He’s a talented skater, but his personality leaves a lot to be desired. I find him condescending and obnoxious in interviews.All three of our men just CRUSHED IT!!! Adam Rippon is so lovely and so inspirational.
He’s a talented skater, but his personality leaves a lot to be desired. I find him condescending and obnoxious in interviews.
I’m another big fan - I think he’s hilarious!He’s a talented skater, but his personality leaves a lot to be desired. I find him condescending and obnoxious in interviews.
That sounds glorious.
He’s a talented skater, but his personality leaves a lot to be desired. I find him condescending and obnoxious in interviews.
ETA: Ooops - I meant to quote @hopemax above.
It's worked fine the way it is since time immemorial because good sportsmanship says you never remove a rock unless it significantly impacts play. For that matter, a curler should always remove their own rock if they burn it to prevent the opposing team's skip from having to make the awkward decision.
They don't even have judges except the one that comes and measures and the one that repairs the rocks if need be. Curling is one of those sports where people are expected to be reasonably sporting and not take advantage of things and to work these things out. So technically having the choice as to what to do still means you are expected to do the right thing rather than the expedient thing.
He's his own biggest fan and is clearly there more for self-promotion than skating. Can't say I blame him. He was given a gift and is taking advantage of it.
I've been watching curling at every level from local rec league to national/world championships and Olympics since I was a child; I literally cannot ever remember anyone being accused of doing that. And a burned rock is a burned rock - wouldn't really matter to the outcome if it had been done deliberately.The problem with that is a sweeper could burn a stone on purpose to avoid something bad happening. It should be the official that removes it.
Curling at this level uses many officials and they can do more than measure stones.
Right, all of those years of sacrifice and hard work and he's so not there for the skating...
All I want to do is watch the mens figure skating finals and all the yackity yack and switching back and forth between events and commentators is annoying the bejesus out of me.
I've been watching curling at every level from local rec league to national/world championships and Olympics since I was a child; I literally cannot ever remember anyone being accused of doing that. And a burned rock is a burned rock - wouldn't really matter to the outcome if it had been done deliberately.
And Tara giggling with delight when one of the skaters does a great move, or overstating the obvious -- "he has to skate clean." duh. And don't get me started on Johnny Weird. I really wish NBC would get better commentators -- more of Scott Hamilton for starters.
He's his own biggest fan and is clearly there more for self-promotion than skating. Can't say I blame him. He was given a gift and is taking advantage of it.
You'd probably be surprised how much time me and my kind spend in actual discussions about curling!You must be in your heaven right now..an actual discussion about curling lol
Congrats to Nathan Chen and Vincent Zhou. Even though they missed the medals, 5th & 6th aren't bad!
I've been watching curling at every level from local rec league to national/world championships and Olympics since I was a child; I literally cannot ever remember anyone being accused of doing that. And a burned rock is a burned rock - wouldn't really matter to the outcome if it had been done deliberately.
You must be in your heaven right now..an actual discussion about curling lol