March 27, 2008

Ford World Women's Curling Championship 12

It's Thursday afternoon at 1.30p.m here in Vernon, British Columbia and I'm not sure what to say in this blog so I'll stick with the facts.

Karen Addison, Lynn Cameron and Anne Laird are on sheet A playing Italy, third end as I write. Now you can all count, that makes just three players right? And you're wondering what is going on.

After seven games with Scotland on a record of one win and six losses the team changed, Karen Addison move up to third, Lyndsay Wilson played second stones, but the team went on to lose another game. So it was decided Gail should sit out, Karen would skip and fifth player Lynn Cameron come into the team, so far so good, Gail wasn't happy as you can understand but she was going to sit this one out. Then Lyndsay decided if Gail wasn't playing, she wasn't playing.

And there you have it, make of it what you will, that's why I'm watching three players out there.

By the way the score is 1/1 after three.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

interesting that the powers of "B" have allowed.... the knock on effects could be ?

Anonymous said...

What a heart ache for Scotland's girls and their followers ... But we still love them!

Anonymous said...

Oh dear not a good state of affairs. Only plays into the hands of those who want to hand pick squads for major competitions.

Anonymous said...

Never heard the likes of it.
What kind of message is this sending to the international curling community?
Get on with it!

Anonymous said...

well done to Karen Annie & Lynn, you kept the Scottish spirit alive. Love to all.

Anonymous said...

how exactly did this work? Did one player have to play two positions if there were only three players?

Anonymous said...

Get a grip - Scottish Champions - Win together - Lose together - Who do they think they are?

Anonymous said...

RCCC should get their facts right. RHONA DIN NOT AGREE TO THE CHANGES AND GAIL WAS TOLD SHE WAS OFF.

Anonymous said...

The tin lid on a season where we have suffered from a bizarre series of bad decisions and misjudgements at the top?! of Scottish Curling.
A state of Anarchy is just around the corner.

Anonymous said...

National coach, Team Coach, Assistant Coach, Physio, Psychologist!!!, Brush bag carrier, water boy et al.
Net result.....three players on the ice!
What a shambles!
Lets hope Team Murdoch can restore some pride in Scottish Curling.

Anonymous said...

Does the coach call which shots to play from the sidelines and control the game? Did the rest of the team want Gail to step aside? The coach should be there to assist the team, not direct it. A team is always more than the sum of its parts and curling has always been democratic in which the teams make their own decisions. That still works best. This is not football. The coach has just destroyed a team. Appalling...

Anonymous said...

Coaches in a "no-win" situation - don't do anything and team loses all games - what are they there for? What if GB don't make Olympics, etc., etc.
Change the team (following pretty clear stats) and they have interfered, mucked-up a team, etc.
Congrats to the 3 who realised they were playing for their country and restored honour a bit.