I agree!Originally Posted by PolymerBob
I think maybe Joe was referring to the ladies only when he said no American would make the final. Just a guess.
I agree!
I think maybe Joe was referring to the ladies only when he said no American would make the final. Just a guess.
Here's the thing, I thought I read that the World Champion gets to choose her two events. What if Kim chooses Skate America. I mean Orser in 2007 said that Yu-na wasn't too thrilled with the idea of getting Cup of China/ Cup of Russia. She wanted to skate in North America (and according to Orser everyone wants Paris :lol:!)
She's not getting Canada because of Joannie.
Here's the List of female skaters who want to go to the Finals:
YuNa Kim
Mao Asada
Miki Ando
Yukari Nakano
Akiko Suzuki
Joannie Rochette
Sara Meier
Carolina Kostner
Alina Leonova
Laura Lepisto
and
Sasha Cohen
How can one squeeze in any Americans to the Finals?
Why Miki and not YuNa. You must have a good reason because Orser wants SA.
Well, Caroline and Rachael have beaten most of the ladies on this list. If the World Team Trophy had an individual ladies' podium, Miki would have been mule-kicked off of it.
I am sure Caroline Zhang and Rachael Flatt would also like to go to the Final, and I think both of them have a better chance of making it than Sarah Meier, Laura Lepisto and Alina Leonova.
As far as the rules of the draw go, I don't think the world champion or anyone else gets to choose where they will go. The skaters are invited by the host federations, with the order of choice determned by lot.
About Kim's assignments last year, I don't know whether China and Russia won the draw and snapped her up, or whether USA and Canada got to choose first and didn't want her to come in and beat the local girls.
That having been said, I believe that the skaters do have an opportunity to express their wishes. Then it is up to the host federations to decide whether toi honor the skaters' preferences or not.
Well, the first thing is, Brian Orser is not Ottavio Cinquanta. Does anyone really care what Brian Orser wants?
The reason I thought that they would try to get Ando is because USFS might think that of Kim, Rochette, and Ando, choosing Miki gives the American girs the best chance to pull an upset and win gold.
As you know, I am sad that National Federations think this way. I wish they would invite the best and let them duke it out for top honors. But everyone tells me this is naive. The conventional wisdom seems to be the main goal of host federations is to invite the weakest skaters that they can find so as to improve the chances of getting the home girls into the finals.
If it were up to me I would invite Yu-na.
Last edited by Mathman; 05-15-2009 at 01:46 AM.
Clarification please.
I know it's true that because of the seeding rule in place now the skaters don't get to request assignment to the event(s) of their choice.
However, is it a firm truth, as much as possible with ISU that is, that host federations get first chance at their own skaters before the draw?
Did the skaters ever get to formally request events? I got the impression it was always informal. Certainly the USFSA can be always made aware that Yu-Na wishes to be invited the Skate America, but I doubt they would ever have had to oblige her.
I believe it is the Feds who make the decisions only when it is their turn of the draw. Of course, a skater may want Paris and conspiracy looms.
Yes, of course they have a shot at getting the GP Final but that puts them in the same company of Kim, Asada, Ando, Rochette, which fully books 4 into the Finals. For the final two places, wouldn't Kostner, Meier, Lepisto and the very consistent Leonova be fighting it out and not to mention Suzuki, Nakano? These fighters have the potential to do better than last season.
Much will depend on how the USFS selects its team for SA. With Cohen in there, she may knock out one of the American bests and if she doesn't, it's just dificult for me to think Amercia will get gold and silver at SA which is needed to get to Finals. Of course, there are the results of the preceding 4 GPs which may work for the Americans but past performances by Meissner, Cizny, Hughes were not fruitful in the Outer GPs.
The story of the results will unfold by the time of the third GP (China, France and Russia). NHK will just confirm Asada and Ando.
Rememer it should take not less than 24 points to get into the Finals, with 26 or better being assured. And if 24, there will be TIEs, no doubt.
Yes.
The 6 top skaters at Worlds are selected by Lot. If the USFS pulls 6th in the draw, it will have no choice in this selection of the top skaters. So which two Feds would want Kim?
It is my understanding that the host federations can choose their own seeded skaters before the draw.
I agree, but my understanding is that Host federations can only select the additional skaters in turn. I was just hypthetically saying that the USFS may draw 6th so the choices are limited.
It is pretty assured that:
Canada will select Rochette
Japan will seledct Ando
Japan will also select Asada
US will select Cohen, Flatt, and Zhang which is their right.
China, France and Russia all have options for Kim
It's the second round of the drawing which gets touchy.
The order of selection is important.
Last edited by Joesitz; 05-15-2009 at 11:01 AM.
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