Gold Coast Comm Games
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Re the Netball. Netball has a long history of ignoring the best coach because for some reason her face doesn't fit e.g. Yvonne Willering being ignored for the best part of a decade and when after trying everyone else she was finally given a shot she'd been out of the game too long. Still should've won a world championship though.
Southby wasa joke appointment. Took over from Robyn Broughton at Southern Steel for 4 seasons A lot of top players left and they languished for most of her tenure, but her face fit. She'd coached U21's and Fast 5 so clearly was a much better option than either Broughton or Noeline Taurua. That's the Taurua who led Magic for their glory years and then disheartened by lack of opportunities here fucked of to head the newly formed Sunshine Coast team and take them to the title.
SF's are going through a transition period but that's no excuse for the performances they've been putting in. Southby chops and changes the team constantly. I don't think she has a clue who her best options are and netball more than most is a game where settled combinations are crucial.
For all the grief being given to our shooters the midcourt are failing to feed them and Mes and Selby Rickett have performed well for other coaches
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@donsteppa said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
@no-quarter said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
WTF is going with this coverage. There's live athletics going on and I just watched a "segment" of journalists having a fucking race or something earlier in the day, followed by ads.
This is honestly close to unwatchable.
We’ve all but given up. Mainly tracking the results online...
I gave it a go last night for the first time, I fancied settling down in front of the athletics for a few hours. Hopeless, no feel for sport at all. Ad breaks too often and too long, pointless cuts to studio etc etc. Gave up and went to bed. Luckily I don't care about the Comm Games which are a pointless anachronism where some events are very competitive (netball, sevens) and most aren't and it isn't the main focus of a lot of the top athletes who turn up - world class athletes are focused on the Diamond League (late NH summer) rather than this.
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@kiwipie said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
@donsteppa said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
@no-quarter said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
WTF is going with this coverage. There's live athletics going on and I just watched a "segment" of journalists having a fucking race or something earlier in the day, followed by ads.
This is honestly close to unwatchable.
We’ve all but given up. Mainly tracking the results online...
I gave it a go last night for the first time, I fancied settling down in front of the athletics for a few hours. Hopeless, no feel for sport at all. Ad breaks too often and too long, pointless cuts to studio etc etc. Gave up and went to bed. Luckily I don't care about the Comm Games which are a pointless anachronism where some events are very competitive (netball, sevens) and most aren't and it isn't the main focus of a lot of the top athletes who turn up - world class athletes are focused on the Diamond League (late NH summer) rather than this.
courtesy of Shit Towns of New Zealand
"The Gold Coast is currently hosting the Commonwealth Games, which only exists to give white people who are too shit for the Olympics the chance to win medals, making it the Caucasian Special Olympics"
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@mariner4life said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
@kiwipie said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
@donsteppa said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
@no-quarter said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
WTF is going with this coverage. There's live athletics going on and I just watched a "segment" of journalists having a fucking race or something earlier in the day, followed by ads.
This is honestly close to unwatchable.
We’ve all but given up. Mainly tracking the results online...
I gave it a go last night for the first time, I fancied settling down in front of the athletics for a few hours. Hopeless, no feel for sport at all. Ad breaks too often and too long, pointless cuts to studio etc etc. Gave up and went to bed. Luckily I don't care about the Comm Games which are a pointless anachronism where some events are very competitive (netball, sevens) and most aren't and it isn't the main focus of a lot of the top athletes who turn up - world class athletes are focused on the Diamond League (late NH summer) rather than this.
courtesy of Shit Towns of New Zealand
"The Gold Coast is currently hosting the Commonwealth Games, which only exists to give white people who are too shit for the Olympics the chance to win medals, making it the Caucasian Special Olympics"
That page is always the highlight of my Facebook experience.
Reading the comments from those offended is the icing on the cake -
apparently it is NZ & NSW's fault attendance has been low for these games as neither would move their school holidays to coincide with the games.
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@dogmeat said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
Re the Netball. Netball has a long history of ignoring the best coach because for some reason her face doesn't fit e.g. Yvonne Willering being ignored for the best part of a decade and when after trying everyone else she was finally given a shot she'd been out of the game too long. Still should've won a world championship though.
Southby wasa joke appointment. Took over from Robyn Broughton at Southern Steel for 4 seasons A lot of top players left and they languished for most of her tenure, but her face fit. She'd coached U21's and Fast 5 so clearly was a much better option than either Broughton or Noeline Taurua. That's the Taurua who led Magic for their glory years and then disheartened by lack of opportunities here fucked of to head the newly formed Sunshine Coast team and take them to the title.
SF's are going through a transition period but that's no excuse for the performances they've been putting in. Southby chops and changes the team constantly. I don't think she has a clue who her best options are and netball more than most is a game where settled combinations are crucial.
For all the grief being given to our shooters the midcourt are failing to feed them and Mes and Selby Rickett have performed well for other coaches
got some feedback from a very reliable source months ago that is not a happy environment to be in. A lot of finger pointing from some players while taking no responsibility for there mistakes. Southby sits back while this is going on and says nothing , is properly a classic case of poor culture. If you read articles with willering/broughton they both go on about the culture and lack on it in this team.
Noeline Taurua crime for not getting the job was that she had not done the coaching courses that the board wanted to get the job.
There is one player in there that the stories i have heard would be quite toxic for team harmony. -
Women's mountainbiking underway. The two English women have bolted from the start and already have a healthy lead. From what I've seen of mountainbike racing in the past, by far the best place to be is in the front - doesn't seem like people often ride their way back from big deficits.
NZer (Samara Sheppard) is in about fifth.
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@chris-b said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
End of the first lap and Sheppard is not in the frame (first seven or eight) - must be at least a minute behind the leaders, so pretty much no chance.
ABC radio just mentioned she had to have some repairs to back wheel due to the "technical" nature of the course.
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@booboo said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
Further, re the games coverage I expect Channel 7 to be shit.
FFS they have at least 4 FTA channels. At best they use 3 for CG coverage. Most often only 2.
Why why why could they not do what Channel 9 did for the London Olympics did? Give SBS the ethnic type games on FTA then have dedicated channels on Foxtel for specific sports? Was awesome. Best Games coverage ever. I watched heaps. This case i watch fuck all.
I downloaded the CG app. One of the first times I've ever downloaded an actual app and it's very good. Can move between the Sports with 5 or 6 different ones to choose from.
But yes, it sucks on FTA.
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@booboo Unfortunate hazard of MTB racing - you need everything to go right on the day.
A fucking puncture and your dreams of glory are gone. I get pissed off just at the inconvenience of having to stop and change a tube.
I'm presently trialing my own invention to provide additional protection/support around the valve stem - lamb elastrator rings! So far, so good!
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England, England, Canada, Canada.
Sheppard comes ninth - just behind a Namibian!
Punctured on the first lap apparently. She was seeded sixth apparently, so needed a bit of luck to medal - the Australian No. 2 seed only came about seventh in one of their few failures (that I've seen) thus far!
Lets hope Gaze and Cooper have more luck than Sheppard. Gaze (18) saying he feels like the race is his to lose! Interesting because I see Cooper (6) is ranked above him - as is a Jaapie (17). An Aussie just behind (21), with a Canadian (41) and the third NZer (55) in the mix.
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The three NZers and the Jaapie have formed a bunch. They look significantly faster through the technical part - but, the rest of the field made a burst and just briefly made contact at the end of the flat part - but, immediately dropped back when they got on the technical uphill.
