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Post by gtsoc on Apr 23, 2021 8:07:00 GMT -4
I can see why it would be cancelled, especially after the Covid scare in the World Men's Curling Championships. The virus got into their bubble late into the tournament and there's way less people involved in a curling tournament than a hockey tournament. At this point cancelling to be on the safe side is far from a bad call to make. At the World Curling they turned out to be false positives so no virus got in.
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Post by Mika on Apr 23, 2021 8:43:48 GMT -4
I can see why it would be cancelled, especially after the Covid scare in the World Men's Curling Championships. The virus got into their bubble late into the tournament and there's way less people involved in a curling tournament than a hockey tournament. At this point cancelling to be on the safe side is far from a bad call to make. At the World Curling they turned out to be false positives so no virus got in. I thought one of the Americans was positive but asymptomatic. I could be wrong though.
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Post by gtsoc on Apr 23, 2021 17:14:01 GMT -4
At the World Curling they turned out to be false positives so no virus got in. I thought one of the Americans was positive but asymptomatic. I could be wrong though. That was the initial thought, but all tests came back negative
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Post by Mika on Apr 23, 2021 18:08:16 GMT -4
I thought one of the Americans was positive but asymptomatic. I could be wrong though. That was the initial thought, but all tests came back negative Ok, I didn't know that. Thanks for letting me know
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Post by Reesor on Apr 28, 2021 10:42:46 GMT -4
I'm a lot less annoyed now than I was when this announcement was made... which is backwards because I wish NS didn't have an outbreak of Covid cases and I wish the province made a mistake. But more often than not the experts are right. Feel bad for the players that wanted to play, but I hope they understand now why this decision was made.
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Post by yesisaiditfirst on Apr 28, 2021 22:00:10 GMT -4
I'm a lot less annoyed now than I was when this announcement was made... which is backwards because I wish NS didn't have an outbreak of Covid cases and I wish the province made a mistake. But more often than not the experts are right. Feel bad for the players that wanted to play, but I hope they understand now why this decision was made. they don't understand. Cassie-Campbell just made the saddest case against Premier Rankin and NS in the intermission hit of the Leafs/Habs game. She said Rankin owes the women an apology. I'm sure her remarks will be replayed alot in the next 24 hours. Even my most feminist friends that live in NS think they have really missed the tone here. It comes across as Albertan's telling Nova Scotians how we should manage things.
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Post by Jack Bauer on Apr 29, 2021 10:14:23 GMT -4
I'm a lot less annoyed now than I was when this announcement was made... which is backwards because I wish NS didn't have an outbreak of Covid cases and I wish the province made a mistake. But more often than not the experts are right. Feel bad for the players that wanted to play, but I hope they understand now why this decision was made. they don't understand. Cassie-Campbell just made the saddest case against Premier Rankin and NS in the intermission hit of the Leafs/Habs game. She said Rankin owes the women an apology. I'm sure her remarks will be replayed alot in the next 24 hours. Even my most feminist friends that live in NS think they have really missed the tone here. It comes across as Albertan's telling Nova Scotians how we should manage things. The fact Cassie is so against it basically tells me they did the right thing. So many great womans hockey analysts out there yet its the worst one of all jammed down our throats on national broadcasts. Rankin would have owed 1 million Nova Scotians an apology if he allowed a charter full of international people into the area of the province he locked down first. It's not like he took joy in cancelling it. Either way he was making an impossible decision.
