- Joined
- Jun 3, 2009
I don't feel I'm more critical of Canadian dancers in general. I've been VERY critical of Paul/Islam for two reasons. (a) I don't like it when a team so obviously apes another and (b) the hype. If you go read Ice Skating International, at World Juniors, the writer mentions Virtue/Moir twice in conjunction with them, and a lot of commentators (PJ Kwong, Tracy Wilson, Scott Russell, and I've heard people say Tanith Belbin) mentioning just how similar they are to the Canadian Champions. At the same time, I don't want criticisms to be read as Canada bashing. I've been no more critical of Paul/Islam than I have been of Ilynikh/Katsalpov because I think the hype/expectations were far more than they could reach. I look forward to the progress each is clearly capable of, but the skate gods can be cruel so I'm keeping expectations in check.
That, and no one is Virtue and Moir.
doris, I will say that what's been written here about Chan in the past far outstrips anything I've read about any ice dancer.
That, and no one is Virtue and Moir.
doris, I will say that what's been written here about Chan in the past far outstrips anything I've read about any ice dancer.