I’m watching the morning men’s curling match between the USA and China on the DVR. Skip Shuster of the USA just made his usual choke throw in the third end and gave China a three. China leads 4-1 after three ends.
Update:Shuster comes back to score two after a China mistake in the fourth end, and the US trails 4-3.
Update: Once again, Shuster fails to make the big shot. A few more inches with the hammer in the sixth end, and the US scores two. Instead, they take one, lose the hammer, and go into the seventh end trailing 6-4.
The commentators noted the US has a higher shot percentage than China, but it seems China is doing a better job on the big shots.
Update: Shuster makes a terrible shot with the hammer in the eighth end, and China scores two. The US concedes with the score 9-4.
Leverage index was very important in this game. The US made 88% of their shots to 80% for China, but the skips reversed that, the China 4th making 88% of his shots, while Shuster made just 80%. The US falls to 0-2 in the tournament. Maybe we’ll see more Norway now.
Start the Shuster hatred! Seriously, the guy seems to blow it in big situations.
As I recall, Shuster wasn’t very good four years ago, either. Knowing no more about it, I assume that he’s still the best the United States can do. which would seem to indicate that the USA is not ready for the top level of international curling just yet.
And even worse curling by the US women against the Brits.
Watching curling, I now know how my wife experiences a baseball game. Mildly interested in what they are doing, but without a clue as to why they are doing it.
Uhh, tuned in to curling & did not hear that familiar snooze-inducing mid-west/Canadian accent? What happened to that guy…was he with CBC, CTV or something? He was excellent.