I was in the building for this game. I remember thinking Kevin got em but Brendan was going to hero shot his way out of it. Cause how often does Brendan miss twice in a row? But that's the beauty of curling! You can win in so many different ways and every game is totally different.
How about an angle tap-back of your own red to cozy up to the the yellow stone sitting t-line for Botcher's first. It's a nice, slow developing shot that leaves you with 3 red rocks in the rings and possibly angled for shot rock, or at least the spoiler to force a tie and take hammer into the extra end.
Why didn't Bottcher play the yellow onto yellow run-back on the first shot? Making the double probably shuts down the game. But even if he gets the same result (jamming) but with his red still in the 8 foot, then any Koe draw leaves freezes, taps and/or doubles, or at least the same run-back which is now red onto yellow for Bottcher's last shot.
I was in the building for this game. I remember thinking Kevin got em but Brendan was going to hero shot his way out of it. Cause how often does Brendan miss twice in a row? But that's the beauty of curling! You can win in so many different ways and every game is totally different.
How about an angle tap-back of your own red to cozy up to the the yellow stone sitting t-line for Botcher's first. It's a nice, slow developing shot that leaves you with 3 red rocks in the rings and possibly angled for shot rock, or at least the spoiler to force a tie and take hammer into the extra end.
Why didn't Bottcher play the yellow onto yellow run-back on the first shot? Making the double probably shuts down the game. But even if he gets the same result (jamming) but with his red still in the 8 foot, then any Koe draw leaves freezes, taps and/or doubles, or at least the same run-back which is now red onto yellow for Bottcher's last shot.