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Plushenko & other Russians comment on the Men's Event

gfskater

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Yeah... If that implies that Plushenko is a master of his craft, think again. If his craft is figure skating, he should know about his craft, how to create a program that can earn points under the scoring system of the said craft.

How can you be a master of a craft if you do not understand how that craft works?

Well said. His coach should have known the rules and created a progam that would score the points. For start, how about doing the number of jumps you are allowed to do 12 instead of the 11 he did.
 
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I really do not see what the controversy is about. If Plushenko had skated better he would have won. He didn't, and that mediocre drone twit Lysacek won instead. :)

The Original dance starts in an hour. :rock:
 

Alatariel

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I really do not see what the controversy is about. If Plushenko had skated better he would have won. He didn't, and that mediocre drone twit Lysacek won instead. :)

The Original dance starts in an hour. :rock:

Original dance is tomorrow. Or have I lost it completely?
 

edge31

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Originally Posted by gfskater
For start, how about doing the number of jumps you are allowed to do 12 instead of the 11 he did.

Exactly right. It's like the marathon runner who finishes at the wrong location and says "But I would have been first!!". Get the rules straight. And check your hubris at the door - don't do just what you think you "need".... do everything! Interesting that he did not do all the triples he was alotted..... I didn't notice that.. I was distracted by the jerking of his body in the middle of his footwork, and his severe spasm at the end of the footwork to notice.
 

sidwich

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"Tango has no pelvic gyrations"

You obviously have never danced the tango

Um, I've danced tango, lots of Tango: International, American and Argentine. And no, tango does not have pelvic gyrations. Tango is by its nature a walking dance, and pelvic gyrations go against the nature of the dance.
 

Alatariel

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It is? I peaked too soon! What am I going to do with all this popcorn?

Share? If it's any consolation I promised myself I'd sleep early tonight so that I can watch tomorrow, am way tired from the last few sleepless nights. But 1AM already and eyes open wide. Gah. Olympics.
 

nastasi1212

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Um, I've danced tango, lots of Tango: International, American and Argentine. And no, tango does not have pelvic gyrations. Tango is by its nature a walking dance, and pelvic gyrations go against the nature of the dance.

there are pelvic gyration in tango, especially when you are doing the cross body lead or the side lead. There is no dance with isolation of pelvis.
 

jan

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why have the thread been merged. I only commented on the Plushy interview on CTV and come back to find my comments mixed in with a bunch of very negative irrelevant comments. Why the merging?
 

bethissoawesome

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Yet another reason I have so much resepct for the Japanese figure skating team... they seem to have so much more humility and gratitude than any other nation. I'm glad so many top skaters are coming from Japan now, and figure skating is now more of a "Japanese sport" than it is American or Russian. Hopefully that will relieve some of the USA/Russia tension in figure skating... while they have been so busy bickering, Japan has come up from the shadows to start dominating both the mens and womens fields.
 

sidwich

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It has always been none how hard Evan works.... and I think Scott repsects the sport to much to let SOI interfear with his judgement

If you understand Scott's business interests in SOI, it's pretty obvious that he and Sandra have a clear favoritism for the skaters signed to SOI or that he's hoping to sign to SOI. I don't know if it's a conscious thing, but I've always found it pretty clear. Part of why Brian Boitano stopped doing commentary was because of the conflict of interest issues involved, and I've always thought that it took a lot of integrity for him to give up what I'm sure is a cushy, lucrative gig.

I think Plushenko has a great sense of humor and I think there was a part of him that enjoyed playing NBC's mustache-twirling (or mullet-tossing) villain for all that it's worth and never took it that seriously. I think there's also a very large part of figure skating that is head games between the competitors, and I don't doubt that Plushenko was tossing off quads in practice as much for the intimidation factor as anything and I think that's a legitimate part of the sport and one that's played by many, many of the competitors from all different countries.

That being said, Plushenko and Co. are obviously very disappointed right now. Obviously, Plushenko and Co. planned on Plushenko being Plushenko and that being enouh to win and it wasn't under the current system. The choreography wasn't COP-friendly at all, and I don't think that they understood the implications of that from a points perspective. To an extent, it reminded me of Michelle Kwan's struggles to adjust to COP after having trained under the 6.0 all her life. Her programs just couldn't rack up points because it wasn't what she was used to and what she was so very, very good at.
 
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why have the thread been merged. I only commented on the Plushy interview on CTV and come back to find my comments mixed in with a bunch of very negative irrelevant comments. Why the merging?

We had so many threads devoted to the "I hate Lysacek, I hate Plushenko more" wars, that we had to merge them into two combined threads so that the dance threads wouldn't be forced off the front page. :)
 

sidwich

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there are pelvic gyration in tango, especially when you are doing the cross body lead or the side lead. There is no dance with isolation of pelvis.

Are you sure you are thinking of Tango? Cross body lead is something that is usually performed in Latin and American Rhythm dances like salsa and mambo, but it's not performed at all in International or Argentine Tango, and I'm struggling to think of when it could be performed in American Tango. Even in Latin and Rhythm, even though there is hip movement, I'd be hard-pressed to call it a "gyration."
 

Tinymavy15

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Are you sure you are thinking of Tango? Cross body lead is something that is usually performed in Latin and American Rhythm dances like salsa and mambo, but it's not performed at all in International or Argentine Tango, and I'm struggling to think of when it could be performed in American Tango. Even in Latin and Rhythm, even though there is hip movement, I'd be hard-pressed to call it a "gyration."

