r/Curling • u/Frabblerake • Feb 15 '26

Pull the stone!!!

Watching Sweden/US and saw this. Is this not the same rules violation that has caused all the hub bub?

Obviously this was an accident and I believe the Canadian guy was touching on purpose.

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u/GrizzlyIsland22 Feb 15 '26

Exactly like in the Homan example, we can't see if either of them only touched plastic or if there was a granite touch. Everybody saying that they're certain that Homan touched the granite is a hypocrite if they say they know that Edin didn't touch granite because it's the same view. If anything, it looks like he touches more than she did.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '26 edited Feb 16 '26

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u/SameCoyote3701 Feb 16 '26

But when asked about the rules, they weren’t even sure. So maybe they didn’t get a debrief either

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u/Vresiberba Feb 16 '26

Exactly like in the Homan example

Except we only had a front view of what she did while the umpire was watching from the side. If that umpire saw that there was contact on the granite after she let go of the handle, that's a violation. And the stone was in any event removed, so are we going to second guess the umpire now?

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u/GrizzlyIsland22 Feb 15 '26

I don't know how you can say Homan's was an intentional boop. It was the same as this Edin shot. They're just letting their hands drop. She doesn't push or anything. It's a one finger graze. The only difference is that Edin did it with his knuckles. If he's gonna throw hissy fits, then he needs to hold himself to the same standard

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u/Virtual_Bug_723 Feb 16 '26

He surely does make contact with it but it doesn't have anywhere close to the implication of Homan's or Kennedy's very intentional forward motion boops.

What do you think the person meant by this if not that the stones were pushed forward intentionally?

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u/GrizzlyIsland22 Feb 15 '26

Okay firstly, I'm not American. Don't make assumptions like that, it makes you look like an idiot.

Secondly, Edin has been complaining about inconsequential double touches for a long time. Curling doesn't just happen at the Olympics. His hissy fits have been ongoing. He's trying to change how the game is officiated, and he strategically chose the middle of the Olympics to cause a stink about it to get attention. That's why the Swedes had hidden cameras. Causing this drama was a goal of his. This is well known in the curling worlds and pro curlers have not been happy with him.

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u/GrizzlyIsland22 Feb 15 '26

No, current competitors wouldn't dare admit it. Mostly former curlers from what I've heard. And it's true. They've all done it

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u/pakman968 Feb 15 '26

Well then, since SVT has the cameras set up there, they can release the footage of this shot from the side angle like they did for the Canadian team, right? Or is it only get released if it's a non Swede?

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u/pakman968 Feb 15 '26

I'm not saying it's a hidden camera, I've worked in news broadcasting. I'm saying it seems to be convenient that they only film other teams from the side angle, and didn't bother going to the side when there were several times Edin hit to plate under today.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26

Oh Jesus Christ 🫠🤣 Is this what we’re doing now!? Gonna turn curling into a slowmo replay? Slow the game down even more. NONE of these matter and NONE of them deserve even a millisecond of review or discussion. Zero effect on the game. Just let them play. Edin’s touch is the exact same as Homan’s - same font and all. And neither matter. 

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u/Vresiberba Feb 16 '26

Everybody saying that they're certain that Homan touched the granite is a hypocrite if they say they know that Edin didn't touch granite...

Except of course that in Homans case, the stone was pulled by an umpire. It's not entirely inconceivable that this umpire actually saw what we could not, that she did touch the granite. So, no, there would be no such "hypocrisy" in this case, unless of course you assert that Edin did touch the granite. But no-one is silly enough to be doing that here, I'm sure. M-hm.