Can't recall you having the same attitude when it came to Patrick vs. Daisuke in the 2012 Worlds LP. I think it had something to do with Patrick being the better skater. Is Yuzuru not the better skater when compared to Nam?
I acknowledged Daisuke was the better skater in the FS (and I think his PCS should have been about 90 and Chan's around 88, in which case Chan still could have won)... but Daisuke had a UR 3F (which compared to a clean 3F with +GOE, meant he lost the value of a 2A... the double axel Chan missed), and only had one quad, and Takahashi had << on his SP combo.
In this instance, Nam went clean, without any errors and did a flawless 4+3 combo, 3A and 3Z. Hanyu had a great 3A, but the 4T was flawed (which should have gotten more -3's given it was both a UR and a stepout), and the 3Z+3T was off-axis (although I'd say the judges got the GOE correct on that one with mainly 0/-1 compared to +1s). The main issue is the components scores... 45.31 would have been fine for a clean skate (Hanyu's PB is 46.61), but for one with an obvious error, there's no way it should have scored above 45. But you compare that to Nam getting 37.85, and it's like ... really, 7.5 points higher for a flawed skate?!
Yuzuru is definitely a superior skater to Nam, but you're comparing Chan (who had a major error and minor error) scoring 5 points higher PCS in the
freeskate - where PCS scaling is double - over Takahashi (who still had an error and easier technical content than Chan)...... to Hanyu (with a major error and a minor error) scoring 7.5 higher PCS in the
short program over a flawless Nam (who was flawless with essentially the same technical content as Hanyu). Even if Hanyu falls twice in the FS, his PCS will probably be about 15 points higher than Nam's - even if Nam goes clean with 2 or 3 quads. And I don't care how superior overall Hanyu/Chan/Fernandez/Ten is to a skater like Nam, if they make major errors and Nam goes lights out, Nam deserves to be placed ahead and not fall prey to some de facto PCS gap just because he's a second-tier skater.
I agree that Nam had no reason to be upset with that skate (unless he felt he messed up a spin position or missed choreo or something), and the judges might have taken notice. Orser probably had a talking to him after that.
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SOme of her arm movements could really be just a bit more graceful and improve my viewing experience 100% but overall I think it can work for them.
I always thought his music is used in FS too rarely. It's such a nice fit to this sport.