Most of Plusneko's movement was indeed more suited to a latin dance like a Cha-Cha than a tango. No blowing kisses much in tango either. Granted, he did do a couple of pretend dance steps at one point but that does not make up for the painful edge quailty in his steps.
 

Scout

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It's what separates the men like Daisuke from the mediocre drones like Lysacek - Dai is a true champion (something Plushenko commented on as well) who went for being the best he could be, at the most risk filled moment, with an element that he knew he would most probably not succeed in doing. Now that is what a true champion does. This is what is truly disgusting in this sport today and not the nonsense some other posters are mentioning - mediocrity is never progress and yet it is being hailed!

I think that Dai actually prefers his bronze than the gold he would have gotten by being a little wimp like Lysacek. It simply would not have been gold to him if earned that way.

Some posters here just don't get it - it's not just about the victory it's the journey to that victory too. This is what separates the true masters of their craft who are remembered and those who just fade away. This is also why we sometimes remember those who lost while those who won are quickly erased.

A significant part of sport is strategy. There are smart risks and stupid risks. If Dai's strategy was to use up one of his jumping passes on a jump he felt he would "most probably not succeed in doing", that seems like a pretty terrible strategy that results in a loss of points. Personally, I don't believe that was his strategy, I think he felt confident with his quad. I wish he had landed and had won the gold. Mediocrity is what I'd call Plushenko's choreography and interpretation, not Evan's win. A fall on a quad, while I greatly respect the attempt, is not worthy of gold either. Someone will come along (like Dai) who has phenomenal artistry and lands the big jumps, and this will force everyone else (like Chan) to step up their jumping game if they want to win. The way I see it, Evan won the gold by being smart, by having a good strategy.But you could look at is as Evan didn't "beat" Dai, Dai beat himself.
 

Willywu

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A significant part of sport is strategy. There are smart risks and stupid risks. If Dai's strategy was to use up one of his jumping passes on a jump he felt he would "most probably not succeed in doing", that seems like a pretty terrible strategy that results in a loss of points. Personally, I don't believe that was his strategy, I think he felt confident with his quad. I wish he had landed and had won the gold. Mediocrity is what I'd call Plushenko's choreography and interpretation, not Evan's win. A fall on a quad, while I greatly respect the attempt, is not worthy of gold either. Someone will come along (like Dai) who has phenomenal artistry and lands the big jumps, and this will force everyone else (like Chan) to step up their jumping game if they want to win. The way I see it, Evan won the gold by being smart, by having a good strategy.But you could look at is as Evan didn't "beat" Dai, Dai beat himself.

Daisuke would not of been satisfied without trying his quad. His practise reports stated that his quad was definitely not consistent. I don't think he cares about the loss of points on the quad or about the "terrible strategy". If he tried his quad regardless of landing or falling, he can say he tried his best. Sure Evan skated smart and had a good strategy, but in reality his skating was safe. I prefer to see skaters who take risks where it is not only about getting points.
 

Alatariel

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A significant part of sport is strategy. There are smart risks and stupid risks. If Dai's strategy was to use up one of his jumping passes on a jump he felt he would "most probably not succeed in doing", that seems like a pretty terrible strategy that results in a loss of points. Personally, I don't believe that was his strategy, I think he felt confident with his quad. I wish he had landed and had won the gold. Mediocrity is what I'd call Plushenko's choreography and interpretation, not Evan's win. A fall on a quad, while I greatly respect the attempt, is not worthy of gold either. Someone will come along (like Dai) who has phenomenal artistry and lands the big jumps, and this will force everyone else (like Chan) to step up their jumping game if they want to win. The way I see it, Evan won the gold by being smart, by having a good strategy.But you could look at is as Evan didn't "beat" Dai, Dai beat himself.

Sigh. Why is this so hard for some people to understand.

It's not about strategy. Dai himself said why he is doing the quad. Do you even understand what he is trying to say with that? Nobody is saying that falling on a quad deserves a gold medal but it seems like you and a few others are so brainwashed when it comes to winning you are incapable of understanding a different concept even when it is explained to you step by step. It's not about winning only. It's about winning in a worthy manner. He didn't care about strategy. He cared about feeling like a worthy champion. That is worth ten gold Olympic medals that people like the drone may get.
 

aftertherain

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Sigh. Why is this so hard for some people to understand.

It's not about strategy. Dai himself said why he is doing the quad. Do you even understand what he is trying to say with that? Nobody is saying that falling on a quad deserves a gold medal but it seems like ... It's about winning in a worthy manner. He didn't care about strategy. He cared about feeling like a worthy champion. That is worth ten gold Olympic medals that people like the drone may get.



You know, all this talk about Evan and Evgeni makes me wonder what Evgeni would say if Daisuke had landed the quad nicely and won.
 

Alatariel

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You know, all this talk about Evan and Evgeni makes me wonder what Evgeni would say if Daisuke had landed the quad nicely and won.

I honestly don't think he would have had a problem with it. He did say what he thought of Dai after the LPs and I think it would have stayed the same if he lost to him with maybe even more respect.
 

silverlake22

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You know, all this talk about Evan and Evgeni makes me wonder what Evgeni would say if Daisuke had landed the quad nicely and won.

I don't think he would have though, considering his score. Dai's FS score was 10+ points off of Evan's score and a 4t is worth 9.8 right? And he didn't lose a full 10 points for falling on it so I think had he been clean Evan still would have won, right?
 
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