>
> >
> I'm assuming this is a club game
that ends in eight ends, but my call
> wouldn't differ, anyway, as you
want to count in the even ends, if possible.
> You rip the guard with
the outturn. (Assuming right-handed throwers) An
> inturn rip
gives you the chance of crashing the guard onto the biter, which
> you
may need if you have to pick the rock on the button with your last
shot.
> Only VERY good teams will put up three consecutive guards as
good as or
> better than the one that's already there. It's
halfway between the house
> and the hog, bisecting the centreline, and
it's gotta go. You daren't try
> the pick now, as they can simply
go around the guard again, and you're no
> better off than you were two
shots ago, and at this juncture, your biter is
> good for nothing.
And if you don't make the pick, you ARE fuc.. oops,
>
finished.
Precisely my thought. The reason I'm asking is that
I had this exact scenario last week. I asked my third to run the guard and he
objected. He wanted to play the tap back on yellow in rings. I told him he was
dreaming, and to run (at least peel) the guard. They collectively then argued
that I was wrong. I responded with "any self respecting skip would run that
guard". They suggested I was wrong in assuming most would agree with me ... so
I'm doing a survey.
The more opinions, the merrier
:)
>
> The in-off from your own with your last
shot, is an iffy proposition, at
> best, and if you freeze the yellow to
get an angle, they'll simply guard
> that.
AGREED & AGREED
>
> Somehow, you have to manufacture a way to get the
yellow off the top of the
> button, as there isn't even a last-shot draw
available.
AGREED
The runback's
> probably no good, as your shooter is still
going to cover part of the 4-ft,
Not neccessarily. The outurn run back may well result in the
yellow double AND a corner on your red in the rings. Wishful thinking, perhaps
- but the ultimate shot. Regardless, THE YELLOW CENTER HAS GOT TO GO AT THIS
STAGE OF THE END. I'm not seeing ANY argument here to suggest
otherwise.
> unless you're Kevin Martin or Don Walchuk or Wayne
Middaugh. (I've
> discovered most of us aren't, even if we think
otherwise at times.)
LOLOLOLOL !!!!
>
> IMO, the guard has to
go. And if it's a 10-end game, it gives you a chance
> to score 2,
which can be huge.
BINGO !!!!
>
> Interesting question, and
I'd love to see other viewpoints on it.
likewise ....... I'm doing my best to stir this up and see what
other folks think about it.
Oh, and wrt to something asked earlier by someone else in the
thread ............... I'm citing a scenario from a scheduled 10 end
game.
"IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY TO CURL" ?? ;>)
>
>
Actually, in league games, I have no problem with 8
ends. There are some teams out there who are so damned slow that 10 is
almost insufferable. Eight is enough in most "regular" leagues, in most
instances.
