suppose its because I know where to look.

I can follow the puck when it's in the middle of the field.  The problem is that when the goal is scored, the view of the puck is usually obstructed by the goalie and several other players near the goal.  Yes, one of the other cameras will show later in slow motion how the puck went between the goalie's legs, but by then the moment has passed. 

[crazy canuck]

Following the puck binds you to watching only one fact of Hockey. Instead of following the puck, try to follow the defense or the center when he doesn't have the puck.

Its watching all of those actions that makes it easy to follow the puck.  You can tell where it is and you can anticipate when a scoring chance will occur.  I agree with you.  Perhaps the problem people are having is that they are trying to watch only the puck.

[Grey Fox]

That's true. Do people watching football only watch the ball?

[Malthus]

I have no trouble following the puck.  I am not sure why others do.  I suppose its because I know where to look.

Yeah, but I'm thinking you just may have a tad better understanding of the game than your average 4 year old. 

[In case you missed the context, the question was why Carl, age 4, preferred watching curling. The answer is that he could see the big, colourful and slow-moving rocks and so could get excited by the plays]

[Jacob]

I have no trouble following the puck.  I am not sure why others do.  I suppose its because I know where to look.

Yeah, but I'm thinking you just may have a tad better understanding of the game than your average 4 year old. 

[In case you missed the context, the question was why Carl, age 4, preferred watching curling. The answer is that he could see the big, colourful and slow-moving rocks and so could get excited by the plays]

Perhaps CC was responding to DGul explaining how he's at about Carl's level?

[Barrister]

I have no trouble following the puck.  I am not sure why others do.  I suppose its because I know where to look.

Yeah, but I'm thinking you just may have a tad better understanding of the game than your average 4 year old. 

[In case you missed the context, the question was why Carl, age 4, preferred watching curling. The answer is that he could see the big, colourful and slow-moving rocks and so could get excited by the plays]

Give credit to Carl though.  Curling *is* a better game.