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- Nov 12, 2009
The important thing for the U.S now is to have their middle aged and young guys who can all be around for 2018 start to establish themselves. Meaning nobody older than Miner and Rippon already are. The last thing they should do is even consider throwing an ounce of support to oldies like Lysacek and Abbott next year. Better to send a skater who is trying to establish himself for the 2015-2018 quad to possibly finish 7th or 8th, then send a skater who is retiring like Lysacek or Abbott to finish 9th or 10th. I dont think the U.S has any medal hopes whatsoever for Sochi no matter who makes the team, but they can start to set themselves up for post Sochi where there will surely be a ton of retirements.
I agree. I feel there was really no need for Josh Farris, or Jason Brown even, to be kept on the JGP again this season, or for someone like Max Aaron with his huge content, and even Keegan Messing, to not be given at least a GP host pick. I know they are all young and good has come out of the whole situation, but honestly, people have been saying for awhile now that Aaron and Farris could probably do better at GP events than "comeback" Johnny, and even the likes of shaky Abbott, Rippon, and Dornbush. At Nationals they showed they are some of the best guys in the Nation so it's a shame they have to go into the Olympic season as essentially unknown rookies. I know for Josh not making the team isn't a big deal because he'll be prime age for 2018, for some of the other guys like Max and Keegan who are like 3 years older, it's a tough call, they are young now, but by 2018 they might be feeling their age and be more prone to injuries.