Sal333 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 2 hours ago, BearcatSA said: Congratulations! It was the obvious choice. Go read the comments and you'll have 2nd thoughts about it being an obvious choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 (edited) On 12/30/2022 at 1:40 PM, Sal333 said: Go read the comments and you'll have 2nd thoughts about it being an obvious choice. Most of the comments I am seeing on social media are from uninformed morons who aren’t aware that the team qualified for the World Cup in 2022, or twits throwing out charges of “misogyny” because the women’s team didn’t win this award this year for their Olympic win last year. The only legit argument against I see is the Davis Cup win. In any case, I won’t bother to correct the haters on their misinformed arguments, they can cry and whine about misogyny or the team losing every game they played in 2022 all they like. Edited January 1, 2023 by Gian-Luca ray and BearcatSA 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Davis Cup team should have won, but more mainstream attention for the MNT is good. nolando, Stryker911, johnyb and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Those who argue that the Davis Cup team should have won the award have a point. I might have voted that way if I had a vote. Corazon, DoyleG and An Observer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuckistan2019 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Wtf is a Davies cup ? Kadenge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 16 minutes ago, Canuckistan2019 said: Wtf is a Davies cup ? I think that’s why they didn’t win. 90% of Canadians don’t know what it is, or that there is such a thing as international tennis, and that’s probably being generous. Whereas the entire country was behind the canMNT. I think that’s the difference. One team uplifted a nation and caught their attention while the other won a championship but didn’t capture the nation. Club Linesman, GasPed, h coach and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 24 minutes ago, JamboAl said: Those who argue that the Davis Cup team should have won the award have a point. I might have voted that way if I had a vote. Auger-Alliasime won the best male athlete, and frankly, he was the only guy to play well, Shapo wasn't sharp at all. They were playing and winning just before the Canada-Croatia match. Free kick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal333 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Canuckistan2019 said: Wtf is a Davies cup ? It's a device Davies uses to protect his family jewels. BearcatSA, Canuckistan2019, GasPed and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GasPed Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 (edited) 21 hours ago, RS said: Davis Cup team should have won, but more mainstream attention for the MNT is good. Thing about Davis Cup tennis is it’s not exactly a team sport - it’s a group of individuals playing singly or in pairs and totalling their combined points. Would the US Ryder Cup team win Team of the Year in that nation? Possible - but only if every other team in the true “ream sports” was abysmal… Edited December 31, 2022 by GasPed ray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 1 hour ago, GasPed said: Thing about Davis Cup tennis is it’s not exactly a team sport - it’s a group of individuals playing singly or in pairs and totalling their combined points. Would the US Ryder Cup team win Team of the Year in that nation? Possible - but only if every other team in the true “ream sports” was abysmal… I think if tiger woods came back to captain the US team that won a dramatic Ryder Cup, they could win “team of the year” for the US, especially if like the warriors won an easy NBA title, Yankees won the WS, some mid team won a boring super bowl and a Canadian team won the Stanley cup for example. DoyleG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 I need some games. Not sure I can make it to March. GasPed, narduch, InglewoodJack and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 (edited) On 12/30/2022 at 10:40 AM, Sal333 said: Go read the comments and you'll have 2nd thoughts about it being an obvious choice. In part, I was being facetious. Only four votes separated first and second, so a tough one for the voters. I would have been truly very happy to see the Davis Cup team win because I really like tennis. The only issue for me had nothing to do with the team but Sportsnet's half ass efforts in coverage and scheduling of the semifinal and final (or maybe it was my provider Shaw who dropped the tennis ball?). It was arguably the least hyped and least watched major world sport championship involving a Canadian team in recent memory. With the format change (best of three instead of five, neutral site), and MAYBE the banning of Russia allowing us in as a replacement (like the Gold Cup 2000 coin toss bounce), these might have worked against the team as well, who knows? Edited January 3, 2023 by BearcatSA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 (edited) 38 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said: I need some games. Not sure I can make it to March. For real. Are we not doing a camp poutine? Edit: U-17 qualifying does start on Feb. 11.... Edited December 31, 2022 by narduch dyslexic nam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 38 minutes ago, narduch said: For real. Are we not doing a camp poutine? Edit: U-17 qualifying does start on Feb. 11.... Do we get to see the qualifying games or do we need to wait for tweets a few hours later? Because I am not sure the latter will scratch the itch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Time Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 1 hour ago, narduch said: For real. Are we not doing a camp poutine? Edit: U-17 qualifying does start on Feb. 11.... Perhaps a combined camp could be arranged. The U-17's can work with the senior poutine squad and both could get a friendly in. After all, we have WC money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 1 hour ago, dyslexic nam said: Do we get to see the qualifying games or do we need to wait for tweets a few hours later? Because I am not sure the latter will scratch the itch. Should be on One Soccer dyslexic nam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyleG Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 4 hours ago, BearcatSA said: In part, I was being facetious. Only