To throw in my 2c:
I love Josh, I adore Josh, I think his skating is wonderful, I'm utterly convinced he's champion material.
But IMO Max won Nationals deservedly, and Ross was second deservedly. The only thing I would quibble over was that I thought Josh probably deserved the bronze. But hey, I freely admit that may just be my biases talking. PCS scores? Josh's were lower than Ross' and correctly so. I really enjoyed Ross' LP at Nationals. Josh I thought was a bit slower than usual, and maybe a little bit nervous, though I don't recall him smiling quite as much during a program this season as he did at Nationals. So IMO that PCS difference was fair. And as for the technical difference, well, Ross DID land a quad and Josh fell on his.
What left me most in awe, I think, was Max Aaron's SPEED. OH MY GOD. HOW DOES HE CONTROL IT?
Mind you, if we wanna talk transitions, can I just mention that I want Jason to keep that incredible spiral (a fan spiral?) into his 3Lz FOREVER? I'm quite convinced his hips are made of rubber.
I love Josh, I adore Josh, I think his skating is wonderful, I'm utterly convinced he's champion material.
But IMO Max won Nationals deservedly, and Ross was second deservedly. The only thing I would quibble over was that I thought Josh probably deserved the bronze. But hey, I freely admit that may just be my biases talking. PCS scores? Josh's were lower than Ross' and correctly so. I really enjoyed Ross' LP at Nationals. Josh I thought was a bit slower than usual, and maybe a little bit nervous, though I don't recall him smiling quite as much during a program this season as he did at Nationals. So IMO that PCS difference was fair. And as for the technical difference, well, Ross DID land a quad and Josh fell on his.
What left me most in awe, I think, was Max Aaron's SPEED. OH MY GOD. HOW DOES HE CONTROL IT?
Mind you, if we wanna talk transitions, can I just mention that I want Jason to keep that incredible spiral (a fan spiral?) into his 3Lz FOREVER? I'm quite convinced his hips are made of rubber.