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<blockquote data-quote="klein" data-source="post: 738578" data-attributes="member: 23950">This article says it the best (LoL) :&nbsp;At the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the Canadian women&#039;s hockey team just can&#039;t win.The scores are favour-able: an 18-0 victory against Slovakia last Saturday; 10-1 against the Swiss on Monday, 13-1 against Sweden yesterday, all results that challenged headline writers to find new synonyms for &quot;rout.&quot; The problem: If the Canadians continue to pot goals every few minutes against weaker opponents, they are accused of running up the score; and if they hold back, they risk making their sport look bad and humiliating their opponents even more.&nbsp;Team Canada head coach Melody Davidson said this week that whenever the Canadian women achieve a lopsided win over their international opponents, she receives emails condemning their rudeness.&quot;We played fine, we didn&#039;t battle as hard as we could. Our job was to win the hockey game and we did,&quot; said Ms. Davidson, defending her team after the demolition of Slovakia.&quot;It&#039;s definitely mentally hard. They care what Canadians and the world thinks of them. All we hear is about how we&#039;re classless and disrespectful. It&#039;s a no-win situation.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="klein, post: 738578, member: 23950"] This article says it the best (LoL) : At the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the Canadian women's hockey team just can't win. The scores are favour-able: an 18-0 victory against Slovakia last Saturday; 10-1 against the Swiss on Monday, 13-1 against Sweden yesterday, all results that challenged headline writers to find new synonyms for "rout." The problem: If the Canadians continue to pot goals every few minutes against weaker opponents, they are accused of running up the score; and if they hold back, they risk making their sport look bad and humiliating their opponents even more. Team Canada head coach Melody Davidson said this week that whenever the Canadian women achieve a lopsided win over their international opponents, she receives emails condemning their rudeness. "We played fine, we didn't battle as hard as we could. Our job was to win the hockey game and we did," said Ms. Davidson, defending her team after the demolition of Slovakia. "It's definitely mentally hard. They care what Canadians and the world thinks of them. All we hear is about how we're classless and disrespectful. It's a no-win situation." [/QUOTE]

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