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Now please someone post the vids ASAP!
Hey, a boy can dream...
Hey, a boy can dream...
My god....does Charlie ever shut up!!!
I didnt like C/B ending - sorta looked like a lift gone wrong.
That's fair. That's happened to me with other skaters. Also fair, I think, is that judges holding up Chock/Bates even when they have mistakes sometimes affects my enjoyment of them. :confused2:
They were great today, though. Chock/Bates and the Shibs deserve to be neck and neck and you could make an argument for either to be in the lead right now, IMO.
BTW, didn't mean to pile on you, because I know other posters have already replied to you. I started writing this before those other posts went up.
Yep Charlie is a bit over chatty at times. In general, although he can provide some good insights, he is not as good as Tanith at ice dance commentary. Also, I dislike his overly favoritism shown toward C/B because Evan is a close friend of his.
Yep Charlie is a bit over chatty at times. In general, although he can provide some good insights, he is not as good as Tanith at ice dance commentary. Also, I dislike his over-favoritism shown toward C/B because Evan is a close friend of his.
No way Shibs are going to win tomorrow. They lost out on GOE (overall) and PCS. That shows who the judges favor and they're not going to change their minds tomorrow.
@Ekm, I always try to call it as I see it. I have to call out unfairness when it is a politically-biased result. You can refrain because you don't like negativity. I understand that sometimes fans are overly complaining when their favorites are underscored and even when they aren't. This situation is very different. C/B and the Shibs are very close in ability, but the Shibs have stepped it up tremendously and are actually surpassing C/B right now, but due to politics the Shibs are failing to be fairly rewarded. I find that UNACCEPTABLE! And I will speak out about it.
Evan and Madison are NOT better on the components than Maia and Alex. That's just a put-up job and a lame excuse to keep the Shibs in second place. Unfairness and politics is written all over this result!!
Charlie White showed too much obvious favoritism in his remarks as well. Maia and Alex were way better technically and artistically in their performance. The judges rewarded Can/McM by percentage points over Hawayek/Baker, but could not be fair to the Shibs. The way this has been scored, shows quite clearly that Evan and Madison can trip all over themselves with their faux, awkward so-called presentation and with tech mistakes, and still win over a better Maia and Alex. I hope C/B are OFF the podium at Worlds.
Yeah, I agree with this.
The Shibutanis and C/B both got full base value for their RW, but the judges were very conservative with the Shibs' GOE, they were only getting like .30, .29 on those (this is based on the bug, I still haven't looked at the protocols yet). Whereas Chock and Bates were getting over a full point of GOE on both. They also won on PCS. I really think the only reason it's so close is because the Shibutanis pulled out a Level 4 on their step sequence.
I do think the Shibs have the better FD, but Chock and Bates have really improved theirs since the Grand Prix to be fair to them.
So I don't think the judges deserve any credit for keeping it close, it's down to that Level 4 the Shibutanis pulled out on steps. (again with caveat that I have yet to look at the protocols, and this is what I am remembering from the initial levels as called)
Here you go. http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2016/18516/results.html
The GOE was 8.70 v. 8.34. Shibs beat them on twizzles and the partial step sequence and Chock and Bates got everything else.