2009 skate america was so easy for Lysacek. No one of any note was really invited. You can say Verner should have been tough but he was so incosistent at 2008 worlds he went from 4th to 20th. He did come in 4th at 2009 worlds but was not consistent. Then you had no Japanese invited and the other Americans Mroz and Bradley. I bet Kozuka was too much of a threat. If Kozuka had not been invited I bet it might have been a little different. He's a previous winner of Lysacek and maybe next year if there is no one strong like in 2009 it will be different.