douchebaghater
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Slow Play and Timeouts in Regionla Play
The MCA is going to need to address the timeout issue that seems to have arisen first during a Safeway Berth spiel earlier this season and arose during Winnipeg Men's Regionals.
Most of you reading this will be aware that Mb Berth and Regional games consist of 10 ends or 2hr 15min bell where you finish the end you are playing and then play one more. So begin the 9th end, before the bell rings 2.25 hours after the start of your game and you get 10ends in. In a perfect world without strategy challenged, narcissistic short term thinkers, this would not be a problem, however somewhere along the line, The MCA decided to allow 5th end breaks and timeouts during Safeway qualifying games and some teams appear to be abusing these breaks/timeouts.
No doubt there is a place for 5th end breaks and timeouts in all Juniors and perhaps womens curling, but is it really needed or fair in Men's curling at a regional level, when we are not using thinking time, but shared time???
There are more than a few, fairly high profile, very slow teams in Manitoba. I would like to think they know who they are, but more than likely not, right Mr. S. Sigurdson, Mr. W. Lyburn, Mr. Grassie???
Slow moving people, or those that are chronically late tend to be lacking a self awareness gene. I am aware of at least three occassions where slow playing Men's teams have utilized a 5th end break, or called a timeout in the 7th or 8th end of a tight game they might have control in, especially if it the 9th end will be the last. In my opinion, that is a douche move, penalizing the opposing team and needs to be policed.
Yes I am putting a slow playing teams and those that slow play a bell on the same boat... cause or cause and effect... same boat.
I do not have any issue with 5th end breaks or timeouts during Provincial events as Thinking time is in use and there is no penalty to an opposing team.
To make this long story shorter, The MCA needs to do one of the following to eliminate abuse of this policy, in my opinion:
1. Do not allow timeouts or 5th end breaks during belled
Safeway Berth or Regional games.
2. same as number 1.
Take this for what it is worth, I am sure slow playing teams can always justify there inabilty to foresee there next shot because of a peanut allergy or dyslexia.
I would like to think I am not alone in making this rant! Its time to call out those that play slow and and those that are slow playing douchebags
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