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- Aug 15, 2003
The sad thing is...I really DO think Chan has improved on his presentation abilities in the Long Program. And I like the program a lot. But you shouldn't win like that.
Both the scoring system and the judges are at fault for the result. The scoring system sucks because, aside from rules that usually make programs less effective, mistakes mean almost nothing anymore. If you land a spectacular Quad and fall on your next Quad, you end up with pretty much the same amount of points as someone else who landed two "average" Quads. That's just not right...and it's what Chan benefits from. He gets huge scores for the elements he does execute, which makes his mistakes mean nothing.
The scale of values for GOE needs to be reversed. Mistakes on jumps (-GOE) should be taking away 2x as many points as they currently do, and +GOE on jumps should only be worth about 70% of what it currently is.
And judges seriously need to stop giving out +3's like candy.
Yeah I totally agree.