Sorry to interrupt your serious conversation.
Why don’t you just take a break?
https://twitter.com/nobutaro1001/status/452681149555306496/photo/1
I am really worried about if this picture could ruin Kanako’s future,
or could it open new window for her?
LOL? No I don't. Why would I to begin with?
Keep talking all you want but the fact is tech panels DON'T analyze jumps properly. They just see a skid on the landing and it's automatically given a < if the jump wasn't clearly rotated all the way. They also often decide based upon the top of the toepick touching the ice, rather than the blade, and that is not correct (there isn't enough weight on the ice at that point for the jump to be considered "landed"). There needs to be a precise, universal standard that is applied and it needs to take into consideration the entirety of the jump.
You cry foul about Murakami's URs more than any other skater.
That's because she receives more unfair UR calls than any other skater.
Statistically someone has to be that person.
Murakami has stressed "maturity" since the second year as a senior. She never talked about "fixing techniques" as far as I know. I think she was very anxious about the onslaught of technically sperior youngsters (especially Miyahara). I don't know if she was successful with her strategy (5th and 4th at worlds are not bad results), but it looks like the time is up for her. The judges are not generous to "mature" but technically inferior skaters anymore.
Do you even acknowledge that Murakami has an UR issue or do you think her technique is solid and it's all the tech panel (or rather, the multiple tech panels') fault and inability to assess jumps?
You also cannot make the call that she receives the most unfair UR calls when you do not have the technology the definitively determines that. They have access to more definitive replays.
Tell that to Pogorilaya after Worlds.
@CSG most of the time if there's slow motion replay of jumps, that and 0.25x speed playback on YouTube is plenty of technology for the average spectator to get a good look. Lower resolution and lower frame rate to be sure but still sufficient.
Anyway part of the point of starting this thread was to ask whether it would be worth it for Murakami to try fixing all her technique issues, not ask whether there was a problem (there clearly is, what with her flutz, mule kick, and often tight landings). So in your opinion as a skater, is it worth it?
Being Canadian has nothing to do with it. Murakami was called out on her URs and if she got fewer called she would have still beat Osmond so I fail to see your point. If Takahashi hasn't been called on his 3F< at 2012 worlds, he would have still lost so I fail to see your point.
Also please tell us BoP, what grand "technology" do you possess more than the average spectator?
Many times I've seen the official feeds that the sitting tech specialists do. High def broadcasts from multiple angles downloaded into video software that can super slow-mo the image suffices in most other cases.
You're not a tech specialist.
I love Murakami but her jumps will always hold her back. I do hope she continues though. I think she can win a world medal if she lucks into a year she has a great competition with as few (or no) jump issues, and others make mistakes. It would be sad for such a talent to retire so young, but she has other things in her life she wants to pursue she says which is fine as well. Atleast either way she isnt going to be the next Fumie Suguri, and that is a relief.