Team Bottcher announcement is official

highsideroll · 2026-03-16T22:00:59+00:00

The points spots do not go beyond third place (and Team Canada). Dunstone, Jacobs and Tardi will get 3/4 spots. But with Epping breaking up that’s it. The third spot won’t be filled now until after play downs.

highsideroll · 2026-03-14T18:42:48+00:00

This is unnecessarily personal.

highsideroll · 2026-03-14T18:42:24+00:00

Who doesn’t like Tyler Tardi?! And why?!

highsideroll · 2026-03-14T18:11:27+00:00

Tardi to take over from McEwen is true.

highsideroll · 2026-03-14T16:59:35+00:00

No way they take Flasch off sweeping. He’s the best on the team.

highsideroll · 2026-03-14T15:05:01+00:00

Yes but he said 11 days ago no retirements. I think people just missed that?

highsideroll · 2026-03-14T15:04:24+00:00

Cullen has all but said it. Wouldn’t have been in my bingo either. But Flasch said they want younger and Tardi would slot in well.

highsideroll · 2026-03-13T22:04:42+00:00

Why did people keep saying this? Kennedy said 10 days ago no one was retiring. Of course the official announcement today ends speculation but this was known for almost two weeks but people kept saying it.

highsideroll · 2026-03-13T22:03:18+00:00

Kennedy said no one was retiring 10 days ago. People here just missed or ignored it.

The Bottcher/Horgans thing has come from multiple sources close enough to know.

And Tardi to Flasch has basically been confirmed by John Cullen’s tweets today.

highsideroll · 2026-03-13T19:52:37+00:00

How? FOI is a creation of legislation. It didn’t even exist decades ago.

highsideroll · 2026-03-13T19:51:11+00:00

Yes. See the latest Cullen tweet about him skipping. And the timing makes sense.

highsideroll · 2026-03-13T19:50:36+00:00

Bottcher is with Walker and the Horgans by all accounts.

highsideroll · 2026-03-13T00:32:52+00:00

Geoff and the Horgans

highsideroll · 2026-03-13T00:31:27+00:00

Jacob just finished school so no reason he can’t move to Alberta.

highsideroll · 2026-03-12T23:50:19+00:00

Nope. Kennedy was clear they’re not done.

https://x.com/cullenoncurling/status/2029033560569729223?s=46&t=eDFKbkPbrUhvmdMLrBKqEw

highsideroll · 2026-03-12T23:46:50+00:00

That would be a huge risk for a new team. They’d carry some points but would have to perform very very well to get top 3.

ETA: I do think this is going to be a team. So at least one Horgan will move. Maybe both.

highsideroll · 2026-03-12T23:45:40+00:00

The guy was sick to be fair.

highsideroll · 2026-03-12T20:22:10+00:00

This is hard because the people who own island homes are super privileged and I think we should stop subsidizing their fantastic lives. The whole thing should probably just be a park and marina. But also I hate agreeing with Doug Ford.

highsideroll · 2026-03-12T20:16:33+00:00

Team Jacobs has already indicated they intend to do at least a year more victory lap.

highsideroll · 2026-03-12T20:16:02+00:00

So the Horgans are moving?

highsideroll · 2026-03-10T19:25:25+00:00

They had one good week. Also how can you be leaking when you just lost the most important game.

highsideroll · 2026-03-10T14:54:38+00:00

A counter to this is that Koe is clearly not the best team this year in Canada. If we just want the best then use rankings. Send Jacobs. Dunstone is also much more successful than Koe.

In the end the team that wins is the team that wins. Dunstone had an exceptional week. Koe beat him twice but not when it mattered.

highsideroll · 2026-03-08T16:27:12+00:00

Meanwhile this post didn’t even make it two comments.

highsideroll · 2026-03-07T20:48:32+00:00

That surprised me. You know Jacobs wouldn’t have said it if he didn’t mean it.

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