What makes you think they aren't? As you may have noticed, I'm a huge D/S fan, but despite that I'm not 100% optimistic about their chances in 2009 or in 2010. I commend their courage for staying in the sport for as long as they did, especially after all the changes made under the CoP, but I'm not so certain about their prospect after this. And most importantly, I think they probably are aware of this too, that their time may be running out because ice dance is such a political sport. For instance, did anyone notice how V/M came out on top of Belbin and agosto despite that huge error in the twizzles by Tessa? B/A were flawless but they still got marked lower. I'm sure no one could deny at this point that no matter what V/M do they'll always remain the judges' darlings. And at this year's europeans, have you noticed how Shabalin made a huuuuuuuuge mistake in his twizzles ( I think he just gave up after a couple of turns and came to a complete stop while Domnina went on--he looked so dazed and confused), and despite that I think they were marked second, less than a point behind D/S. So I don't know, I just don't have much faith in this system anymore. But I don't know if anyone should critize or second-guess Delobel/Schoefelder's decision to stay.
