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The edge calls were strange. He hasn't gotten any edge calls since 2012-2013 JGPF. Maybe the TC wanted to have a little throwback.
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I'm no expert, but it looks like Jason only received one "not clear edge" call, on the Lutz in his FS. There was no deduction and he got a +.60 GOE. (He slightly outscored Mura on their FS stand alone Lutzea, but poor Mura did get an "e" on his Flip!)

He did get -GOE in the SP with the !
Still he hasn't even received a ! at all this season so these three ! at WTT seems sort of random. Maybe the tech panel wanted to balance out the drunk judges.![]()

No, actually he got .3 positive GOE on the SP and .6 positive in the free. His only negative GOE was -0.10 on his loop in the free. A bit odd, but whatever.
I am not overly concerned for the ! calls. In some ways this is an example of them being used how intended. He still got positive GOE for them as the judges felt they were fine. The tech controller thought there was some iffiness so he marked it as such rather than making the call himself. I wonder if part of it is that he did not hold the outside edge long enough for this controllers tastes prior to jumping.
So did anyone else find it funny that Evgeni "men need quads" Plushenko announced his comeback right after Jason bested Plushie's PB without a quad![]()

He did get -GOE in the SP with the !
Still he hasn't even received a ! at all this season so these three ! at WTT seems sort of random. Maybe the tech panel wanted to balance out the drunk judges.
In all honestly, while I'm delighted that he skate a clean performance, I'm sort of curious how that score will hold up in the future. I absolutely think that 87 TES is doable, especially with some adjustments (and better +GOE -- some of his jumps had much lower +GOE when compared to other comps) but I wonder if he'll stay in that upper 80s range come fall.
89, even with a perfect performance is a huge jump....granted the judges may have been caught in the euphoria of the whole thing...I guess, I won't be surprised if they come back to the mid-80s.

I realised only just now that his FS was a new US record as well! That's just insane without a q!
So happy for our Jason![]()
Which means he beat Evan Lysacek's PB!
I am happy.![]()
But keep I'm mind re: beating Evan... that 1.) BV for certain jumps, like the 3A were lower and 2.) judges were really stingy with pcs. At that event Daisuke Takahashi had the highest PCS and he only got 84+ (and Evan got 82+) 3.) in the free skate there was not thr choreo step sequence the men have now.
Otoh, the scale of values for jumps were much higher, so a +3 on a 3z was worth more than now...so maybe technically cancels out...
For sure it's the highest among all us men under current rules/judging philosophies.maybe if I had time, I can calculate it and see how the math plays out with Evan.
I know! I saw on some of the protocol for the 2010 Olympics that a fall on a quad was over -4 points. And I was like, "YIKES!" Glad they changed it.