- Joined
- Jan 25, 2013
I think Misha kind of defies expectations and it's hard to compare his success to someone else, he proves again and again that we can't really expect the same results from different people. I'm fine with his current situation, to be quite honest, we'd have a better idea of his form if he weren't so unstable, so maybe next season we can see where he managed to improve from the Olympic season. He could very well stay with his quad toes and fight for a top 5 finish at most, but it's clear he won't be happy with that. With more guys doing more quads, he needs his best jumps to work, especially if he doesn't want to keep those iffy layouts he had this year.
The problem with staying with his two 4Ts in LP is that it limits terribly the rest of the layout - the result we saw in Saitama even with excellently skated program he was not scoring well. I am all for them bringing back 4lz provided:
1) no 4Lz in SP
2) in LP it won't be the first jump but will follow more reliable 4T or even better 3A
3) the fall on it won't affect him mentally i.e. he will be able to skate the rest of the program
4) last but not the least - not at the expense of his chronic back problem