(by John Browne)
Making a final decision to commit to another four-year cycle may take some time
It was a case of feast or famine and, in the end, Brad Gushue was left with some lingering hunger pains.
“We played very well in our five wins but we didn’t play well in our three losses,” Gushue said Monday, a day after his Bally Haly Country Club team of Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Geoff Walker was eliminated at the Capital One Road to the Roar Pre-Trials event in Kitchener, Ont.
Gushue fell 7-5 to reigning Tim Horton’s Brier champ Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie Ont., Sunday.
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Skip Brad Gushue (centre) calls to sweepers Brett Gallant (left) and Geoff Walker as opposing skip Brad Jacobs (back) looks on during the Road to the Roar Pre-Trials B final in Kitchener, Ont. on Sunday. Gushue lost 7-5, eliminating him from Olympic contention.
“There were some bright spots for sure,” said Gushue about the team’s overall performance.
“I thought Adam played very well all week and really stepped his game up to another level, which was exciting to see
“Geoff played well, but I thought myself and Brett probably didn’t perform as well as we could. It was really kind of like night and day for us. We had five great games and three poor games to be quite honest.”
A 2006 Olympic gold-medallist, Gushue said he still hasn’t given up the hope on getting back to that level, although he hasn’t made a commitment at this point.