tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post5343326229154135205..comments2024-03-12T12:02:06.503-04:00Comments on piccolo's hash: Another Perry reportpiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-72710977233757532002012-08-09T09:32:29.637-04:002012-08-09T09:32:29.637-04:00Actually when you get right down to it the two top...Actually when you get right down to it the two top shooters had a difference in the X count, IRC. That would have settled it right then and there as X-count is used to break ties.piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02185649590699727649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-34500427584183790052012-08-04T11:54:18.772-04:002012-08-04T11:54:18.772-04:00I'm not Emil, but you need to read this. Maybe...I'm not Emil, but you need to read this. Maybe now you'll understand.<br /><br />Originally Posted By Epraslick:<br />I hesitate to reply to this at all, but you couldn't be more incorrect, wrongheaded, or ignorant about this.<br /><br />The decision to not shoot the shoot off, was not a protest, boycott, or a "walk out". Two shooters fired a match record of a perfect 300 in that match, separated by "X's", only. Army shooters have participated in the shoot off since it's inception in 2007, regardless of our opinions. Additionally, shooters in the past have not participated in the event.<br /><br />Select members of the team, joined by 3 other shooters from other services, elected to simply not shoot. The reason for this? They wanted to see the two competitors who fired perfect, record setting scores do battle for the trophy. The nature of the shoot off is that a cross-fire, ammunition malfunction, etc., could cause the winner of the preliminary (and historically the champion outright) 30 shot match to lose in the final. The way the final is conducted and it's format sets the conditions for this. Many competitors don't feel it's "right" to have to win the match twice.<br /><br />The shoot off was instituted by CMP management to increase spectator involvement. It is wildly unpopular with the people who actually shoot in the match.<br /><br />So, what happened was that some competitors who made the final 20 chose to simply lie in position without firing a shot during the final. after the match was complete, they walked over and shook the hand of the record breaking competitor, Jared Perry of California. It was not a protest but a token of respect for the 2 shooters who, they felt, really deserved to win the trophy.<br /><br />Unfortunately, it was not perceived that way by the CMP management. What was really a nod of sportsmanship was misinterpreted. The decision to do it was theirs and I supported their right to make it. In the past, those who didn't fure in the shoot off simply recieved a zero. This time, they were DQ'd and had their scores rempved from the list of top 100.<br /><br />This is the truth about the matter. Judge their actions fairly. I know some disagree with the method they chose, but it certainly wasn't being how you are portraying it. Maybe you have to have been a champion and been at that level to understand their motivation to do the right thing by the two men who made history during that match.<br /><br />EmilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995346500810873164.post-59846472351226339752012-08-03T16:04:43.791-04:002012-08-03T16:04:43.791-04:00I work for the Army and this is embarrassing.
PI work for the Army and this is embarrassing.<br /><br />PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com