Warning--curling posting...
I hope that the Quebec team comes away with this lesson--you win the tournament on ability, not on marketing.
Putting aside the end of the 4th complaint to the officials about Team Canada too quickly moving the rock at the end, the Quebec team must have decided that the way to win the tournament was to get the crowd not so much behind them, but against Team Canada.
And some of the audience went right along with it, and I hope they wake up tomorrow and realize what a bunch of pathetic dupes they were.
So, what was it guys--did you fall for the "oh, we're in out 20's and those nasty 30 and 40-something women will likely clean our clocks". Hey kids--the skip played on mixed teams--she's used to playing with a lot rougher crowd than Colleen Jones' crew. Was it the "Colleen Jones is too damn successful and needs to be taken down a notch?" Remember the Olympics? Think *that's* not painful? You confusing confidence with arrogance, maybe?
Colleen Jones was a class act at the end, and kudos for Scott Russell of CBC Sports for pointing out, oh so politely, to some of the crowd what a bunch of twits they were...
Posted by lsefton at February 29, 2004 03:06 PM