Winter Olympics 2010 Thread

[Ravin]

Ok Canada, seriously get it together. Don't blow this lead.

[killgod]

yeah dawg


thanks pavel

[Ravin]

Demitra pulled an NHL10. Right on the goaline, open net, and he shoots it off the post.

Lou should bring his gold medal to the Vancouver locker room, and thank Demitra for his miss.

[killgod]

I can accept him. But seriously, what the fuck did these girls expect bringing cigars onto the ice and smoking them out there. They may have just put the nail in the coffin of women's hockey at the Olympic games. If the IOC needed another reason to get rid of it, there is is.

Women's hockey just bothers me because they always act as if they have something to prove to every.

funny stat.

first men's hockey olympics ever, canada outscored their opponents 122-3.

they do have a point that the sport is slowly getting closer. i can remember watching hockey when teams weren't as balanced as they are today.

3-4 olympics from now and I'd bet the finland/sweden women teams are threats for gold.

for now it sucks tho and still will then, so boring, but whatever we gave those hoes rights for whatever reason.

[Minne]

man that was a amazIng finish

[Ravin]

funny stat.

first men's hockey olympics ever, canada outscored their opponents 122-3.

they do have a point that the sport is slowly getting closer. i can remember watching hockey when teams weren't as balanced as they are today.

3-4 olympics from now and I'd bet the finland/sweden women teams are threats for gold.

for now it sucks tho and still will then, so boring, but whatever we gave those hoes rights for whatever reason.

I just wish they made teams qualify a better way. Like a team should not be getting rocked 18-0. Because of all the games played, there was one meaningful game. Yeah you do have to give them time to get better, but it is going to be like 20 years before we get enough teams to make it a actual competition. Men's hockey you have like 6 teams who can all fight for gold on any given year, and a bunch of teams who can shock you and work in. Women's hockey it is just the same thing all the time. And after thus slutty display of sportsmenship, at the olympic games nonetheless, they should not complain if their sport gets the chop.

[Sharkweather]

Lou should bring his gold medal to the Vancouver locker room, and thank Demitra for his miss.

Hahahahaha.

:hahaha:

[JBauerisGod]

Jhe deserved DSQ, there's been DSQ's for less if you've watched all the short track stuff.


gold and bronze...wahooo!

If that dude was Korean instead of Canadian, Apolo would have never been disqualified. The officials need to let the athletes race instead of DQ'ing all the time.

[dave]

If that dude was Korean instead of Canadian, Apolo would have never been disqualified. The officials need to let the athletes race instead of DQ'ing all the time.

Really, what do any of us know about short-track speedskating?

I love how we're all experts (I include myself) at sports we know nothing about every four years.

[Ravin]

Watching 4man bobsled. This is great watching these guys whip out.

And as I type this, the USA team goes as well. This is hilarious.

[JBauerisGod]

Really, what do any of us know about short-track speedskating?

I love how we're all experts (I include myself) at sports we know nothing about every four years.

From what I've seen, if you have so much as a hand on a person that goes down, 9 times out of 10 you're getting DQ'd. On the other hand, you can pretty much shove a person out of the way and as long as they don't go down, it's considered a clean pass. See: Hamelin pushing Apolo in one of the earlier races in the Olympics.

I'd just like to see some consistency between disqualifications.

[dave]

From what I've seen, if you have so much as a hand on a person that goes down, 9 times out of 10 you're getting DQ'd. On the other hand, you can pretty much shove a person out of the way and as long as they don't go down, it's considered a clean pass. See: Hamelin pushing Apolo in one of the earlier races in the Olympics.

I'd just like to see some consistency between disqualifications.

Again, be honest, how much do you know about speed-skating?

[SethMode]

Again, be honest, how much do you know about speed-skating?

Who cares? He has eyeballs, that's all he really needs. It's not like it's that complex of a sport. I know exactly what he's talking about because I've watched all of the speed-skating events of every Olympics and there are clearly inconsistencies in stuff like that. It's just like ANY sport where there is obvious human error involved.

[JBauerisGod]

Again, be honest, how much do you know about speed-skating?

Enough to not blindly ignore the obvious inconsistencies between DQ's.

Short track speedskating is a lot like NASCAR racing, and I've watched that all my life. The end of a race is going to be tightly contested, and pushing and shoving is to be expected. Apolo had a small hole and it was the last corner of the last lap. He went for it, the Canadian pinched him (and rightfully so), and Apolo put his hand on the Candian's back to try and avoid any major contact. The Canadian fell. That's what happened.

I say let them race. As long as there aren't any blatantly obvious pushes, don't DQ anyone.

[Chrispy]

That speed skating was a home job, the judge was Canadian, Ohno got jobbed.