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Exactly. A return from either one is baffling. The best Evan can hope for is a top 5 at Worlds and the best Johnny can hope for is a top 5 at Nationals. They will be hard pressed to even reach that. That is their motivation to return. I dont get it. That is why I am thinking it is a PR stunt by both to keep their name in the news.
Yeah, this. Or maybe a quixotic attempt to make another Olympic team...which maybe it COULD happen with the state of men's figure skating in the US being as it is right now (not saying there isn't a lot of talent - there is, but no one has really stepped up to the plate and shown they really WANT it yet, but maybe that will change in the next 2 seasons). But regardless, even if they make the Olympic team, making the top 10 let alone top 5 will be difficult for either! I mean, look at Worlds this year: Fernandez with 4t, 4s, and 3a-3t winds up 9th because he doubles a few jumps, Kozuka is 11th, Rippon skates about as well as expected and is 13th, Nan Song with his incredible quads and huge TES is 14th, KVDP with the FS of his life is 15th, Verner did not even really bomb by his standards and was 16th, Voronov skated well and is 17th, Gatchinski has an off-competition and is 18th because of the depth of the field. Johnny could skate well and feasibly finish 15th at the Olympics! Evan will need to show his 09-10 form to make the top 10 most likely!
If they have any sense, they will not show up at Nationals.