Curling season's over
The World Curling Championships in Sweden are over. Canada's Colleen Jones won gold on the women's side; Mark Dacey took home a bronze in the men's event.
Pretty good performance, but it won't satisfy Canadian curling fans. There is an implicit expectation that both Canadian teams will win gold every year. So Dacey will doubtless be disappointed. Jones has struggled a lot in the past at the world level -- this is her second win in six trips.
One interesting lesson from this, which probably applies to most sports, is the need to lose during the round-robin. The logic seems peculiar, but statisically speaking, you will eventually lose. Dacey went 9-0 in the round-robin, and lost when it mattered in Saturday's semi-final. Jones went 9-0 last year in the round-robin and lost the final to the U.S. This year Jones went 6-3 in the round-robin and won the final. Better to get a loss or two or three out of your system early on.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 4:14 PM
