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Randy Ferbey Is An Ass
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JR
Mar 6, 2003, 10:21:30 PM3/6/03
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HALIFAX (CP) -- Randy Ferbey gave some work to a spare and fired a low blow
at a rookie as his pursuit of curling history continued without a hitch
Thursday.
The Alberta skip improved to 10-0 with an 8-4 win over Scott Henderson of Northern Ontario, with one draw remaining in the round robin at the Nokia Brier. The playoffs start Friday.
After the game, Ferbey essentially made fun of the collapse of Newfoundland's Brad Gushue, a rookie skip who lost his final three round-robin games to all but eliminate himself from playoff contention.
"It's his first Brier, maybe he learned something from it," the Edmonton skip told surprised reporters.
"What's he won? Something like $47 in his career while he's playing guys who have half a million or a million dollars in career earnings and been to 10 Briers or some such?
"You can't make statements like that early in the week. Five wins do not make a Brier."
Ferbey was irked by a seemingly innocuous comment by Gushue after a 5-3 loss to Alberta earlier in the week. Gushue, who at 22 is the youngest skip at the Brier, told reporters after that game that he'd like nothing better than another shot at beating Ferbey, whose team is widely regarded as the world's best and is trying to win an unprecedented third consecutive national men's championship.
After losing two games Thursday to finish the round-robin at 6-5, Gushue was taken aback when told of Ferbey's comments. At first it seemed Gushue would take the high road, but then became more agitated as he spoke.
"In my mind, I'm going to say they're the No. 2 team in the world because of his comment," said Gushue, a business student at Memorial University.
"That really disappoints me that he would say something like that," he said shaking his head.
"When you're on top ... you gotta expect to be challenged. Does he expect everybody to sit down and kneel to him because he's Randy Ferbey? No. That really bothers me for some reason.
"I really don't know what to say. I'd love to get another shot at him. He's fuelled the fire for me for sure now, if we get another chance."
Ferbey rested lead Marcel Rocque in his game against Henderson and let spare Dan Holowaychuk play.
"Marcel just wanted a break," Ferbey said. "Dan has been with us for three years and hasn't been in there, so we thought we'd throw him in.
"It was the perfect spot for him and he played well."
Mark Dacey of Nova Scotia was second in the standings at 7-3 after beating Gushue 8-5 in the afternoon.
Rounding out the standings were: B.C.'s Pat Ryan and Russ Howard of New Brunswick at 6-4, Gushue 6-5, Ontario's Bryan Cochrane and Quebec's Guy Hemmings at 5-5, Henderson and Saskatchewan's Doug Harcourt 5-6, John Bubbs of Manitoba 3-7, Chad Cowan of the Territories at 3-8 and P.E.I.'s Robert Campbell 1-9.
In other afternoon results, it was: Howard 9, Harcourt 3; and Bubbs 8 Cowan 4.
In the morning draw, Ryan beat Gushue 9-1 in six ends, Henderson edged Campbell 7-6 in an extra end; Hemmings defeated Cowan 8-5; and Harcourt downed Cochrane 8-4.
Gushue needed help in the late draw Thursday to get into a tiebreaker. Nova Scotia closed against B.C. and New Brunswick took on Ontario.
Gushue, who has been taking antibiotics all week for a suspected case of pneumonia, called his first Brier a learning experience.
"There are a lot of little things, a lot of distractions," said the 2001 world junior champion. "I think the next time we come back, we're going to be a little more prepared for it."
The Alberta skip improved to 10-0 with an 8-4 win over Scott Henderson of Northern Ontario, with one draw remaining in the round robin at the Nokia Brier. The playoffs start Friday.
After the game, Ferbey essentially made fun of the collapse of Newfoundland's Brad Gushue, a rookie skip who lost his final three round-robin games to all but eliminate himself from playoff contention.
"It's his first Brier, maybe he learned something from it," the Edmonton skip told surprised reporters.
"What's he won? Something like $47 in his career while he's playing guys who have half a million or a million dollars in career earnings and been to 10 Briers or some such?
"You can't make statements like that early in the week. Five wins do not make a Brier."
Ferbey was irked by a seemingly innocuous comment by Gushue after a 5-3 loss to Alberta earlier in the week. Gushue, who at 22 is the youngest skip at the Brier, told reporters after that game that he'd like nothing better than another shot at beating Ferbey, whose team is widely regarded as the world's best and is trying to win an unprecedented third consecutive national men's championship.
After losing two games Thursday to finish the round-robin at 6-5, Gushue was taken aback when told of Ferbey's comments. At first it seemed Gushue would take the high road, but then became more agitated as he spoke.
"In my mind, I'm going to say they're the No. 2 team in the world because of his comment," said Gushue, a business student at Memorial University.
"That really disappoints me that he would say something like that," he said shaking his head.
"When you're on top ... you gotta expect to be challenged. Does he expect everybody to sit down and kneel to him because he's Randy Ferbey? No. That really bothers me for some reason.
"I really don't know what to say. I'd love to get another shot at him. He's fuelled the fire for me for sure now, if we get another chance."
Ferbey rested lead Marcel Rocque in his game against Henderson and let spare Dan Holowaychuk play.
"Marcel just wanted a break," Ferbey said. "Dan has been with us for three years and hasn't been in there, so we thought we'd throw him in.
"It was the perfect spot for him and he played well."
Mark Dacey of Nova Scotia was second in the standings at 7-3 after beating Gushue 8-5 in the afternoon.
Rounding out the standings were: B.C.'s Pat Ryan and Russ Howard of New Brunswick at 6-4, Gushue 6-5, Ontario's Bryan Cochrane and Quebec's Guy Hemmings at 5-5, Henderson and Saskatchewan's Doug Harcourt 5-6, John Bubbs of Manitoba 3-7, Chad Cowan of the Territories at 3-8 and P.E.I.'s Robert Campbell 1-9.
In other afternoon results, it was: Howard 9, Harcourt 3; and Bubbs 8 Cowan 4.
In the morning draw, Ryan beat Gushue 9-1 in six ends, Henderson edged Campbell 7-6 in an extra end; Hemmings defeated Cowan 8-5; and Harcourt downed Cochrane 8-4.
Gushue needed help in the late draw Thursday to get into a tiebreaker. Nova Scotia closed against B.C. and New Brunswick took on Ontario.
Gushue, who has been taking antibiotics all week for a suspected case of pneumonia, called his first Brier a learning experience.
"There are a lot of little things, a lot of distractions," said the 2001 world junior champion. "I think the next time we come back, we're going to be a little more prepared for it."
JD
Mar 7, 2003, 10:57:07 AM3/7/03
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Ferbey can say whatever the hell he wants, he's
going to be seeing Mr Gushue for the next 20-25 years at least
Screw em'
JD
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Leona/Mike
Mar 7, 2003, 11:03:13 AM3/7/03
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yip, Ferbey is an ass...
Mike
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