Yes. I thought Jason looked happy too. He is working so hard on his fitness, as usual, which is so important. His head is in the right place, but competition is stressful no matter who you are. I want Jason to leave the quad in and keep performing it. Many people have issues with quads and other jumps.
That was very informative commentary. I knew that Jason was injured this summer, but if Beverly is correct he broke a bone in his foot and was off ice for 6 or 7 weeks. That's a lot more than a tweak to the foot! It explains a lot about what is going on. I also noted that Kurt comments that the non jumping portion of the program seems muted and doesn't show off Jason's skills. We are all in agreement on that. I wonder what happened with the choreo? Let's hope they fix it before France.someone on another site posted the CBC coverage of jason's skates, with commentary by Kurt Browning. they're full of praise for jason, calling him an artist whilst also pointing out the athleticism and technical prowess of jason's skating.
my favourite line is from the SP - "the only thing that detracts from his skating is how much jealously I feel watching him"
But do you think it looked better at Finlandia compared to SC? After Finlandia a lot of people showed admiration and it didn't seem like they saw it as muted or like something was wrong. What could have happened?
I really don't know. I'll have to watch them back to back and see how I react. I thought it was muted at Finlandia also, but attributed it to first competition jitters. Sinnerman at SCI was brilliant. Near perfect. But SL didn't bring goosebumps at either competition. I think that Jason is not yet committed to the program nor is he confident in it. Let's hope that changes.
My opinion was that he didn't need the quad at SCI, but he really wants to accomplish it and it will matter later on. So he tried. What he did at SCI was enough for SCI. But now he has to overcome the flaws in the SL program. Likely the skate at SCI will highlight what needs to be looked at. Whether or not he should do a quad has to come out of the strategy that he and his team decide is most beneficial on many levels. But looked at with a long view, Sinnerman was much better at SCI than at Finlandia. SL, not so much. They will have to work on SL. It is essentially a new program and with almost 2 months of training lost, it's not quite ready for prime time. Hopefully over the next 3 weeks, they will figure it out. If they think it needs a quad. Truth is, every single skater except Nathan probably would have skated better had they eliminated the quads. Most skaters can't really do them in competition. They land one, they fall on another or they get rattled and fall on their 3A. That was one messy competition.
Well said both of you!
With due respect to Beverly, that doesn't align at all with anything Jason has said and doesn't align at all with anything any reputable source has said, so I'll take it with a hefty grain of salt.
I meant the program minus jumps. I mainly asked that because I remembered hearing a commentator on youtube named Fran talk about it after Finlanda and she sounded totally in love with SL including the costume, the music in the middle and everything. She also seems knowledgeable on artistry by the way she speaks about things.
She didn't like Kolyada's, which was also rough, so that might have influenced her.
I meant the program minus jumps. I mainly asked that because I remembered hearing a commentator on youtube named Fran talk about it after Finlanda and she sounded totally in love with SL including the costume, the music in the middle and everything. She also seems knowledgeable on artistry by the way she speaks about things.
It sparked my curiosity.
I actually like her commentary a lot but haven’t heard her take on this yet so I’ll have to listen. Anyway, as I’ve probably already said at too great length 
I think the FS isn’t much improved over Finlandia, but reintroducing quad could have impacted it. So I’ll wait til France to say more. I agree with @Bookseller that the SP looks better.
