After watching Patrick's, Takahiko's and Nobunari's performances a couple times to make sure I didn't miss anything, I think that Patrick still should have won. Maybe the gap in PCS shouldn't have been as big as it was, but I don't think, in this performance, that either Taka or Nobu should have had higher PCS than Patrick. Taka should have been closer than Nobu was PCS-wise. I thought Nobu's circular footwork looked a bit, um, laboured? It looked really haevy on the ice, if that makes any sense. I thought all three gave good performances, but I could agree that Taka and Nobu's PCS should have at least been higher than Evan's.
Can we lay off Patrick though? It's not his fault that the judges made a mistake.
Can we lay off Patrick though? It's not his fault that the judges made a mistake.