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- Nov 7, 2007
It is quite interesting that your thought on Yu-Na's uber fans are almost opposite to mine. If they are talking about PCS or other subjective issues, they would not be like what they are. Maybe like Kwan fans according to your standard. Grading subjective stuffs need the authority of experts.
As you clearly wrote, however, measuring the angle of edge does not need any special knowledge or experience because it is a mathematical thing. So, "if" somebody believes that he/she measured it accurately, then he/she has all the reason to claim that his/her result is correct. This is like science or mathematics where 1+1 cannot be 3 no matter how a great mathematician claims so. I think that's why Yu-Na's uber fan say Yu-Na's flip is perfect. Don't get me worng. I am not saying that they are correct. What I am saying is they have their own reason why they are so sure.
Well, you may argue that Yu-Na's flip is obviously outside edge and they are simply lying. No, I don't think they are lying. I think they simply say what they see. Or at least it is not obvious at all. Even at golden, many people say that it is inside or not obvious.
Personally I feel technical panels sometimes fail to be consistent. I know that they have known skating all their lives but it does not mean that they are always consistent. I think the number of technical panels should be increased from 3 to at least 5 or 7. They have too much power.
I think that Yu-Na uber-fans (like many other fans of other skaters) in this case see what they want to see. I agree with you when you say they're not intentionally lying, but they may just get caught up in their excitement to defend their skater. For example, I once commented on one of Yu-Na's videos on Youtube, complimenting on her program and beautiful jumps. However, I also wrote a short sentence on how I wished she'd improve on her spiral positions by pointing her toes or something like that--very soon after, people attacked what I wrote and said I was lying, Japanese, insulting Yu-Na. If they are convinced I am insulting Yu-Na, they would ignore everything else I wrote and zoom onto the comment about her spirals. If they are convinced that Yu-Na's flip is perfect, they would disregard opinions to the contrary and focus on the opinions/camera angles/whatever that agree with them. People see what they want to see.
And anyways, if the people on the technical panels (who have known skating their whole lives) are inconsistent, what are the chances that the fans will be consistent?