04/18 RI Hour of Power Daly and Campbell

[lt.wolf]

Tonight on the RI Hour of Power

Andrew Campbell and Will Daly , just off their win at the NQ event in San Diego

Tonight at 7:00 pm EDT

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email questions to swolf7@hotmail.com

[porsche5k]

Great show, thanks for taking my question about them making weight, Sean. Those guys were awesome, they have a great attitude and sound fast. They said 3 seconds off of the NZL boat...wow.

[lt.wolf]

NO problem here is the podcast
The podcast of Will and Andrew is up http://ftns.co/#ftns_podcast=andrew-and ... to-qualify

[Long & Low]

Listened last night. Before the interview, did I hear you confirm Meyer & Trojan are headed to Boston? It makes a ton of sense. I had just not heard or seen a public confirmation

[lt.wolf]

Sorry , they are just visiting .

[suahoi]

Wolf,

Any chance you could get a bunch of the strong young lightweight scullers (Meyer, Trojan, Winter, Graves, De Regt, etc) talking together on the show? People have been throwing around ideas on the boards about them getting together for a quad or double or something for this summer.. It could be a really cool opportunity to use the show to get these guys talking and planning together (and if they already are talking, I'm sure I'm not the only one curious as to what their plans are).

Just an idea.

[Meanstreets]

Seems crazy to me that there is no interest from USRowing in taking some of the 2x trials guys and inviting them to fours camp.

[LITIgator]

If they wanted to be considered for 4's camp they should have raced at NSR 1.

Even if there are stronger candidates (no reason to assume either way) in the doubles lot it would make a mockery of the system if after they selected a boat they then say to all those athletes who have done what they are supposed to do

"well even though racing at NSR 1 and coming top 3 was required for the 4-s camp plus coaches discretion and i know we have done a all of the seat racing and have the line up, I'm going to postpone the line up even further to seat race guys who have been sculling for the past 6 months so perhaps you will get 4 weeks in the final lineup before lucerne"

Not worth the hassle and Volp has enough on his plate, if they wanted to be considered for the 4 they should have raced at NSR

they can go to 8 camp (i assume there will be one) or do the 2- trial

in regards to all those scullers "suahol" has mentioned. Meyers and trojan are prob going to be going to U23's in the 2x, de gret i would not be surprised to hear about him surfing, skiing and enjoying life for the next 6+months, Winter is probably got stuff to do back in the GMS area so unless he goes for say the single i bet he is going to have some time off. All these guys have been away from home / school for awhile and have stuff to catch up with no doubt

I have heard on the grape vine that there is a lwt 4x camp idea going around up in the seattle area. don't know the details just heard talk on the boat house row.

[Long & Low]

If they wanted to be considered for 4's camp they should have raced at NSR 1.

Even if there are stronger candidates (no reason to assume either way) in the doubles lot it would make a mockery of the system

I am not really moved by a desire to avoid making the system look bad. ("Mockery", who cares!) The system is what it is. If it looks bad, that is not the sculler's fault.

The problem is a practical one. The LM4- failed to qualify. That means they must have a boat ready to leave for Europe very soon. Introducing new blood at this point may be a bigger distraction than it is worth.

The heavy 4x is governed by many of the same rules you describe but they are qualified for the games. They don't have to be in Europe until July. Inviting a few new guys after the Non-Qual Trials seems like a good idea. Particularly after Stitt and Anderson selected the 2x.

[Long & Low]

Sorry , they are just visiting .

I suspect that is the party line. Let us know if they are still "just visiting" in three or four weeks, and if all the visits seem to occur on the water at the same time and general location as the C & D 2x.

[pagliacci]

it makes a mockery of the system that USRowing did not adjust the timeframe for the LM4- selection camp after the boat didn't qualify.

when the mens eight did not qualify the entire mens big boat selection got adjusted (8, 4- and 4x camps started in Nov). it was suggested to the HPC that the lightweight events also adjust accordingly but it did not happen. why? because those events are clearly not a priority to USRowing or the USOC.

if either entity cared they would have adjusted accordingly and invested more in the LM4-. they basically got lucky that many of the better athletes left the system (or were already out of the system) to go to LM2x trial and now we have what looks to be a fast double.

[pagliacci]

it does not say anywhere that the 2nd 3rd and 4th heavy doubles from trials are automatically invited to heavy 4x camp yet many of those athletes are there. why? because the 4x is an important event. not a priority event, just an important one.

[iwantmorepies]

Heh. You just haven't been paying attention....

Seems crazy to me that there is no interest from USRowing in taking some of the 2x trials guys and inviting them to fours camp.

[Slim]

Seems to me it would be worth at least trying a 150lb guy who stroked the 4- at the Olympics and a kid who was 4th in the heavy 1x at the first NSR. It's not as if the guys in the lm4- are breaking 6:10 on the erg or going faster than the heavy pairs on the water. But then I would have kept 8 athletes until I named the boat and not done the old time trial selection...

[lt.wolf]

Long and Low , I will let you know , they may do so themselves are they come by RI from time to time.


Things will shake out a bit more once the qualifying races are done , the light eight could get a good boost or the camp will extend more invites out.

It is kind of a pisser that the selection process did not take in the process for the double selection. Did folks know the time lines when they committed to a partner or to the camp?