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2022 Olympic Games

Offsides Guy said:
I blame this completely on USA Hockey for either being too arrogant or too cheap to bring a taxi squad of possible substitute players. What idiot at USA Hockey thought you could call somebody up on short notice who is back in the states and likely has not been isolating herself for the last two weeks on the off chance she might get called to Beijing? Whoever made this decision should be fired immediately after the Olympics!
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I think it is also possible that USA Hockey asked Curl and Eden and whoever else "how'd you like to travel to Beijing to sit in a hotel room for three weeks, eat bad food, and probably never even put on the uniform?", and they said "no, thanks".
 
robertearle said:
I think it is also possible that USA Hockey asked Curl and Eden and whoever else "how'd you like to travel to Beijing to sit in a hotel room for three weeks, eat bad food, and probably never even put on the uniform?", and they said "no, thanks".
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I highly doubt that is the case. Given the current state of the pandemic, the two players would’ve had to know there was a good chance somebody would catch Covid at the games and they would get a chance to play. If they weren’t thinking like that, then shame on them for blowing what might be their best chance to play in the Olympic games. There is no guarantee of future invites to anyone.
 
Offsides Guy said:
I blame this completely on USA Hockey for either being too arrogant or too cheap to bring a taxi squad of possible substitute players. What idiot at USA Hockey thought you could call somebody up on short notice who is back in the states and likely has not been isolating herself for the last two weeks on the off chance she might get called to Beijing? Whoever made this decision should be fired immediately after the Olympics!
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Yep.
 
robertearle said:
I think it is also possible that USA Hockey asked Curl and Eden and whoever else "how'd you like to travel to Beijing to sit in a hotel room for three weeks, eat bad food, and probably never even put on the uniform?", and they said "no, thanks".
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Most people would cut off their arm just to say they had a part in the Olympics. No way anyone turns down the opportunity, no matter how slim, to be part of the Olympics. No way.

Besides, USA Hockey admitted they were not bringing a taxi squad. So, they never asked anyone.
 
I don't think the US needs to spend any time worrying about their freaking taxi squad. They have enough to worry about in trying to beat the defensive zone coverage and hot goaltending of a team like the Czech Republic last night. Much respect to those players for playing their hearts out against us!!
 
shelfit said:
I don't think the US needs to spend any time worrying about their freaking taxi squad. They have enough to worry about in trying to beat the defensive zone coverage and hot goaltending of a team like the Czech Republic last night. Much respect to those players for playing their hearts out against us!!
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I mean this sincerely, one of my favorite things about your posts on the various threads is how you tend to cut straight to the core of the matter.
 
Scott_TG said:
I mean this sincerely, one of my favorite things about your posts on the various threads is how you tend to cut straight to the core of the matter.
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Thank you Scott. I get that from my dad. He always told me things straight up without any sugar coating. I believe it made me a better player and one that never got sucked into team drama like so many others whose parents told them that coach should be putting them on the first line or PP or whatever when clearly they should not have been based on their talent level. Know what I mean? One of the things he always said was the players at the bottom of the depth chart on any team aren't going to be the difference makers. I think that applies here. The taxi squad players are not going to win any games for us or Canada! End of discussion.
 
shelfit said:
Thank you Scott. I get that from my dad. He always told me things straight up without any sugar coating. I believe it made me a better player and one that never got sucked into team drama like so many others whose parents told them that coach should be putting them on the first line or PP or whatever when clearly they should not have been based on their talent level. Know what I mean? One of the things he always said was the players at the bottom of the depth chart on any team aren't going to be the difference makers. I think that applies here. The taxi squad players are not going to win any games for us or Canada! End of discussion.
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Unless, of course, 2 or 3 current team members test positive. Stop brushing off a terrible decision by USA Hockey. (How’s that for straight up?)
 
