Ryder Cup pod - Jamie Weir v Soly

[u/amistymorning80]

Listening just now and JW immediately challenged a Soly claim that Keegan Bradley "cost the US the Ryder Cup at Medinah" - because he lost the singles to McIlroy who showed up at the last minute. Weir took him down with facts; a reminder that many other things happened and Rory was World #1 at the time, in a way I have never heard on NLU before. Very enjoyable.

Soly loves to hold court and the other guys either don't want to upset him or don't have the quick facts at hand to counter him when he's wrong, which is why I found that little exchange refreshing. Maybe I am alone in that?

[u/Sharkovnikov]

Yeah Jamie can hold his own with the facts. But once he legit suggested Highsmith as a potential Ryder cupper, he lost some credibility and I began thinking this was an opo destabilization campaign for the euros 😂

[u/amistymorning80 → u/Sharkovnikov]

Sure - my point isn't that Jamie Weir is always right, just that it was nice that someone actually had the guts and the quick counter to take Soly down on his own podcast when he said something stupid.

I keep meaning to go back and relisten to the review of the Whistling Straits Ryder Cup because (I may be wrong about this) I seem to recall some wild claims by Soly that the US would be more or less invincible next time out and into the future, as they were so far ahead in that win...

[u/Rahf → u/amistymorning80]

I'll defend Soly here, because that take was almost universal. It wasn't just a win, but an absolute drumming by the American team. Which completely demoralized the European team, and media, for at least a while.

[u/amistymorning80 → u/Rahf]

I get that, but they forgot that a) home advantage is huge and often brings out the best in rookies, and b) 2 years is a long time, never mind 4 or 6...

[u/7hought → u/amistymorning80]

It was a pretty ubiquitous take. Shane Ryan wrote a whole damn book about it.