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1. Does everyone else in Ontario suck?
2. Is Glenn Howard's team the greatest ever?
This was actually asked on a blog post by Bob Weeks. I answered it there, and elaborate here.
To answer the question of is Team Howard the best team in Ontario, I want to take you back to the lat final versus Martin.
If you recall, in the seventh end Howard was up one with playing Martin. Martin was sitting two, with lots of guards around. Originally Howard was going to just pick out one of Martin's and give up a steal of one.
Then, as he sat in the hack, he saw a whole to shot rock and decided to play for one through a little port. The port consists of a guard and second shot rock, so the miss is to hit second shot (in essence, playing the original call).
As Howard throws the rock, I swear I don’t think there’s a team on the tour that doesn’t sweep it to ensure it hits more of the top one. They are relaxed, not screaming right off, or sweep. It hits just enough of the top rock, and just enough of the back one to just get three by enough.
My point: either they froze, or they are so confident in outcomes that they wait for the outcome.
I remember when I used to deal blackjack. I could tell who was going to beat the table because they were the ones who were not afraid to lose.
To me, that last shot is indication that they are not in the least bit afraid to lose. It hit a comfortable amount of the rock, but again, there aren’t too many teams, if any, that let that curl.
They are 4 relaxed guys who simply aren't afraid to miss. That might be because they have the greatest pure thrower of the rock at skip, but it also might be because they've learned as a team that misses will come, but they will also be overcome.
As a team, I think they are the best curling has ever seen.
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