It's 2009 Worlds and 2010 Olympics all over again! UGH!
Sure Reynolds got luck but American champ Aaron is far less artistic = seemed overmarked here actually.
Art & Sport, When I commented that "the Yanks are coming back" it was a reference to how our mens standings in the world had faltered since Lysacek & Weir retired. I've just been looking at the SB list & Ross is 11th, Max is now 13th, Ricky is 14th. Abbott is 18th, 13 year old Nathan Chen is 21st, Josh is 22nd & Jason is 33rd. The latter 2 still may move up. Judging in skating goes in cycles. As to your list of great stylists, I believe only Kurt Browning ever landed quads in competition. Times change & in case you are thinking I don't appreciate the great stylists, it was because of Peggy Fleming, John Curry & Toller Cranston that I first became drawn into figure skating.
Agree. 4CC shows that the quad beats all-forget artistry, interpretation, edge/blade skills. might as well send the guys out without music to do as many tricks as they can in a specified time. The beauty, the soul, the wonder, the magic of men's skating----dead.
Sure Reynolds got luck but American champ Aaron is far less artistic = seemed overmarked here actually.
The EuroSports commentators agreed with your assement that Aaron was overmarked in the free skate. They were also quite critical of the program content of the American men, and stated that it was not quite up to the standards of the past. They felt that the American men were taking the easy way out on choreography and they did not feel that it would benefit the skaters in the long run.
Love listening to the EuroSports commentators over my U.S.
"Whoever is left standing wins" (art&sport) Really, I remember many times when Chan didn't stand and won, and all the ensuing complaints and discussions on the boards that that should not be. That being said, there does seem to be a change about that going on. Standing is a skating skill, isn't it? By the way, I do not consider Reynolds as one of the "newbies". He persevered and has improved significantly. Seems he was a very late bloomer.
Some of the young guns will develop artistry; some will not. When Curry and Cranston competed, how many of their contemporaries were any where near them as far as artistry goes. There is room for all kinds of skaters and each can be appreciated for what he can bring to the table. The ones who have it "all" are very rare. The list of artistic skaters you came up with is quite small compared to all the men who have competed in that time.
I agree, they are the best.
Thumbs up to the idea of all skaters wearing black pants and black turtlenecks.
Unlike the original post, this is not written tongue-in-cheek.
Very true. But he lands them, others don't.. Without landing those quads, Kevin Reynolds does not win here, nor would his PCS be that high.
^^ Simple white pants would blend too much into the ice.