Maybe not “bad” but good announcers realize when an exchange is particularly important and make sure viewers understand what’s going on in pivotal moments. It’s the olympics, people go back and forth watching multiple events. Very very few people watch an entire curling match. They switch between events and stay on one that is close to conclusion. Good announcers realize this and accommodate; like the other sports did.

While I wouldn’t label the announcers as awful or bad, I merely disagree that they deserved a shootout post for exceptional commentating when everyone viewing with me and myself were confused at various points in the match. We did only watch from about halfway through the end, but that would not be uncommon viewing habits for the olypmics.