Quote Originally Posted by shine View Post
I believe Tinymavy15 was not trying to compare how good a skater Joannie is when compared to Michelle. I think she was trying to point out that as a skater Joannie has similar advantages and shortcomings as Kwan, and the fact that her competitive strategy which has successfully used her strengths to maximize her score under COP has encouraged Kwan, because of their similarities.
Whether Joannie's programs are as good as Kwan's is an entirely separate discussion.
Maybe I'm too much of an uber to see this rationally, but I do not see how Joannie and Kwan are similiar espcially in terms of their strengths & weaknesses...

Consistency is the main area where this is apparent. Mental toughness is another point. Also in terms of the 3/3, up until recently, Kwan was the little known holder the most 3/3 performed in competition. Now, if the the idea that Michelle is currently where Joannie is - then that makes sense but we don't know where Kwan is ... if she's anywhere. She might be where Sarah Hughes was on SOI...

And if its a carriage, style issue - then Susanna Poiko is much more Kwan like than Joannie...