- Joined
- Jun 11, 2012
Skater Boy.....I do not want Abbott to skate the lights out at Olympics next year. What the heck do you mean by that? Do you think Jeremy hasn't paid his dues? Am I misinterpreting what you said? Generally I agree with your posts but I'm having a hard time with this one. I would LOVE for Jeremy to skate "lights out" anytime he takes the ice. No love for Jeremy particularly but when he's ON he's fabulous. He has the jumps, the musical interpretation, etc. etc. But I don't agree that Evan is a great competitor! I think he had 4+ minutes of brilliance when it counted the most. I think he was incredibly lucky that some of his competitors had off nights. (but the same could be said for Sarah Hughes or Tara Lipinski or some of the other Olympic champions) But he did what he had to do in THAT particular moment - which is all that counts. I honestly honestly honestly don't see him medalling at the US Nats this year. I just don't. You won't get any boos from me if Evan retires gracefully. I personally think he should have already done that! It's SOOOOO hard for a reigning Olympic gold medalist to repeat. SO hard. And even harder if they haven't been competing and training all along. Add in an injury and............boy howdy! It's 10 times harder.