I promised I was going to keep my mouth shut, but...Panther2000 said:Sasha wasn't wonderful, good but not wonderufl. But agree about Bebe, but, she is so up & down with her skating the judges aren't giving her the benefit of the doubt. & I do think that Emily is getting a bit of a gift for family relations. But, I agree also that the hughes period are chopper skaters. they aren't smooth. It is herky Jerky & choppy. Rough is more like it. They aren't graceful & lack real rythm(sp) & dancing skills& it shows, in their skating.
But, Bebe should be in second.
I remember that. So was the "hmm" about Mark being on the panel--the 15-year late consolation prize, so to speak--rather than anything about Michelle? As I'm writing this, I think I get it, lol.Piel said:RGirl, Mark Mitchell (U.S. bronze medalist) was left off of the Olympic team so that Todd Eldridge could go in 1992.
ITA! Which is why I think some people react so strongly to Emily, both positively and negatively.Piel said:Emily Hughes reminds me of Irina.
Piel said:The hmmm....was I wonder if his personal experience of being left off of the team because Todd was given a bye will influence his decision about Michelle?
Mafke said:I don't think he'd qualify as human if he didn't ... I'm not saying it would unduly influence him, but of course he's going to be thinking about it.
I would also assume his first sympathies would be with whoever would be bumped (even if he does decide that the best chance for the best overall team performance would entail sending the Kwanster).
A fully heathly and well-trained Kwan would have won easily, IMHO -- no contest. The Michelle we saw at Marshall's would have finished about 10th.Piel said:How do you think Kwan would have done tonight if she would have given one of her usual SP's? I think she would have won.
Forget Sasha, forget Michelle. Send Stephanie to Turino! We'll show 'em what the good ol' U.S. of A. is all about!!Rgirl said:Seriously, though. Whatever you think of Stephanie's music, choreography, and/or skating, she looked as if she was having a genuine blast out there. And oh my heck! She's from Utah!
Though her interpretation of "Rockit" doesn't quite come up to Ilia Kulik's. But then, I'm biased. Still for Stephanie's energy and guts. This is one of the things I love about seeing USNs live. We'd never see any of these "outside the box" skaters if the competition was taped.
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I would have had Emily and Bebe almost tied with the edge to Emily--Rgirl is right-Emily has huge power while skating and is FAST. In my notes, I have down POWERFUL!! and that's what the performance was.
But I loved Bebe too, just for different things. The spirals were good, but not WOW. I loved her final spin, where the head goes back in triumph.
Sasha--definitely the class of the field here, but I didn't enjoy her skate.
Kimmie is a girl who has had a publicist since she was 11 or maybe 9, whatever, this girl is hugely overhyped IMO.
Alissa-gave a headcase performance and got a gift-less said the better.
Stephanie Rosenthal's "techno funky hiphop" rendition of The Robot. If I were Geico, I'd hire her to have her do the Robot with the gecko.
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Doris, I totally agree 100% ...