Olympic hockey

[Apoc]

Originally Posted by tommymac

Would they keep playing OT or would it had gone to a shootout that would have sucked.

20 min ot, 3 man shootout, then sudden death shootout.

And our style of hit and go hockey really favors 4 on 4.

[Apoc]

Originally Posted by Trip

The really sad part is this Olympics won't be remembered for the hockey game. It will be remembered for the Georgian who died on the course and all the idiotic things that were said and done right after. I hope the idiots in charge of that one get sued out the ass.

It easy to say that its idiotic things. But the fact remains, he wasnt prepared to compete with the best, on the the hardest course. Im not saying track designers arent at fault for his death, they totally are. But its also on the backs of countries to make sure the athletes are prepared to run in those conditions.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Apoc

It easy to say that its idiotic things. But the fact remains, he wasnt prepared to compete with the best, on the the hardest course. Im not saying track designers arent at fault for his death, they totally are. But its also on the backs of countries to make sure the athletes are prepared to run in those conditions.

How could you prepare for that course though? He was a competent competitor to qualify for the olympics, but that course was designed to be faster than anything on the planet. You can't prepare for the fastest ever made when the host country bans outsiders from it.

He had a wreck and the idiot designers of the course had metal structure objects in the crash zone without any sort of protection. If someone is going to come off the track, it's right where they had the structure.

When I go to the gap, even I know not to park my bike in the crash zone when I stop to talk to the photographers. It's just asking for your bike to get taken out by someone who loses it in the corner.

[Papa_Complex]

Actually he had practised on the course previously and also crashed.

[Apoc]

But, he had the same time as everyone else on the track.

There never should have been a way for him to hit that beam. That doesnt mean that just because you can, you should, he had never come close to winning anything, just a backmarker for bad times. It;d be like giving us an M1 and throwing us into a motogp race at laguna seca, not a great idea. (be fucking awesome though!)

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Actually he had practised on the course previously and also crashed.

He also made it through all the world cup qualifying to get there. There were also several other crashes at Whistler by experienced racers.

Poor safety implementation is what it is more about. If you are going to make the "fastest track in the world", you should also make all attempts to make it the safest in the world as well. Exposed metal structure supports in a crash zone is very very poor planning.

[Apoc]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

There WAS. It used to be touted as, "The best of amateur sport." That's the problem with being old; you know how things used to be.

There were pro athletes competing before you were born... Your only in your forties.

Edit: Rules on amateur competitors were phased out ion 1970.

[Apoc]

In other news:

USA Mens Hockey Team See's GOLD!
Around Team Canada's neck!

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Apoc

Edit: Rules on amateur competitors were phased out ion 1970.

Doesn't seem like America started sending Pros til way after that though. Cause the dream team was like 92, I believe. Seems like a lot of it happened around the same time with pro ice skaters from America as well.

[Apoc]

Originally Posted by Trip

Doesn't seem like America started sending Pros til way after that though. Cause the dream team was like 92, I believe. Seems like a lot of it happened around the same time with pro ice skaters from America as well.

No, both of our countries didnt till the 90's, which was the biggest reason for europenis domination. Fuckers.