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Do Keauna and Rockne still get to go to the Olympics?
I wonder if the second sbs 2a was downgraded for I/B. I can't see how they could be third otherwise. Still, the closeness in their score to E/L could factor in if you take the GP performances into account as the USFSA says they will.
Actually, this is one situation I'd send D/B and I/B to the Olympics. Evora/Ladwig haven't been received that well by intl judges even with decent skates. I/B, if they skate reasonably clean, have enough gravitas with intl judges to do OK. How we all feel about Baldwin is less relevant.
As for "doing right" I'm not in the camp you that you automatically send the top 2, esp with these scores practically identical. I'd send E/L to 4CC, naming them as alts to Olympics.
Do Keauna and Rockne still get to go to the Olympics?
Do Keauna and Rockne still get to go to the Olympics?
we'll find out in 2 hours who gets named... if they get to go over either of the top two teams I will be ticked... I/B have a better chance to make it over Amanda and Mark... but I wouldn't want that to happen.
I guess my feeling is that if I/B and M/B wanted to really make an argument for that second spot on the team you'd just have to point them to worlds... if they'd been able to pull it together last year we'd have three spots... yeah it sounds mean, but realistically Amanda and Mark did everything asked, and it's not like I/B are going to end up on the podium come vancouver... John can barely get out of his own way when he starts jumping.
The reason we have two spots instead of three is due to M/B's performance last year.
John Baldwin bugs me.
Now, now, that's not very nice nor accurate...while they may have been the 2nd of the 2 American teams, Denney/Barrett only came in 9th...meaning McLaughlin/Brubaker would have had to make top 4 to secure a third spot. So total blame on the 2 olympic spots should not be placed on McL/Bru.
That would really suck if Amanda and Mark was not named to the Olympic team. It's not like I/B have a chance on the podium anyways. And internationally I/B haven't been doing well. So it would make no difference whether they sent E/L or I/B Plus I/B already been to the Olympics. Give another team a chance of a lifetime. E/L deserve to go the the Olympics fair and square whether they've had international experience or not.
John Baldwin bugs me.
That would really suck if Amanda and Mark was not named to the Olympic team. It's not like I/B have a chance on the podium anyways. And internationally I/B haven't been doing well. So it would make no difference whether they sent E/L or I/B Plus I/B already been to the Olympics. Give another team a chance of a lifetime. E/L deserve to go the the Olympics fair and square whether they've had international experience or not.