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IF ONLY...
Those are pretty big IFS...:sheesh:
Those are pretty big IFS...:sheesh:
shine said:Excidra- there's a girl in the U.S. by the name of Ye Bin Mok. She's already as good of a skater as Sasha if not a better one. She's a skater with no weaknesses. All she needs is more senior competition experience and consistency. A 3/3 combo wouldn't hurt either. And there's also Angela Nikodinov- if she's ever going to get it together one day, SHE would be skating circles around Cohen.
shine said:Excidra- there's a girl in the U.S. by the name of Ye Bin Mok. She's already as good of a skater as Sasha if not a better one. She's a skater with no weaknesses. All she needs is more senior competition experience and consistency. A 3/3 combo wouldn't hurt either. And there's also Angela Nikodinov- if she's ever going to get it together one day, SHE would be skating circles around Cohen.
Excidra2001 said:How come she can't make it to the US world team? Something Sasha has been doing for a few years now. So inconsistency is leaving her(mok) in the back burner, couldn't she just put it together one time?Please correct me if i'm wrong, Mok has been competing in the senior ranks since last season or the season before that, right? Sasha has been on roll at senior Nationals since her debut(excluding the year she took off)
Not me. I have never been one to criticize Sasha for her inconsistency, nor any skater for that matter. In fact, most of my favorite skaters are just as inconsistent as Sasha or even more so. Consistency is only important to me when I want to see my favs win medals. So yes, I'd agree with you that Sasha is U.S's best hope for an Olympic medal in 2006, BECAUSE of her better consistency than both Nikodinov and Mok. But in terms of pure skating quality, then the other two are just as worthy if not more. Consistency has more to do with how a skater handles their nerves rather than being a skating quality. And Ye Bin Mok in my book is a better skater than Sasha. Boring or not is in the eye of the beholder.Excidra2001 said:
We cricitize Sasha for her inconsistency but the skaters you mentioned above are worser then Sasha in consistency department(specially Nikodinov). Let's just say both skaters you mentioned had their chance to take on Sasha at nationals but couldn't, but hey there is always next season.
Excidra2001 said:I some what agree with your post, But I don't agree with you here.
I don't want to sound rude but that's ridiculous. Other then Kwan, who else in the states(currently competing) can actually beat a clean Sasha? AP is getting there but Sasha will skate circles around her if the going gets tough.Turin is soon coming up(two more seasons excluding the upcoming season) and as of right now Kwan and Cohen are USA's best hope for a world title this coming season and it will probably remain the same the season after next.
I've only competed in tennis, volleyball and basketball, and there you ALWAYS have to worry about what others are doing. -- Realistic
Conceivably she could be the two-time World Champion going in
How is it possible for you not to concentrate on what you are doing? What daydreams are going though a skater's head, that she drifts off mentally and makes mistakes that the commentators refer to as "lack of concentration."