Is romanoff81 really speaking the mind of Scott Moir, as is being suggested??
If so, that's a really baaaad place to be in mentally.
Have finally looked at the on-demand video (after missing the livestream). For those who listened repeatedly to Scott in the K and C:
Am I the only one who heard him say, "Good luck," to Marina as she was departing the K and C? I presume that she was on her way to D/W for their FD, and that his words by extension were in support of D/W too.
I hope that my ears were not deceiving me. Yes, Scott takes every competition very seriously, but his instincts for good sportsmanship, friendship, and loyalty are strong too.
He may be very "candid" with what he feels, but Scott has always been a nice guy, especially to those he trains with. ...
No, he said good luck, I heard him as well.
Please do deedee1 ! it's always so exciting to hear how the performances were in person.
I enjoyed everything about the event, am so thankful to Japan and Asahi television for it.
I am thankful that the ISU let me watch the whole of it for free, too.
If this event had not been held, we would never have seen Dai's best performances of his wonderful programs for the year, D&W's best Die Fledermaus, Capellini & Lanotte's best La Strada, and Carolina's best SP.
It warmed my heart to see the skaters, who work so hard, rewarded by such wonderful applause & flowers & appreciation by the Japanese audiences. I want to thank the Japanese audience especially
It is no wonder that Charlie White always says his favorite country to visit is Japan.
Starting the trek home from Japan. Back on the ice Wed at 6 am somehow... Hope my teammates do the same Olympic Team Trophy is soon!
Thanks, doris. I am glad you liked it!
Now I found WTT Men LP was closed. :disapp:
I kind of got tired and feeling down a bit just reading through what was going on there, so I gave up for the day...
Maybe tomorrow, I shall post my review on Men LP in 'looking at the future of WTT' thread.
Doris, please advise me later if there is another thread you think more appropriate.
I will go back to my work
Calm down a bit everyone! And a good night to all of ya, north Americans!
deedee, the future of the WTT is a fine place for it. And I will place a copy in the closed thread as well, for the archive.
Can we stop now, please?
After having had such a great time over the weekend, I hate to say...but I do not like it at all when some people believe/say WTT is a joke.
I can understand Scott saying 'I hate this event', if it's true (and if so I want to believe these words were directed only to Tessa). I am sure there must be other skaters who also hated this event besides him. They must have been dead tired right after the worlds and such a long season. Not only skaters; coaches and feds people, too, in fear for a potential injury of their skaters.
Should there need a lot of consideration and amendments prior to the actual Team event at Sochi Olympics in 2014? Yes, I agree.
Is it a good idea to hold another WTT two years in a row in the pre-Olympic season? NO, not the least, by any means!, I would say.
But they must have decided to get participated in this event, feeling privileged honor of and with pride in representing thier own country, and most of all, feeling obliged to present themselves as the top skaters for the sake for their sport.
In this regard, and on behalf of the entire audience who got to thoroughly enjoy the whole event for the last 4 days, when someone calls it a joke, I would rather take it as an insult to all skaters, coaches, feds people, judges and technical panel, ISU officials, backstage staff and all the others; every one of those who played an important role of this event and did their best, in their own way, to make it very successful. Period.
I will come back later to report my impression on Free Dance.