And Miki Ando. Her 3-3 sometimes gets downgraded but not always. And my point is that Yuna can do a 3lo and Miki can do a 3f, so if they want to do their big tricks, they should just suck it up and put the problem jump in their programs. For both skaters, I think the block is mental more than anything else. Also I think Yuna gets too much credit for being a great jumper, she's got a killer 3lutz and 2a, and 3t when done in combination, but she doesn't even do the 3t on its own, her salchow is not great, she lips her flip, and she hasn't attempted the loop in competition in years. So she's REALLY good at 2 kinds of jumps, maybe 3 depending on how you view the 3toe, but then the rest of her jumps are just ok. And I sort of feel the same about Miki, who's good at 3lz, 3lo, 3s but then only ok at 2a, 3t and doesn't do 3f anymore.
But the main point of my post is that they make these decisions, and in the case of Yuna, I don't get why she didn't replace one of her salchows with a toeloop, which again addresses the question: how come Yuna can do a killer 3t on the back end of a combination but never attempts it on its own? A smarter option IMO, if she really is that against doing a 3lo, would have been to keep her layout the same as last season but replaced the last 2a with a 2lz or something. Also I think Miki's 3s-3lo would be more likely to get ratified than her 3lz-3lo, which could be something to consider in future programs.
And now, I feel like your stripping Yu-na of two much credit. It wasn't until 2008 that her flip started getting the ocassional e call but that debatable fact not-withstanding, her flip has best consistently praised for its height, speed, and ice coverage, lip or not. I'd say when she nails the flip for example at 2010 Olympics, 2009 Worlds, etc, it's an absolute beauty. She doesn't do a 3loop... but then again, look at the rest of the field (because remember, FS is relative to a degree); who is doing all 5 triples consistently in their programs? Please stop making Yu-na out to be an exception. And 1). Why must she do a solo triple toe when it garners more points for her to do it in combo (please stop drawing extraneous conclusions w/out evidence supporting your claim) and 2). at least her technique on the salchow is clean. In fact, that is one of her imo greatest assets as a jumper; the fact that when Yu-na is on, her jumps are just technically clean and indisputable for example, Olympics 2010, Cup of Russia 2007. Other jumpers such as Midori Ito had more powerful jumps, but Yu-na's have never been plagued w/wonky takeoffs, mule kicks, leg wraps, etc... and the jumps she does excel at, she just flies through which is rare enough as it is in the current ladies field for them to be praised.