The state of US curling seems to be ebbing at least on the World level. I fully expected Team McCormick to be in the final or at least make the playoffs easily. Doesn't look that way now.
Is the addition of so many new curlers watering down the field? Is there not the dedication needed to produce at the World level? Is it the lack of great competition in the US? Not sure, probably some combination of factors. When you only have 7 teams playing down for the Worlds out of the entire country that is not a good sign.
Of course, the rest of the World is catching up to Canada and doing it a lot quicker than the US seems to be. Russia, Japan and China all spend lots of time in Canada playing the best. Seems to be working well for them.
Hopefully the men don't bomb out in Grand Forks.
Enjoy the US curling in the 2010 Olympics because if it keeps going this way, that might be the last time for a while.
Later,
JH
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