The trouble with Quidditch

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 168957

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ken Hutchinson" <klhutch at ...> 
wrote:

> But you don't have to catch the Snitch to prevent the other Seeker
> from catching it. I think Hermione is right that Krum *chose* to end
> the match on his terms, it just wasn't the best strategy. 


I agree with you and others that Krum realized his team could never 
catch up and decided to finish the game with a decent score. I know 
it was the main reason for his catching the Snitch. I just wanted to 
point out that Krum's condition contributed to his decision too, IMO. 

He was hurt so badly that Harry was surprised he could even see where 
he was going. Everyone was expecting that the game would be stopped, 
but the referee was deep in fight with the veela and didn't notice. 
It just all came together - Krum's team was hopelessly loosing, he 
was badly injured, and Lynch was about to catch the Snitch.

BTW, it was not Hermione, but Harry, who said that Krum "wanted to 
end it on his terms" (p.114 US hardback). Hermione had a comment of a 
different kind: "He was very brave, wasn't he?"  Hmm...

Unfortunately, I have nothing to answer to you about Quidditch 
strategies, this is really not my field of expertise.  I don't even 
understand  baseball and american football rules, so you can 
imagine :-).



zanooda, who likes Viktor Krum and has a tendency to defend him 
everywhere ...