TooLegit2Quit
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Whoever wins Canada-Slovakia, so Canada.
At the same time, the Finns were 4 in the world coming into the tournament, and the USA was 5. It has become readily evident that the Americans and Canadians are the class of the field, and it isn't really very close.Not so fast, my friend. Not saying the Slovaks will win, but they are a great squad fundementally, and have a passing game that creates a lot of time on target.
Canada seems at moments to play with an "All Star Game" mentality, not expecting defense on the other end. Ya never know.
At the same time, the Finns were 4 in the world coming into the tournament, and the USA was 5. It has become readily evident that the Americans and Canadians are the class of the field, and it isn't really very close.
The scoring that happened in that first 13 mins of this game was absurd. It is easy to blame the keeper, but his defensemen weren't helping him out any.
I didn't argue that it's to facilitate misdirection in the least. It's not to eventually spring something later. It's a part of the option on every play to either run where linebackers vacate or give room for the QB to option the DE alone rather than the end, LB and S. It's not comparable to volume shots on goal based upon the law of percentages. The option play tactically forces a couple of defenders to make a decision and forces the offense to be better or quicker decision makers. It's a skill and execution thing, not a % thing.Fine. If you're going to argue that the dive is never intended to do anything other than facilitate misdirection, then I fail to see how running garbage plays over and over so that you can eventually spring something somewhere else is significantly different from the basic North American hockey method of getting a guy in front of the goalie, throwing the puck down into the crease, and then hacking at it to get it in. You're still trying to overwhelm the opponent with the brute force of percentages either way.
At the same time, the Finns were 4 in the world coming into the tournament, and the USA was 5. It has become readily evident that the Americans and Canadians are the class of the field, and it isn't really very close.
The scoring that happened in that first 13 mins of this game was absurd. It is easy to blame the keeper, but his defensemen weren't helping him out any.
That may be true, but neither showed it on the ice in this tournament. Czech's lost to the Finns, Russians lost to the Slovaks and got annihilated by Canada.The US team is generally young and fast. Several teams have more talent and skill. The Russians and Czechs both fit that bill.
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So I guess I was right the other night when I said I'd rather see Kiprusoff than Vokoun, huh? Wow. This is stunning. The Finns are never great, but they're always tough as nails. They might be the last team in the tourney I would have expected to have a complete meltdown like they did in the 1st period.
I didn't argue that it's to facilitate misdirection in the least. It's not to eventually spring something later. It's a part of the option on every play to either run where linebackers vacate or give room for the QB to option the DE alone rather than the end, LB and S. It's not comparable to volume shots on goal based upon the law of percentages. The option play tactically forces a couple of defenders to make a decision and forces the offense to be better or quicker decision makers. It's a skill and execution thing, not a % thing.
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