Well...even thought Michelle is off the podium, those naysayers who said that she wouldn't be able to adapt to the COP were wrong. She wasn't slammed by the system. she was slammed by herself. She made costly mistake that, had she not made them, she would have been in third place. Not bad for your first time trying out COP. I wonder what others skaters' first COP experiences were like with the levels and all that. Michelle only had two Level 1's in each program right? (Except qualifying with her shorty spiral)