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SantosHalper said:
At the Lillehammer olympics .
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Great story. I still remember from my childhood when our coach was telling us after losing in the semis - "Bronze means more than the Silver, boys - you will get the Silver after loosing and you will get the Bronze after winning your last last game in the tournament " In retrospect I think he was a good psychologist - you forget your losses but keep carrying your childhood victories through life.
 
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c9gunner said:
Great story. I still remember from my childhood when our coach was telling us after losing in the semis - "Bronze means more than the Silver, boys - you will get the Silver after loosing and you will get the Bronze after winning your last last game in the tournament " In retrospect I think he was a good psychologist - you forget your losses but keep carrying your childhood victories through life.
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Yup... amnesia on negative...

Wins brilliantly clear for a life time...
 
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ViD said:
Russian play by play guy says “it might be better to win the bronze rather than lose in the final, you finish the tournament with a win”.
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In a way, he is right. Finishing on a winning note and getting a bronze is far more interesting than losing in the Gold Medal Game. No one wants the Silver medal.
 
ViD said:
Russian play by play guy says “it might be better to win the bronze rather than lose in the final, you finish the tournament with a win”.
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I mean that's sort of truth, less so in hockey but in the Olympics everyone knows 2nd and 4th places suck the most.
 
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i never understood the concept of a bronze medal game. I feel like if i was a player, once i'm eliminated from Gold, i'd be like f*** this im out.
 
Filthy Dangles said:
i never understood the concept of a bronze medal game. I feel like if i was a player, once i'm eliminated from Gold, i'd be like f*** this im out.
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Murica and all that but think how thrilled something like the Swiss would be to win the 3rd place. Whoever stays #4 is a good team, it's still an achievement.

I mean I'm from Lithuania and we have met USA in the Olympic semis in basketball 4 times in the last 30 years. And won bronze 3 times. In that sport, at that point, it's kinda best you can hope for. It's plenty same in hockey and Canada.
 
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SoundAndFury said:
Murica and all that but think how thrilled something like the Swiss would be to win the 3rd place. Whoever stays #4 is a good team, it's still an achievement.
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A country like Switzerland or Austria yeah definitely could see them getting up for the game, but if you're one of these 2 teams who are powerhouses, i feel like it would be weird.
 
Ferraro mentioned that someone stated that none of the players selected for Team Russia would even make Team Canada.

Did anyone happen to catch who made that remark?
 
Man, is Canada really that good this year ? Russia has looked much better against all other top 5 teams.

Should be 3-0 Russia by now
 
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