four votes separated first and second, so a tough one for the voters. I would have been truly very happy to see the Davis Cup team win because I really like tennis. The only issue for me had nothing to do with the team but Sportsnet's half ass efforts in coverage and scheduling of the semifinal and final (or maybe my provider Shaw dropped tennis ball?). It was arguably the least hyped and least watched major world sport championship involving a Canadian team in recent memory. With the format change (best of three instead of five, neutral site), and MAYBE the banning of Russia allowing us in as a replacement (like the Gold Cup 2000 coin toss bounce), these might have worked against the team as well, who knows? More that the tournament organizers need to take their lumps. One week gap between the Group Stage and the knockout rounds. That does a lot to overshadow the media coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 2 hours ago, DoyleG said: More that the tournament organizers need to take their lumps. One week gap between the Group Stage and the knockout rounds. That does a lot to overshadow the media coverage. You realise that the new tournament model is in the hands of Gerard Pique's company Kosmos? Some laud him for saving the idea of the Davis Cup, in decline, others complain about details. It has gone a few years in Covid, and this year in the middle of the World Cup. It has been good for Canada. We've lost the amazing home crowds, although there was a great ambience and even Canada fans in Malaga. And it seems the players generally like it being done like a tournament, instead of dropping everything for the Davis a few times a year (Federer regularly took a pass, even when Warinka was top 10 and they had a real chance of winning). The 3-set matches mean you can do an entire elimination in a day, but you lose the epic battles over a weekend, and by day 2 teams are still alive. For me it's a major accomplishment, a great step forward in Canadian sport, maybe like when Ryder Hesjedal won the Giro de Italia. I like it when certain pioneering victories from younger Canadians feed off each other and they can admire each other. Free kick, gigi riva and An Observer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h coach Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 EXCLUSIVE: How did a World Cup star end up homeless on the streets of London? The extraordinary tale of Welsh footballer Paul James - who played for Canada at Mexico 86 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11588855/EXCL-did-former-World-Cup-star-end-streets-London.html An Observer, johnyb, JamboAl and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 (edited) Wow so many of these posts on this forum haven't been commented on since last Year!😀 Edited January 1, 2023 by VinceA narduch and WestHamCanadianinOxford 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 On 12/31/2022 at 10:47 PM, Unnamed Trialist said: You realise that the new tournament model is in the hands of Gerard Pique's company Kosmos? Some laud him for saving the idea of the Davis Cup, in decline, others complain about details. It has gone a few years in Covid, and this year in the middle of the World Cup. It has been good for Canada. We've lost the amazing home crowds, although there was a great ambience and even Canada fans in Malaga. And it seems the players generally like it being done like a tournament, instead of dropping everything for the Davis a few times a year (Federer regularly took a pass, even when Warinka was top 10 and they had a real chance of winning). The 3-set matches mean you can do an entire elimination in a day, but you lose the epic battles over a weekend, and by day 2 teams are still alive. Regardless of the format change, it's too bad Sportsnet (or Shaw?) still kept it's scheduled programming of Cooking with the Raptors or the perpetual loop of Misplays of the Month during the time when the semi was slated to be played, then later suddenly shifted the finals viewing to different channels, messing up pvr-ing for those unable to watch from the start. I liked the old format a lot, however. Raonic, Pospisil and Nestor playing the semi in Belgrade vs the Joker and his mates in 2013 was terrific viewing. Metro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeRo_Is_King Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 On 1/1/2023 at 8:36 AM, h coach said: EXCLUSIVE: How did a World Cup star end up homeless on the streets of London? The extraordinary tale of Welsh footballer Paul James - who played for Canada at Mexico 86 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11588855/EXCL-did-former-World-Cup-star-end-streets-London.html This just illustrates how temporary a career at the highest level can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Off topic tangent: What a goddamn hockey game. RichV, Jack1997, phresh and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhoops__ Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Bedard would be magic on the pitch I’m guessing. Jack1997 and dyslexic nam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyleG Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 On 1/1/2023 at 12:47 AM, Unnamed Trialist said: You realise that the new tournament model is in the hands of Gerard Pique's company Kosmos? Some laud him for saving the idea of the Davis Cup, in decline, others complain about details. It has gone a few years in Covid, and this year in the middle of the World Cup. It has been good for Canada. We've lost the amazing home crowds, although there was a great ambience and even Canada fans in Malaga. And it seems the players generally like it being done like a tournament, instead of dropping everything for the Davis a few times a year (Federer regularly took a pass, even when Warinka was top 10 and they had a real chance of winning). The 3-set matches mean you can do an entire elimination in a day, but you lose the epic battles over a weekend, and by day 2 teams are still alive. For me it's a major accomplishment, a great step forward in Canadian sport, maybe like when Ryder Hesjedal won the Giro de Italia. I like it when certain pioneering victories from younger Canadians feed off each other and they can admire each other. This rambling goes on and not explaining why there was a 1 month gap between the Group Stage and the Knockout Round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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