I really wish Jeremy get coached by Brian Orser. David Wilson will loosen his anxiety and Orser will help him with confidence as they did to Yuna. He has everything but nerve. Maybe he should be coached by prushenko, the king of confidence... sigh.
I really wish Jeremy get coached by Brian Orser. David Wilson will loosen his anxiety and Orser will help him with confidence as they did to Yuna. He has everything but nerve. Maybe he should be coached by prushenko, the king of confidence... sigh.
It's okay, he seems to be managing. He'll likely retire soon, he'll be 29 when Sochi rolls around. He seemed happy with his 5th place finish and I'm proud of him for keeping it together in the LP after making those mistakes early on.Originally Posted by lksunga
I am so furious that Patrick Chan was overmarked again. He should not have finished ahead of Joubert!
Is there any way to stop this or is this going to continue at every event?
Wally, I really appreciate your comments on the technical aspects of FS. It's very useful in understanding why skaters are scored as such in the TES. Thank you!
Enought about Mr. Dead Eyes!! Can we talk about someone else??? lol
I'm wondering what wll happen for Oda. since we failed to reach free skate, does it mean he wouldnt be eligible for any grand prix assignments??
Plushenko and Cohen were invited to events. Doesn't that depend on the Japanese federation. He won TEB and Coc and won silver at the GPF.
I am so angry tonight that Chan finished as high as he did. Unless the ISU is forced to increase the value of the quad and start recognizing what's important in men's skating, I am going to have to agree with Elvis Stojko's comments earlier this year. I can really understand Stojko's frustration now.
Patrick made a mistake on one of his triple axels.
And the point about triples and quads is that the quad needs to be given more value so that doing it, and particularly doing two of them, gives a skater a higher base value. We now have a system where a skater like Chan doesn't even do a single quad in a program or even bother attempting one!
No, he would still qualify based on his season's best total score at an ISU sanctioned competition as the ISU will use that score and compare it to the top 12th skaters in the 2010 Worlds. Since his season's best is clearly better than most skaters in the top 12, he will have no problem getting two GP assignments, though, not necessarily his first choices however. Same thing goes for Plushenko, Lysacek and Weir should they want to take part in the next GP season.
eh...no, just to make you go crazy, a fun trivia fact about Chan. He is actually the youngest male skater among the top 10 in the 2010 Worlds, younger than Rippon and Brezina. Shocking eh? Considering he has been around for some time now, we tend to forget he is still younger than some of the men who are just breaking into the senior rank now...
Just watched the TV coverage again on US. I could watch Dice-K over and over again. My husband, who isn't into FS at all just said "Wow!"
And I just looked up DIce-K's 2007 Phantom program! With classic Dick Button commentary!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1627N_mJDc
ETA: Paul Wylie says at the end of the program, "This is such a great moment in a skater's career.." Little did he know what would happen three years later.
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I sometimes feel like giving Jeremy a hug. He often looks so fragile.
At this point I don't see Patrick Chan being able to do the quad. I think he is going to follow in the footsteps of Jeffrey Buttle in that regard.
Well it helps that he's competiting for Canada-a powerful federation and that he doesn't exactly have a strong men's field in Canada. But it was strong enough when he was starting off where at least someone like Jeff was ensuring they got 2 spots. Poor Brezina lost out on Senior Worlds last year because Tomas imploded in 2008. Just like with Kostner vs Marcheti. There was no way Brezina was making the world team over Tomas.... (Of course he's now undisputedly no 1 for the Czechs at this moment...)Originally Posted by DivaDes
Patrick hasn't had that many meltdowns. And to say that his resume isn't glowing is insulting. He is 19 years old. Many of his competitors are 5+ year older than him and his is still beating them. Let's not forget he is the 2-time World Silver medalist who was the world JUNIOR silver medalist 3 years ago. He was the national junior champion in 05 and competed in his first senior nationals in 06. Lysacek, Joubert, Oda & Takahashi were all competing at the worlds or olympics in 06. Patrick is the future of mens skating and once he adds the quad....WATCH OUT!!
And then there is Kozuka/Oda having to deal with being behind Daisuke. Or Adam having to deal with just making the team in a strong field. Is not like Chan hasn't had some advantages politically and experience wise.
I just don't agree about Chan having this theatrical presence. If anything I think that facial expression and reaching the crowd are the things with Chan's skating that he needs to work on. I mean when you compare Chan to Daisuke and even Joubert-he's no where near the performers those two are. And yes while Chan does have better transitions/harder in between content/better music. It doesn't make him a better performer than Joubert.Chan has excellent flexibility in his spins and has that theatrical presence.
Last edited by bekalc; 03-26-2010 at 01:53 AM.
Funny, Korea is not a powerful nation as far as figure skating is concerned, yet somehow Yu-Na Kim seems to manage just fine. Do you have a political explanation for that as well or should I rather believe as numerous youtube clips claim, it's due to Korean money that bought Kim where she is today?
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