- Joined
- Oct 26, 2016
I try really hard not to be bias. I believe full heartedly even if I was not Canadian I'd prefer v/m over p/c. In my world it just isnt even close. I have never put down the french team. I think they truly are fantastic and they are clear favorites to win worlds. They just have skills and flow on the ice like no one else (other than v/m) I have always been hard on the judging however. I have disagreed many times.. even with the olympics I thought the Ice Dance judging was completely out of wack. It was certain SP events that helped V/M win the gold. If that had not of happened I believe the french would of still won but because of what happened the judges needed to let v/m win because of fear they'd be caught. I mean there were so many things like giving the french positive 3 GOEs on twizzles that had multiple mistakes etc that had me mystified. I was even mystified how the french won the FD.. I mean just listen to that crowd after V/M .. that tells you enough right there they had seen an olympic winning skate.. for v/m to be 2nd in the FD is outrageous. But Karma I think came back and rewarded the Canadians and left the Russian and the French federations out in the dust (not the skaters... the "higer ups"). Especially with the pairs event. I thought forsure because the CDN team won bronze (fully deserved btw) over the Russian team that the judges would of had something to say about that in the dance skates. Oh the drama.. What an olympics it was!
I am still baffled at how some fans lose total perspective and contribute more or less willingly to perpetuate the myth of the perfect dance couple (in this case V/M).
They are excellent but they are not always the best and looking back, never have been perfect. Thank God, you don't win the Olympics by acclamation because then, you just need an arena full of your fans!
You can idealize your favorites but justifying their losses by seeing conspiracy everywhere is tiresome and noxious for the field.