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Jason Brown

This Kelly Clarkson interview on her show with Jason is adorable.

Nothing particularly new, but Jason is just made for this homey talk show format. He should be sent on the rounds. :)


The video seems unavailable in European Union, I suppose you watched it from the USA? (I'm asking in case I can watch with a VPN.)
 
To update my analysis of scoring, NHK is done and both of Jason's Challenger scores would have had him in 3rd place. Next weekend, we'll get to see where his programs are and how he scores at his first GP. But at the moment, he is still USA #2. It's perhaps not a totally fair comparison, but scores are scores.
I did the GP math. Jason is a solid US #2, so I can say we're safe on that part.
Now, when it comes to GP final: If Shaidorov manages to qualify, Jason needs to do better than Daniel Grassl, which will not be an easy task. Shaidorov and Grassl seem to have big chances at being 5th/6th after their first GPs. My most likely scenario is that it will be a tie between Jason and Grassl for the 6th place with Jason having to score more than 269 (at one or both of his comps), score that had Grassl 2nd in his first GP. So Jason is only allowed some minor mistakes here and there. He needs to be more clean than Challengers for sure. But mathematically, and if Grassl (and Shaidorov) skate well, it's tough... (based on me having Ilia, Kagiyama, Sato and Siao Him Fa, with Shaidorov a likely one, as sure qualifiers)
 
Another wonderful interview (this time with CBC) where Jason admits he sometimes felt pigeonholed by Riverdance, and just like us, although he wasn't showing it, frustrated by comments on quadquadquad blah de blah ( and Jason is way too nice to say it that way:biggrin:)

And I like the five o clock shadow look(y)

 
Well, still not perfect, and I wish he were higher after the SP, but...

what a glorious re-imagining. And the costume! :hap10: Perfect for the new mature re-imagining.

I am not happy that we in the US were stuck with Tara and Johnny. Bleh.
 
Well, still not perfect, and I wish he were higher after the SP, but...

what a glorious re-imagining. And the costume! :hap10: Perfect for the new mature re-imagining.

I am not happy that we in the US were stuck with Tara and Johnny. Bleh.
It was glorious!!! Jason will peak later in the season. He was so happy to be there and likely nervous too. In his interview afterwards with Andrea Joyce, he mentioned talking to his sports psychologist before Finland so he knows what he needs to do.
Very excited for free skate tonight.
 
I did the GP math. Jason is a solid US #2, so I can say we're safe on that part.
Now, when it comes to GP final: If Shaidorov manages to qualify, Jason needs to do better than Daniel Grassl, which will not be an easy task. Shaidorov and Grassl seem to have big chances at being 5th/6th after their first GPs. My most likely scenario is that it will be a tie between Jason and Grassl for the 6th place with Jason having to score more than 269 (at one or both of his comps), score that had Grassl 2nd in his first GP. So Jason is only allowed some minor mistakes here and there. He needs to be more clean than Challengers for sure. But mathematically, and if Grassl (and Shaidorov) skate well, it's tough... (based on me having Ilia, Kagiyama, Sato and Siao Him Fa, with Shaidorov a likely one, as sure qualifiers)

Well, still not perfect, and I wish he were higher after the SP, but...

what a glorious re-imagining. And the costume! :hap10: Perfect for the new mature re-imagining.

I am not happy that we in the US were stuck with Tara and Johnny. Bleh.
 
I wasn't thrilled with the yackety yack US feed either, but they did say nice things about Jason. He looked kind of tentative at practice today also, but the audience didn't care. They were glad to see him. He's feeling the pressure of international expectations. And he wants to be on the podium if possible. He's put extra pressure on that short program making it a thank you to the audience and his fans. I hope that he can go forward knowing that it's simply a great program, skated well it's brilliant and he's totally capable of giving it the presentation it deserves. His fans will love it no matter what.
 
Just watched Jason's free. WOW, that's beautiful. Jumps need to be cleaned up - and I think they will - but the choreo is SO intricate and beautiful. I can't wait to see how it grows.
It really is a nice program. He needs to polish up that Step Sequence and get more energy into it. And the jumps need to be secure. I'm seeing that this program can work, but since the music is so consistent in it's tempo and energy, he'll need to bring the energy that the music doesn't provide and make it meaningful. It needs a crescendo and Jason can do that with his emotions and his incredible skating skills. If he's using this to tell the story of finding his voice and using it, there is a crescendo built in when he uses his voice and makes himself heard. We all want to hear that voice when he skates! The judges will also!
 
Articles articles articles:biggrin:

These were written in anticipation of Skate America, and don't have much new in terms of quotes, but I do love some of the descriptions (including from Phil Hersh:oops:)


Brown’s inability to cleanly land a quad jump not only made getting points a bigger challenge for him but led those inclined to see only results to think of him in lesser terms, no matter his sense of music, his breathtaking footwork, his dazzling spins.

and

. (believe it or not, it does link to an article)

Yet in a sport often unyielding to age, the 30-year-old Brown has pressed on, supported by one of the most fervent fan bases in the sport, one that seems intent on carrying him to another appearance at the Winter Games in February.

Yay us!:love4:
 
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