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Post by bois on Apr 29, 2021 10:29:55 GMT -4
they don't understand. Cassie-Campbell just made the saddest case against Premier Rankin and NS in the intermission hit of the Leafs/Habs game. She said Rankin owes the women an apology. I'm sure her remarks will be replayed alot in the next 24 hours. Even my most feminist friends that live in NS think they have really missed the tone here. It comes across as Albertan's telling Nova Scotians how we should manage things. The fact Cassie is so against it basically tells me they did the right thing. So many great womans hockey analysts out there yet its the worst one of all jammed down our throats on national broadcasts. Rankin would have owed 1 million Nova Scotians an apology if he allowed a charter full of international people into the area of the province he locked down first. It's not like he took joy in cancelling it. Either way he was making an impossible decision. yup i cant watch Sportsnet intermissions at all anymore..... there isn't a single interesting analyst left there Friedman is the best of a very bad lot and he's gone way downhill over the years IMO Cassie Campbell is terrible
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Post by Jack Bauer on Apr 29, 2021 10:43:07 GMT -4
The fact Cassie is so against it basically tells me they did the right thing. So many great womans hockey analysts out there yet its the worst one of all jammed down our throats on national broadcasts. Rankin would have owed 1 million Nova Scotians an apology if he allowed a charter full of international people into the area of the province he locked down first. It's not like he took joy in cancelling it. Either way he was making an impossible decision. yup i cant watch Sportsnet intermissions at all anymore..... there isn't a single interesting analyst left there Friedman is the best of a very bad lot and he's gone way downhill over the years IMO Cassie Campbell is terrible Agreed. Chris Johnston might be the best of the bunch now in terms pf information he puts out there but I honestly watch almost zero coverage from Rogers once a period ends. The national broadcasts are painful to watch. Love Ron MacLean...but we need some new blood. And we need more Cheryl Pounders and Jenn Botterills and less Cassie Campbells in analyst roles.
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Post by yesisaiditfirst on Apr 29, 2021 11:32:46 GMT -4
they don't understand. Cassie-Campbell just made the saddest case against Premier Rankin and NS in the intermission hit of the Leafs/Habs game. She said Rankin owes the women an apology. I'm sure her remarks will be replayed alot in the next 24 hours. Even my most feminist friends that live in NS think they have really missed the tone here. It comes across as Albertan's telling Nova Scotians how we should manage things. The fact Cassie is so against it basically tells me they did the right thing. So many great womans hockey analysts out there yet its the worst one of all jammed down our throats on national broadcasts. Rankin would have owed 1 million Nova Scotians an apology if he allowed a charter full of international people into the area of the province he locked down first. It's not like he took joy in cancelling it. Either way he was making an impossible decision. For irony within irony the Tor-Mon broadcast of men's hockey was 2 hours and 45 minutes (give or take) And only 1 minute was allotted for womens hockey. Cassies garbage take. Where she tagged the premier as inexperienced and new. Maybe Cassie should be ranting on her employers more when lamenting that womens hockey always gets 2nd place. In a year where the NHL and every sports analysts had to weigh in on racial diversity in sports,then SN and Rogers is a big reason for or not for these causes being in public view. They pick their positions by public mood. They were ok broadcasting games in a pandemic. Ok with Canucks speedy recovery. And still not much air time for womens hockey if it really mattered to them. I dare her to patronize SN and Roger's as she did Premier Rankin.
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Post by Reesor on Apr 29, 2021 13:55:54 GMT -4
I'm a lot less annoyed now than I was when this announcement was made... which is backwards because I wish NS didn't have an outbreak of Covid cases and I wish the province made a mistake. But more often than not the experts are right. Feel bad for the players that wanted to play, but I hope they understand now why this decision was made. they don't understand. Cassie-Campbell just made the saddest case against Premier Rankin and NS in the intermission hit of the Leafs/Habs game. She said Rankin owes the women an apology. I'm sure her remarks will be replayed alot in the next 24 hours. Even my most feminist friends that live in NS think they have really missed the tone here. It comes across as Albertan's telling Nova Scotians how we should manage things. www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/hnic-broadcaster-calls-for-apology-over-womens-worlds-cancellation-3675674It looks like her beef is that it was cancelled and not postponed. I guess that is legitimate question that should be asked of the premier. If the IIHF is looking for another home in the summer for the tournament, why wasn't it just postponed and planned for Halifax in the summer? Possible explanations would be that the province couldn't guarantee the tournament to be run, and they didn't want to hold it up anymore. Or the IIHF said the tournament couldn't be postponed again, and gave the province an ultimatum.
