Rgirl said:I also wonder if his insistence on doing the choreography for his own solo numbers with SOI and taking himself out of most of the group numbers so he could concentrate on that hurt him with SOI too.
hockeyfan228 said:Underrated to me is being an unusual and/or artistic and/or elegant skater or team, but not being marketable in the US and Canada, because the skater or team isn't American or doesn't have a "story" that can be exploited by a marketing department.
eyria said:By dropping out of the eligible scene immediately after Nagano, Ilia forfeited both the greater challenges and the greater opportunities of eligible skating. As a result, he doesn't have either the popularity, fan base, or all-around skills and performance level that Yagudin does, for example.