A couple days he caused a bit of an uproar by tweeting (in Russian) "All Russian fans are much the same as prostitutes, in any sports" so maybe that gives some insight into his attitude.
I'm not one to completely write off a teenager, but I'd rather see any of the other Russians eclipse him at this point.
Ugh, what a disgusting, unpleasant little character he is. I'm so glad Plushy got to go to the Olympics over this little brat.
@Karne
Machida and Ten are tougher adversaries than Max or any of the Russians though (except maybe a returning Plush for the "blow to Artur's confidence factor"
). So I wouldn't say it's a good field for Artur. That being said, Artur can potentially beat the sloppy Machida of Sochi, or an underwhelming Ten. I expect Machida and Ten to skate relatively well with their new confidence boosts and momentum, but who knows, maybe it's just more pressure.
I'm not expecting Artur to win straight up, but if he could mix it with the guys at Skate America and maybe come away with a bronze, that would be an excellent start. Of course, it then leaves me with a problem of being too overinvested in two skaters at SkAm and there not being enough medals to go around...
Yeah, and with Aaron he helped win back 3 places for men at 2015 Worlds, something the much younger Miner, Rippon, and Dornbush were never able to do.
But what did Abbott do at the Olympics? He blew it, exactly as some of us had predicted; and worse, he blew it with a bad attitude, too. "It's a positive step, it's just a warmup!" is not something that should EVER be said by a skater who has just royally screwed up his short program.
I hope it's a fair playing field this year and Jason doesn't get 0ver-scored. (as well as over hyped and over promoted due to his connections which give him an unfair advantage)
Oh, how did I know you were ready and waiting with this UTTER RUBBISH.
Let me break this down for you slowly: Max had far more media attention and exposure, and even sponsors, before Nationals than ANY of the other US men. HE DID NOT MAKE THE TEAM. So what does this say? It says that you are delusional and talking rubbish.
Jason gets media exposure because he is lovely, intelligent, friendly, and his skating is wonderful. Yes, he went on Arsenio because his mother was once Arsenio's producer. But as others have said, that appearance did more for Arsenio than it did for Jason and came as a natural consequence of what happened at Nationals.
Jason is loveable. It did not escape my notice that during the gala at Nationals when the men's team was announced, there was some cheering when Jeremy appeared, but an absolute roar of delight when Jason appeared. He's not pretentious, he's not arrogant, and you know he's always going to show up and give his best. No wonder people love him.
Compare that to someone who gives up more often than fights, who you can never rely on, who lashes out angrily at fans and swears about them when things aren't going well, who flips off a bad performance with inane comments about it being a warmup...well jeez, it's not hard to see why people might love Jason better.
Jason earned that spot on the Olympic team fair and square. If anyone was overmarked at Nationals...it was Jeremy.
And who do you think should have gone to the Olympics ahead of Jason?
No-one...but Max should have gone instead of Jeremy. At least we know Max would have given his all in the team event. But I can only imagine the uproar it would have caused if the USFSA had had the balls to say, "No, Jeremy, we don't trust you..."
