Winter Olympics 2010 Thread

[EmpireWF]

so many close shots

 

[tribeTILLiDIE]

HOLY FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK ARE YOU KIDDING ME?????????

 

[Chrispy]

UUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

[Sharkweather]

Chatbox will take credit for that goal.

Your welcome.

 

[TheSanchize]

Chatbox will take credit for that goal.

Your welcome.

Agreed...all credit belongs to us!

 

[MrBill]

USA USA! Hope we can take the gold but forcing Canada into OT in hockey is already a win in my book.

 

[killgod]

LOL @ Jack Layton and his wife front row at Gretzky's.

 

[Minne]

hahaha classic!!! that was beautiful

 

[tribeTILLiDIE]

OT baby.

Talk about living up to the hype. My god.

 

[killgod]

:acid::acid::acid:



:dealwithit:

 

[Sharkweather]

7-6 AGGREGATE WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

[MrBill]

Congrats to Canada. Coming back from 2 goals down to force OT showed a lot of grit by Team USA.

 

[tribeTILLiDIE]

Sidney Crosby wins it for his country in sudden death overtime. How appropriate.

 

[mgoblue2290]

Great game. Canada outplayed us but we fought every inch of the way.


See you in 4 years.

 

[SethMode]

I just hate that it was that little faggot Crosby. And I'm even a Penguin fan.

 

[calgaryballer]

Holy cow, what a game. Great fight back by the US to take it to OT, wish we had buried some chances earlier (posts, Crosby's break), but I will take the gold

Can't believe how quickly it turned from being a disappointing Olympics to setting records for gold medal wins

 

[calgaryballer]

Before this thread turns into a pissing match, there are a number of things that have to be said-

- the US did overachieve. But looking back, was it really a huge overachieves? Playing on an NHL ice surface, the Americans did what they had to do. Use their speed, forecheck like demons, and rely on a dominant goalie. With less surface to use, they cut off the rink and forced other teams into mistakes. All in all, a great gameplan and I don't think a gold would have been an injustice.

- the physicality of this tournament was underrated. Russia, Sweden and Finland weren't ready for it. Small teams like Latvia and Switzerland that were willing to leave it all out were able to pressure the more 'European' teams and skill wasn't enough

- at the end, Canada still shone through. As discussed here earlier, the game with the US in prelims was closer than 5-3, and this game was the same. I felt Canada created more chances, but the US did well to bury theirs when they had them.

- the medal debate. It's stupid. Canada setting a record of 14 gold medals is fantastic. American fans will bring out the more medals argument, which is valid. However, as of those Olympics America was the only country who ranked by total medals and not by gold. The BBC and most other international sources have Canada as the top ranked country (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/default.stm).

I can only assume that if the US had more golds and not total medals, American sites would adapt this criteria as well.

- To be clear, I am not begrudging the US getting 37 medals. Great achievement. It's just their is not point in having an argument over which is better. I'm sure when the US set the previous record at Salt Lake, it was a huge deal. Canada shattered the host nation record be four golds.

 

[Chrispy]

I also saw, "Best Winter Games ever?" on that page, lol

 

[Sharkweather]

- the medal debate. It's stupid. Canada setting a record of 14 gold medals is fantastic. American fans will bring out the more medals argument, which is valid. However, as of those Olympics America was the only country who ranked by total medals and not by gold. The BBC and most other international sources have Canada as the top ranked country (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/default.stm).

I can only assume that if the US had more golds and not total medals, American sites would adapt this criteria as well.

- To be clear, I am not begrudging the US getting 37 medals. Great achievement. It's just their is not point in having an argument over which is better. I'm sure when the US set the previous record at Salt Lake, it was a huge deal. Canada shattered the host nation record be four golds.

U.S. - 9G, 15S, 13B = 37 Total Medals
Canada - 14G, 7S, 5B = 26 Total Medals

If you want to look at it how the Olympics should do it (3 points for Gold, 2 points for Silver, 1 point for Bronze) this is how it looks..

U.S. - 27G, 30S, 13B = 70 Total Pts
Canada - 42G, 14S, 5B = 61 Total Pts

 

[calgaryballer]

I also saw, "Best Winter Games ever?" on that page, lol

Did you read the article? Or maybe you're so jaded from 3 weeks of incredibly shitty NBC coverage?