- Joined
- Feb 10, 2014
For the record, 8 out of the top 10 men at Nats attempted quads in their free skates. Only Jason & Alex Johnson did not. The problem is that only 4 guys - Josh, Max, Doug Razzano and Nathan Chen - were credited with fully rotated jumps. Only Max did two quads, and he is the only one of the 4 guys who got +GOE (and he got it for the combo but not for his single jump).
What that could mean is something as simple as our guys just don't compete enough to work out their quad issues. We may need more emphasis on training & competing quads, but it's a big leap from there to conclude that we don't believe quads are important.
By the way, generalizing about a US mentality - or a Canadian or Russian one for that matter - wouldn't make you a racist, because like many countries, their citizens don't comprise a single race. However, if you said something disparaging about all American whites (aka Caucasians) or blacks (aka African Americans) you might be guilty of both race and national origin discrimination.
What that could mean is something as simple as our guys just don't compete enough to work out their quad issues. We may need more emphasis on training & competing quads, but it's a big leap from there to conclude that we don't believe quads are important.
By the way, generalizing about a US mentality - or a Canadian or Russian one for that matter - wouldn't make you a racist, because like many countries, their citizens don't comprise a single race. However, if you said something disparaging about all American whites (aka Caucasians) or blacks (aka African Americans) you might be guilty of both race and national origin discrimination.