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- Nov 12, 2009
USFS has a bad habit of ignoring those who are on the upswing and sticking with underachievers. Jason deserves two spots. The JGP is a step down for Jason after what we saw at Jr Worlds.
Yup. Jason is looking more promising than Rippon and Miner right now. Johnson deserves a GP too, but like I mentioned, he's only eligible to SA due to no ISU SB, so there is no hope for him to get 2 GPs anyways. The only guys that deserve 2 spots before Joshua and Jason are Aaron (who has 2 locked after Worlds) and Dornbush. I think it's fine if Abbott or Miner get 2 GPs, I'm sure at least Abbott probably will, but Joshua especially and also Jason deserve 2 spots more IMO, Jason is on the upswing and Joshua was pretty good all season.
And Jason doesn't have the quad yet but it doesn't matter, he scored 154 for a FS with no quad at a junior event, while other senior guys are scoring in 120s, 130s, and low 140s a lot of the time WITH attempting quads and skating senior programs. No quad might mean he's not really in the mix for one of the 2 Olympic spots, but it certainly doesn't mean he can't hold his own on the senior GP. In the end, it comes down to racking up the most points. And Jason's PCS will help - Farris and Brown are already on about the same PCS level as Dornbush, Miner, Rippon internationally and that's likely to go up once they compete in seniors provided they skate well.