Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Rating the Hurry Hard

So while spending the day watching the curling here, I decided to rate the sweeping-calls of the skips – and one third – on the women’s side of the draw. Here’s the scale I used --Vocal Strength represents how loud the player is. Sustainability is how long the person keeps the yell going. Repetition is a measure of how many times the player repeats the instruction. Whiney Factor is how annoying it is to listen to the instructions if you were a sweeper.

Jennifer Jones
Vocal Strength: 9
Sustainability: 7
Repetition: 7
Whiney Factor: 4
Notable: Uses the word “Really” a lot as in “Really Hard.”

Stefanie Lawton
Vocal Strength: 6.5
Sustainability: 8
Repetition: 3
Whiney Factor: 5

Shannon Kleibrink
Vocal Strength: 6
Sustainability: 4
Repetiion: 7
Whiney Factor: 7

Amy Nixon
Vocal Strength: 11
Sustainability: 11
Repetition: 11
Whiney Factor: 11
Notable: By far the loudest and the most urgent. Makes Russ Howard seem like a mute.

Cheryl Bernard
Vocal Strength: 8
Sustainability: 5
Repetition: 7
Whiney Factor: 5
Notable: Her voice seems to drop and octave when she gets really into it.

Amber Holland
Vocal Strength: 5
Sustainability: 5
Repetition: 6
Whiney Factor: 2

Krista McCarville
Vocal Strength: 7
Sustainability: 4
Repetition: 7
Whiney Factor: 2

Crystal Webster
Vocal Strength: 5
Sustainability: 7
Repetition: 4
Whiney Factor: 6

Kelly Scott
Vocal Strength: 4
Sustainability: 4
Repetition: 6
Whiney Factor: 4
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5 comments:

  1. UnknownDecember 9, 2009 at 3:04 PM

    I love this, especially the assessment of Amy Nixon. Dead on.

    Can't believe you only gave Kelly Scott a 4 on the whiney factor though. I'd give her about a 37.

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  2. Curling DervishDecember 9, 2009 at 9:24 PM

    Amy Nixon: Chihuahua aspiring to be a Pit Bull.
    I can't believe how often curlers at my club mention that they turn down the volume to watch the women's games. But i have to say, it's the reason i find Kelly S annoying ("Niice try Jeanna"), JJ bossy ("Harder JILL!" -as if Jill is not already busting a gasket), and the Lawton/Kassner sisters almost unbearable Sirens.

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  3. Matt.December 10, 2009 at 10:40 AM

    I love the laughing sound that comes out of the Koe backend when they call sweeping.

    (Laughing, yes, more laughing, hard).

    They must think curling is funny.

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  4. MarianneDecember 11, 2009 at 10:11 PM

    "Rating the Hurry Hard" ..Love that you wrote this .. I am still laughing ..

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  5. GutterDandyFebruary 21, 2010 at 4:15 PM

    I want Cheryl Bernard to yell "hurry hard" at me in a different situation.

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