on april 26, 2006 martin announced the breakup of his long-time, olympic silver medalist team of lead don bartlett, second carter rycroft and third don walchuk. the team had disappointed at the 2005 trials, had not won a single grand slam title in the 2005–06 season, and topped it off by finishing fourth at the brier. martin replaced walchuk, rycroft and bartlett with world junior champion skip john morris at third, marc kennedy at second and ben hebert at lead. his new team won the 2007 alberta provincials, and at their first brier, the team finished the round robin with an 8–3 win-loss record in second place, tied with manitoba and newfoundland and labrador. the new team struggled at the 2007 brier in hamilton, and lost in the 3 vs. 4 game to jeff stoughton, 6–3. despite their brier failure, however, the season was a success on the world curling tour, where they won three of the four grand slams. during the 2006–07 and 2007–08 curling seasons, martin and his team won an unprecedented five consecutive grand slams, three in the 2006–07 season and two in the 2007–08 season.