- Joined
- Mar 25, 2008
By the time Jeffrey completed his skate, I saw it coming, too, but I didn't expect the margin, and still think it was too big. But yes, between Joubert's fall in the SP (& the resulting difference in the scores) and his not maxing his combinations in the LP, I was pretty sure he'd need some mistakes from Buttle to win it. Now, based on the latter's history, that would not have been an impossiblity, so when Brian finished, I was expecting him to win. But when Jeffrey Buttle skated cleanly and with the planned content, I knew it was a done deal.Well, I can say in all honesty that I WASN'T surprised when Jeff triumphed over Brian. He had already beaten Joubert convincingly in the SP with as perfect a skate as he was capable of while Brian fell.
I can still see why Joubert felt otherwise, and as I've written before, I think his reaction owed more to a disappointing season and being annoyed with the judging and the system than to anything against Jeffrey Buttle.