One scenario worth considering is sending Ross and Adam to the Olympics and Vincent and Jason to Worlds. Nathan gets to go to both obviously.
My thoughts exactly! Send Nathan to both and split the other two slots. :agree:
According to the ISU stats, Nathan, Adam and Jason are the top 3 Men's skaters from the USA in terms of:
- ISU World Standings
- ISU Season's World Rankings
- ISU Personal Best Score for Short Programme (Evan is actually ahead of Adam in third, but is discounted as he isn't competing any more)
- ISU Personal Best Score for Free Skate
- ISU Personal Best Total Score
- ISU Season's Best Score for Short Programme
- ISU Season's Best Score for Free Skate
Note: Max Aaron narrowly edged out Jason for third place in the ISU Season's Best Total Score.
So, I would be inclined to send Adam and Jason to Worlds. They are the guys who have had the stronger season overall, and Worlds matter in terms of earning slots for next season.
The Olympics are just a stand-alone thing. They only matter in terms of prestige. So, give Ross and Vincent the honour of being able to say they are an Olympian (Jason already has it from Sochi. I thought Adam did too, but was surprised to find there now that he doesn't. But I had forgotten that the USA only had 2 slots in Men in 2014 ).
And doing this would also have the added bonus of keeping the following people quiet:
- those that believe that the Olympics are the be-all and end-all
- those that believe that it should be strictly the Top 3 in Nationals that get selected for the Olympics
Suffice to say, I'm not one of those people.
CaroLiza_fan