Olympics 2012 discussion

[Archbob]

I dont' understand this scoreboard thingy where a country with 3 golds has achieved more than a country with 2 golds and a handful of silvers and bronzes.

Because winning 1 time is better than almost winning but not winning 10 times.

 

[Quackers]

Well, the ultimate authority has spoken: The referee's FATHER says his daughter did the right thing.

So it MUST be true, right? 'Cause her daddy said so! The article also states that this referee is actually a daycare worker and substitute teacher.

Why couldn't they get any professional referees? And the facilities for onsite video playback?

It's probably in the spirit of amature olympics

 

[classical_hero]

The proper way to troll with that question is not to say it's banana-like, but to call it canary yellow.

So you have listened t the 12th man?

 

[dgfred]

I can't wait for volleyball to end. It seems like NBC is ALWAYS showing a volleyball match of some team or another.

Sports = men like

Bikinis/short-shorts = men love

I think they are after a certain TV target audience.

 

[wilycoyote]

I like the beach volleyball, not the indoor variant, for obvious reasons.

 

[Takhisis]

Because winning 1 time is better than almost winning but not winning 10 times.

So you only achieve something in 1 disciline instead of beign a good performer across the spectrum… and that's better?

Curiously, the NYTimes online edition has them ranked by total medals.

I like the beach volleyball, not the indoor variant, for obvious reasons.

Fanservice.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

The IOC does not even officially have a medal tally

 

[Rambozod]

I will hope, Germany comes on Place 5 for the Medal Table.

 

[Takhisis]

Well, we have Argentina and the Dutch fighting for first place on yet another hockey competition.

How much will the U.S. beat the banana-clad basketball team by?

 

[Archbob]

So you only achieve something in 1 disciline instead of beign a good performer across the spectrum… and that's better?

I'd much rather be able to say that I'm "THE MAN" at something be tell someone that I was "almost the man" at 10 things but never was quite "THE MAN".

Winning a bunch of silver and Bronze medal just means that you a good performer at a bunch of different things, but your not quite good enough to win.

This is not Little League where everyone is special and a winner. These are the Olympic games where each event has only 1 winner(perhaps more if they tie). Silver just means you came close but did not win.

 

[Formaldehyde]

The IOC does not even officially have a medal tally

As well they should.

If anything, the IOC should divide the medal count by the number of people the country has killed in the past 4 years from civil rights atrocities and "collateral damage".

It is a shame they don't rank Olympics athletes on good sportsmanship. The Brazilan light-heavyweight boxer just defeated the Cuban Olympic champion after losing to him in two past bouts, and the Cuban gave him a big hug for doing so.

 

[Arwon]

Well, we have Argentina and the Dutch fighting for first place on yet another hockey competition.

How much will the U.S. beat the banana-clad basketball team by?

The Boomers were playing in green

 

[Takhisis]

A non-banana team? Figures.

Well, a 30-point difference, as it turns out.

 

[Arwon]

Not too bad given that this isn't even a particularly strong Boomers team by Australian standards right now. Wait til all the basketball-mad Sudanese migrants start to come through the system, then we'll see!

 

[wilycoyote]

See them lose by 20?

 

[Arwon]

Quite probably, but I reckon we'll be more generally competitive if some of the Sudanese guys start to come through the system. Remember basketball is a very minor sport in Australia, we're not like Lithuania or Spain where it's actually popular.

 

[Archbob]

You guys didn't have Andrew Bogut either.

 

[Dachs]

Not too bad given that this isn't even a particularly strong Boomers team by Australian standards right now. Wait til all the basketball-mad Sudanese migrants start to come through the system, then we'll see!

Like I said earlier in the thread, we have Kobe on this team. He shot us out of the first quarter and actually played so badly that even Coach K - who is virtually no-showing this Olympics - yanked him in the second.

And then he went back in, played hero-ball again, and it worked because it was against five Australian homeless guys they found on the streets of Brisbane. So now he's going to think that it's a good thing if he shoots a bunch of times again, and now he's going to shoot us out of the next two games. YAAAAAAY

 

[dgfred]

My Great Grandma could coach that team to a gold.

 

[Dachs]

My Great Grandma could coach that team to a gold.

Not if she left Kobe and Melo in all game.