Random Olympic Chatter

• Automatik

  

  I can tolerate it here and there, but wayyyy too much figure skating coverage.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Winter Olympics sucks. Outside of hockey.
• Automatik

  

  Little Russian girl just threw it down.
• Tiernan

  The look on Putins face after the 15 yr old skater was like "Bring me skater girl to bedroom"
• gut

  Tiernan;1578339 wrote:The look on Putins face after the 15 yr old skater was like "Bring me skater girl to bedroom"

  I chuckle every time the announcers describe some tiny little figure skater as a "great spinner"
• friendfromlowry

  ccrunner609;1578353 wrote:hockey is literally the worst part of it. By far the worst pro sports.

  Didn't realize we were talking about pro sports.
• SportsAndLady

  

  ccrunner609;1578353 wrote:hockey is literally the worst part of it. By far the worst pro sports.

  $20
• friendfromlowry

  ccrunner609;1578357 wrote:yes as a major pro sport it is bad......so it makes it a bad Olympic sport.

  
  If ice skating was a pro sport on ESPN/Fox Sports/NBC multiple days a week, then it'd be the worst pro sport. Same with snow boarding, downhill skiing, cross country skiing, etc.
• like_that

  

  SportsAndLady;1578336 wrote:Winter Olympics sucks. Outside of hockey.

  Yeah, I have a hard time getting into it. It's all mostly time trial events, or corrupt judges awarding points to people dancing on ice. It just seems like they invent sports to make a full slate of sports. I mean, how the fuck do you get into the biathlon? How did they even come up with that sport?
  
  Hey guys, for you fucks that are too slow to win a gold in a regular skiathlon, let's add a rifle in there. It's pretty much the modern pentathlon of the winter olympics.
  
  Speaking of which, I think that would make the winter olympics somewhat exciting. Some type of pentathalon. Maybe downhill skiing, figure skating, ski jump, speed skating, and some snowboarding event? I don't know, but i am actually surprised this type of event has not been created yet.
• Heretic

  

  ccrunner609;1578357 wrote:yes as a major pro sport it is bad......so it makes it a bad Olympic sport.

  Clueless.
• bases_loaded

  

  Why isn't ski jump....the guy that jumps the farthest and lands it?
• WebFire

  
• TedSheckler

  

  Team USA women's hockey team dominated the Swiss 9-0 this morning.
• WebFire

  TedSheckler;1578528 wrote:Team USA women's hockey team dominated the Swiss 9-0 this morning.

  Spoiler alert!
• TedSheckler

  

  WebFire;1578532 wrote:Spoiler alert!

  Yea, because NBC will be airing the women's hockey prelim game in primetime tonight.
  
  Get real.
• Tiernan

  Exactly Ted...I'm sure we will see more Ice Dancing, Ice Puppetry, Ice Theatre or Ice Painting from NBC before we see any hockey or Alpine Skiing.
• Classyposter58

  

  On a sidenote hockey is honestly the best pro sport. Just think it has about as big of a following in North America as basketball yet almost no one grows up playing it
• Devils Advocate

  

  
• Tiernan

  Classyposter58;1578552 wrote:On a sidenote hockey is honestly the best pro sport. Just think it has about as big of a following in North America as basketball yet almost no one grows up playing it

  The players definitely aren't Thuggers like basketball.
• WebFire

  TedSheckler;1578534 wrote:Yea, because NBC will be airing the women's hockey prelim game in primetime tonight.
  
  Get real.

  Sorry for joking.
• TedSheckler

  

  WebFire;1578558 wrote:Sorry for joking.

  Sorry. Sarcasm can be difficult to pickup on the interwebs sometimes.
• WebFire

  TedSheckler;1578562 wrote:Sorry. Sarcasm can be difficult to pickup on the interwebs sometimes.

  I'd rather watch women's hockey though. Kind of. Anything figure skating is the worst.
• TedSheckler

  

  Women's super combined was competed this morning.
  
  [sp]Julia Mancuso wins bronze[/sp]
• Dr Winston O'Boogie

  

  I'm not a fan of hockey. Attending a game is okay, but watching on TV is very difficult. I grew up not playing it or really learning it. I think with few exceptions, you life-long interests in spectator sports is formed in your childhood. I certainly appreciate the skill and athleticism of hockey players.
  
  I am not much for figure skating either, but I don't mind watching it a bit during the Olympics. For my money the best event I've seen thus far is that biatholon.
• Tiernan

  Snowboarders (incl our own dillweed Shawn White) are bitching up a storm over the condition of the "half pipe" at Sochi. You would think these stoners would just take a few more tokes on their own pipes and chill out. I mean geez...its fkn snowboarding for style points dooshers. Now snowboard racing is a real sport.