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Post by yesisaiditfirst on Apr 29, 2021 14:33:28 GMT -4
they don't understand. Cassie-Campbell just made the saddest case against Premier Rankin and NS in the intermission hit of the Leafs/Habs game. She said Rankin owes the women an apology. I'm sure her remarks will be replayed alot in the next 24 hours. Even my most feminist friends that live in NS think they have really missed the tone here. It comes across as Albertan's telling Nova Scotians how we should manage things. www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/hnic-broadcaster-calls-for-apology-over-womens-worlds-cancellation-3675674It looks like her beef is that it was cancelled and not postponed. I guess that is legitimate question that should be asked of the premier. If the IIHF is looking for another home in the summer for the tournament, why wasn't it just postponed and planned for Halifax in the summer? Possible explanations would be that the province couldn't guarantee the tournament to be run, and they didn't want to hold it up anymore. Or the IIHF said the tournament couldn't be postponed again, and gave the province an ultimatum. When the house is on fire nobody pauses to decide what to make for dinner. They deal with the burden at hand. There are a few stakeholders in this. They need to be on same page. Not like it's the provinces job. It's on the IIHF to get that together. Not really fair to expect them to pull out a plan B in 7 days. May need to talk to IIHF member countries about that and get agreement.
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Post by hockey1981 on Apr 29, 2021 14:41:42 GMT -4
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Post by Reesor on Apr 29, 2021 14:48:12 GMT -4
www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/hnic-broadcaster-calls-for-apology-over-womens-worlds-cancellation-3675674It looks like her beef is that it was cancelled and not postponed. I guess that is legitimate question that should be asked of the premier. If the IIHF is looking for another home in the summer for the tournament, why wasn't it just postponed and planned for Halifax in the summer? Possible explanations would be that the province couldn't guarantee the tournament to be run, and they didn't want to hold it up anymore. Or the IIHF said the tournament couldn't be postponed again, and gave the province an ultimatum. When the house is on fire nobody pauses to decide what to make for dinner. They deal with the burden at hand. There are a few stakeholders in this. They need to be on same page. Not like it's the provinces job. It's on the IIHF to get that together. Not really fair to expect them to pull out a plan B in 7 days. May need to talk to IIHF member countries about that and get agreement. I certainly agree that it isn't the provinces responsibility to have contingency plans in place to host the tournament. But the tournament was already postponed once. I'd like to know why it couldn't just be postponed again. I know how the province sees the situation. My analytical self is trying to see this from the players' point of view as well. To them it must be strange that the World Jrs went on without a hitch in Alberta, a province that had 1000+ cases a day before the tournament started. Then when Nova Scotia hits 30+ cases a day (at the time of cancellation), their tournament gets straight-up cancelled. They already had the tournament cancelled last year, and they don't have another major tournament until the Olympics next year. I'd be pissed if I were them. But at the situation, and not the province who is looking out for the best interest of its people, and ultimately the best interest of the players, coaches and officials that would need to travel to get here. Emotions running high for sure, made evident by Cassie Campbell's statement.
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Post by Jack Bauer on Apr 29, 2021 14:59:39 GMT -4
they don't understand. Cassie-Campbell just made the saddest case against Premier Rankin and NS in the intermission hit of the Leafs/Habs game. She said Rankin owes the women an apology. I'm sure her remarks will be replayed alot in the next 24 hours. Even my most feminist friends that live in NS think they have really missed the tone here. It comes across as Albertan's telling Nova Scotians how we should manage things. www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/hnic-broadcaster-calls-for-apology-over-womens-worlds-cancellation-3675674It looks like her beef is that it was cancelled and not postponed. I guess that is legitimate question that should be asked of the premier. If the IIHF is looking for another home in the summer for the tournament, why wasn't it just postponed and planned for Halifax in the summer? Possible explanations would be that the province couldn't guarantee the tournament to be run, and they didn't want to hold it up anymore. Or the IIHF said the tournament couldn't be postponed again, and gave the province an ultimatum. I doubt the government put that much thought into it. They were stopping the tournament. Cancelling vs delaying wasnt how they were approaching it. They may have not even known moving it to a later date was an option. There seemed to be very little communication between the parties involved outside of the stuff surrounding the tournament public health wise. I feel like if given the option they happily would have re-scheduled it 6 months down the road in the Fall when they project to have everyone vaccinated.
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