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- Nov 12, 2009
I watched Jiang's FS from Mids on Icenetwork. She didn't skate very well, but it wasn't a total nightmare, and, as far as I could tell, it was fairly similar to the FS she had at Nationals last year where she got around 15 more PCS points. Even in the SP, she got PCS of 22, and that was a very bad short for her, so double those points for the FS factoring and you get 44, still nearly 10 points more than what she actually got. The way she skated it's justified she didn't make it to Nationals, but I still don't understand why the PCS would tank so drastically over the course of a few months, or even the couple days btwn the SP and the FS. She is not the only example of a skater who has experienced this before. I get that maybe you have one program that's better than the other, and you might not present as well one day compared to the next, but you would think skating skills and choreography would remain fairly stable at least.
As for the final flights getting higher PCS, that would explain the scores of Jiang and Brown at last year's Nats, but why did Max Aaaron and Keegan Messing's PCS suddenly tank compared to the SP despite skating in the penultimate and ultimate groups? So some skaters can tank and program and the PCS won't be affected while others will have theirs greatly reduced? It's one thing if everyone gets a boost, or if the boost is dropped when said skater doesn't skate well, but they are just so inconsistent about the scoring and it's really frustrating!
As for the final flights getting higher PCS, that would explain the scores of Jiang and Brown at last year's Nats, but why did Max Aaaron and Keegan Messing's PCS suddenly tank compared to the SP despite skating in the penultimate and ultimate groups? So some skaters can tank and program and the PCS won't be affected while others will have theirs greatly reduced? It's one thing if everyone gets a boost, or if the boost is dropped when said skater doesn't skate well, but they are just so inconsistent about the scoring and it's really frustrating!