Offsides Guy said:
Unless, of course, 2 or 3 current team members test positive. Stop brushing off a terrible decision by USA Hockey. (How’s that for straight up?)
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LMAO, it's the absolute definition of lame (uninspiring and dull), and generally just a weak attempt to compete, which puts you at the bottom of this depth chart!! Thanks for proving my point!! Did you never play team sports?! Did you never have teammates missing because of injuries, illness, personal issues, and on and on?! You just deal with it as players and teammates and you don't waste time crying and whining about it or making excuses! I guarantee these elite hockey players aren't whining and crying and trying to blame people like you weak-*ss men here are doing! You make me sick! Grow a freaking pair! Shut up and move on!

Have a nice day. Lol
 
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shelfit said:
LMAO, it's the absolute definition of lame (uninspiring and dull), and generally just a weak attempt to compete, which puts you at the bottom of this depth chart!! Thanks for proving my point!! Did you never play team sports?! Did you never have teammates missing because of injuries, illness, personal issues, and on and on?! You just deal with it as players and teammates and you don't waste time crying and whining about it or making excuses! I guarantee these elite hockey players aren't whining and crying and trying to blame people like you weak-*ss men here are doing! You make me sick! Grow a freaking pair! Shut up and move on!

Have a nice day. Lol
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I won’t get sucked into comparing athletic experiences and accomplishments (you’d lose) but, of course, teams suck it up and play with the players they have. The point you are missing is that we were talking about USA Hockey’s management of the team. This is similar to an NFL team going all in on an All-Star quarterback but neglecting to have any kind of a quality back up QB. The players will play the game with whomever is throwing the ball, but that doesn’t excuse team management for not putting together a roster that includes a solid contingency plan. No one is whining. People are just holding USA Hockey accountable.
 
Timothy A said:
AJ sucks too, just in a different way. Surely somewhere out there there is a female Tony Romo or John Madden waiting to be found. If they can't, then just hire a qualified man to do it, like in the good old days where you hired the best available person based only on talent.
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those good old days where most qualified person gets the job never existed. Just last week Martin St Louis went from coaching peewee hockey to coaching the Montreal Canadiens.

Sami Jo Small and Liz Knox are two women who should have media careers in women’s hockey if we ever get to a point where someone can earn a living that way.
 
Angela Ruggiero has her own struggles. At the end of the ROC vs Switzerland quarterfinal, she commented on Alina Mueller taking the chance of shooting at the empty net and risking an icing in the final seconds. The Swiss were on the PK. Some expert.

Across so many of these sports, the announcers do their best to make the event unwatchable. Either over hyping American athletes and making it sound like a gold medal is all but assured when it would be a surprise to most if they medaled at all, to getting off track talking about their own exploits and memories. That makes me so impressed when listening to Kevin Martin announce curling. As I know little about the sport, I don't have the proper background to put his resume in context, but I gather than he could talk about his own exploits all day, yet he never does. He can take a sport that is decidedly short on action and make it compelling, telling a complete and accurate story to novices and experts alike.

I wish they could find someone half as good to do hockey.
 
Lindsay said:
those good old days where most qualified person gets the job never existed. Just last week Martin St Louis went from coaching peewee hockey to coaching the Montreal Canadiens.
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Although, wasn't he overqualified to be coaching peewees? I would think he could coach bantams at least.
 
ARM said:
Although, wasn't he overqualified to be coaching peewees? I would think he could coach bantams at least.
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I believe his PeeWee team was actually better than the Montreal Canadiens so it's actually a step down in caliber of hockey for him.
 
Based on the last couple games, it looks like the gold medal game is going to Rigsby-Cavallini vs Desbiens in goal.

Teammates on the 2013-2014 Wisconsin team. The expectation for that year was senior Rigsby would be away on the Olympic team and freshman Desbiens would be the starter. But Rigsby was left off the Olympics team, so she played most of the year. In January (?) Rigs was injured and Desbiens played for a month or so, and did really well.

(Even with that much goalie-tending talent, UW finished second to the all-but-unbeatable Noora Raty Gopher teams.)
 
USA 4 Finland 1 sets up the USA-Canada rematch. Too bad it is at 11:15PM Eastern Time. Gonna have to set up the DVR for this one.
 
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