- Joined
- May 15, 2009
Granting the advantage to Weir in terms of execution, in what ways did you think he was more creative?
His "program" drew me in and by the time he finished I felt Ihad seem something special. In case you forgot, that is why people USED TO WATCH skating on TV
Again, I am NOT a big Johnny fan.
Now let's consider Patrick. Too many MAJOR mistakes and like Lambiel he had the unmistakeable "deer in the headlights" look about him.
Lambiel is one of my favorite skaters but to be generous he looked tight in Vancouver. I could not enjoy his skating because it was obvious he wasn't enjoying it either.
Johnny dared to ignore what some of you consider to be the unassailable and bibilical "laws" of the CoP.
If you actually stop and THINK about it gkelly, that alone made his skating somewhat creative.
TR and MIF can be nice but let's be honest here. We see too much of this that does nothing to enhance the music or add creative/artistic touches to a program.
Johnny created a mood and had the crowd roaring and although Chan was on home ice and Lambiel is a born crowd pleaser what we saw in Vancouvver from the two of them was NOT attractive skating IMO.
Johnny did not add in MEANINGLESS gestures that had nothing to do with the music and skated IMO more from his heart.
That is a big No-NO in the CoP as gestures and moves that have nothing to with the music score points in the CoP.
In 6.0 such mechanical and lacklustre presentation tended to be penalized/ignored rather than rewarded.