Post-Olympic thoughts

Hockey
Who will be in charge for 2010?
Gretzky two biggest mistakes:
i) Bryan McCabe. He did not score and led the team in penalty minutes with 18.
ii)Todd Bertuzzi. His final stats: 2 Assists v. ITA, 1 Assist v. GER, 4 Pim v. SUI, 2 Pim v. RUS

Media
The success of the Olympic Games as rated by the Neilsen ratings on NBC?


















Canadian sport
Canada had its most successful Olympics ever, winning medals in 10 of the 15 Olympics events, which ranks first. Overall tally: 24 medals plus 13 4th place finishes. Does this make the "national pain” of the loss by Gretzky & Co more tolerable? Or is Canada finally growing up as a country and excelling in more than just hockey?

The future of the Canadian sport delivery system might mean track sprinters’ suffer in order to fund speed skaters. Is it a problem to make winning medals as #1 prirority? Memo to fairplay4all advocates: Bronze medals are good but not the best. In 2010, the host of the party deserves has the opportunity to be the best dressed. Holding a party and hangin’ out all night in the garage is no way to entertain. Fund Canada's elite athletes!!!

Other
Challenge for the next American century: To come 2nd in something and not whine about it.
If the rest of the world cares and the US doesn’t, does it make a sound?
NBC held back the big events (i.e. Bode Miller: The great American hype) for prime time in order to capitalize on its fake fireplace.
2038 Headline: Global Warming and/or US disinterest threatens Future of Winter Games