Given how tepid US seems to be toward marvellous, once in ten generations Nathan Chen, despite him being an ideal young man in every way imaginable,
I think Johnny knows better.
^ No, actually it would not be anything like that at all, Johnny. But I loved your Swan program. :yes:
I think Johnny knows better.
Chen has been the beneficiary of an unprecedented propaganda campaign from USFS (partnered with NBC).
As Yagudin said - 'Brown has many good qualities but modern men's skating is quad jumps'.
As Yagudin said - 'Brown has many good qualities but modern men's skating is quad jumps'.
I have said it here many times. Judges have only one interest right now and it’s making Jason brown world and Olympic champion. They are desperate for it. He is the judges favorite skater in the world. No one comes close to their love of Jason brown. But he has no ability to do quads at all. None. Zero. So now they are all uniting to almost abolish all value of quads In skating so as to allow brown to win. And they will succeed and brown will win worlds and Olympics very soon
So because some skaters can’t land quads, let’s change the system! Is that what I hear?
Yes I'm really gonna quote Olympic and World Champion Alexei Yagudin.Really? You're gonna quote a raging homophobe who literally hates Jason because he doesn't skate "manly" enough for him?
.As Yagudin said - 'Brown has many good qualities but modern men's skating is quad jumps'.
You are absolutely correct! It’s the game the judges play, supposedly because the sport is losing popularity. In their desperation to make a certain skater the champion ...
His opinion is an opinion of the Olympic Champion and one of the greatest figure skaters in the human history. So it is worth immeasurably more than opinions of some anonymous folksHis opinion isn’t worth its weight in spam
I agree that the USFSA is doing everything they can to publicize Nathan's talents and achievements. And it does help, as Lariko says, that Nathan is "an ideal young man in every way imaginable."
So far, though, it hasn't worked very well in terms of piquing the interest of the American public. Not the fault of the USFSA, just reflective of the general decline of interest in figure skating in the U.S., especially men's figure skating which always lagged behind ladies. In the whole history of figure skating in the U.S., only two, Scott Hamilton and Brian Boitano, have any kind of name recognition outside the tiny circle of skating enthusiasts. Maybe this will change if Nathan wins the Olympics in 2022 -- but it didn't help Evan Lysacek.
That's why I hate to see fights between Nathan Chen fans and Jason Brown fans -- they are fighting over such a small piece of the pie that it hardly seems worth it.
I hear you. But my argument is, Skating is an Olympic sport! The athlete should be able to do the best and most difficult program that he can. Imagine telling a sprinter or any other athlete out there to Not do their best!I don't really think so. The ISU list of scored elements for the long and short programs have always put a limit on quads and on jumping in general. (only 7 jumping passes allowed -- down from the previous 8, like Michelle Kwan did in 1998, etc.) Maybe there are skaters out there who are capable of doing ten quads in 4 minutes. Well, good for them -- but that is not the sport of figure sjkating according the the cherished and traditional "well-balanced program" rules.
Think of this proposal as just a little "re-balancing" which may have the effect of producing programs with slightly more attention paid to non-jump elements and to more engaging appeal on the performance side. It could turn out to be a win-win.
His opinion is an opinion of the Olympic Champion and one of the greatest figure skaters in the human history. So it worth immeasurably more than opininions of some anonymous folks.