Jason Brown

Mrs. P said:

Yeah it's not a weak field at all. Yuzu is there, obviously. But Kevin has skated quite well this season and Makar just medaled at RC and landed all his quads (he also won Nebelhorn with a similar technical performance). Also you can't forget Sota Yamamoto, who medaled at both his Challenger events and also has landed quads (nice one's too). He won the Finlandia SP over Shoma. So if all four hit and Jason doesn't, yeah then you have Jason in fifth right there.

Jason however has his own strengths and rack up points as needed where some of them can't, so can't discount that either. He's also only one of three (Yuzu and Nathan being the other two )to score in the 90 range in PCS in the FS this season.

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Tavi... said:

Yes, we’ll know soon - and get to see both programs again!

I understand your concern about breaking the mood in the FS, absolutely. But when the time comes, I still think he’s better off introducing 4S in the FS. It’s just less risky, for a lot of reasons. So I would be surprised if they decided to put it into the SP before it was solid in the FS.

Anyway, what they do really depends on strategy. If he and the team decide that making the GPF this year - and maybe trying for a bronze medal there - is really important to set him up for the Olympics, then I’d guess they would just focus on skating clean and trying to maximize PCS/ GOE. If getting the quad out is most important and they don’t feel the GPF is that important right now, they may risk it at NHK.

I’ve seen comments that )with the exception of Yuzuru) this is a “weak” field, but I disagree. There are quite a few guys who haven’t hit yet this year but who have the potential to score highly if they have the skate of their lives. So I don’t think Jason placing 4th or above is a given.

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Tavi... said:

You are right - I meant to say with the exception of Yuzu and have edited my post accordingly.

Sota, Kevin, and Makar were three of the men I was thinking of, but there are others too (Sergei V for example). But I agree that Jason has his own strengths and that if he competes both programs well he has an excellent chance to medal / place top 4. It occurred to me that Jason, Kevin, and Makar all had the benefit of “home ice” for their first comps. I think Sota’s scores were earned on neutral territory and of course he is on home ice here. Anyway, I think this is the first time any of these guys have met at a GP this season, so it will be interesting to see how they do against each other.

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Tavi... said:

Ahhhhhh I’m getting so excited!

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ice coverage said:

https://twitter.com/USFigureSkating/status/1196570026804838401 (Oct 18)​

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Mrs. P said:

Yes Sergei and Alexei are both worth mentioning cause they beat Jason to et on the podium at NHK 2017, but they're big question marks too. The only one I think that could potentially mix things up is Tomoki given that he does hit his quads sometimes. But Jason does have a sizable PCS buffer on all three and pretty much the entire field save for Kevin and Yuzuru.

One thing that will help Jason is that the tech panels have been brutal on spin and step levels during this GP season. It's almost a running joke how many men have gotten level 2 step sequences. And a lot of men have gotten level 3 (or less) spins. Kevin and Yuzuru will match him on step sequences, and Yuzu is pretty good with spins, Kevin less so....but so far this GP season Jason's SA spin spors have been least 2-3 points more on spins then most of the men's field here. In fact, his gap with Makar, for one, is around eight points over the course of the competition.

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SnowWhite said:

Yeah, other than Hanyu, the only guy at NHK close on the spins is Roman Sadovsky (and he's not likely to be a threat given how the jumps tend to go - even though I love him).

Skating Scores has a Mens Top Chart with mean spins and mean steps score (so counts both the GOE and level). For spins, the top 5 in order are Jason, Daniil Samsonov, Roman, Yuzuru and Deniss. For steps, the top 5 are Jason, Kevin, Nathan, Yuzuru and Kazuki.

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ice coverage said:

I'm having flashbacks to Jason's extreme love of the bountiful bread bowl in Oberstdorf.

https://twitter.com/USFigureSkating/status/1196570026804838401 (Oct 18)​

Good luck in Japan -- and enjoy the onigiri for us. �� �� ��

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karne said:

I laughed so much. Our adorable goofball.

(But I 100% feel him. I had some weird blood test results earlier this year and one of the things the doc wanted to investigate further was whether I was celiac. I nearly CRIED right there in her office.)

I'm so excited for NHK! (I can't believe all of you who can't watch? how can you not watch i have to watch i have to know) I have a really good feeling about it. Plus, skating at karne-friendly times!

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Tavi... said:

ETA on his way:

https://twitter.com/jasonbskates/status/1196797228804792327?s=21

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MGstyle said:

Aaaaaaaaaaaa the much anticipated post!!! :hap93:

BTW IF I go to see Jason in Turin, I know what to throw in... unfortunately there is no RMH in Turin or its immediate vicinity, so it will be just for him.
THIS with a tag that says "AND Obviously my family"

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MGstyle said:

Aaaaaaaaaaaa the much anticipated post!!! :hap93:

BTW IF I go to see Jason in Turin, I know what to throw in... unfortunately there is no RMH in Turin or its immediate vicinity, so it will be just for him.
THIS with a tag that says "AND Obviously my family"

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NanaPat said:

Note that it comes in different sizes. The ginormous one in the pictures isn't even available. But I think that's all to the good.

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MGstyle said:

Aaaaaaaaaaaa the much anticipated post!!! :hap93:

BTW IF I go to see Jason in Turin, I know what to throw in... unfortunately there is no RMH in Turin or its immediate vicinity, so it will be just for him.
THIS with a tag that says "AND Obviously my family"

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Bookseller said:

That's a stuffie he will want to keep. But there is a RMH in Florence which is 4 1/2 hours from Torino. I could see Jason and his family taking a little road trip to deliver toys.

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