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Mathman said:
What I liked about Sasha's comment was the attitude that "people" (i.e., the caller), because of lack of experience with the system, didn't yet fully appreciate the qualities of her spiral.
Mathman
This was not Sasha's point. Her program constructed to get maximum number of points under COP. She was most likely told that a sequence she does: spiral - fan - spiral - skid - Charlotte, would worth more, than just a COE spiral, she did last year.
Same thing with the footwork, Tarasova have changed her straight line steps to serpentine one, after they've got a feedback, that serpentine footwork would bring more points. But the system is new, and every judge seems to have his own set of requirements. Sasha and TT got into trouble of changing program, but it didn't help to boost up the scores (at least, not at TL) -- that's the point.
In regard to spiral, maybe this element should be viewed only under level 1 and 2 categories, but since they do have level 3, if Sasha's spiral cannot be considered worthy of it, than who's would? I can't think of a skater who's able to perform the same difficult spiral sequence (anywhere as good as Sasha), I mentioned above.