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- Jan 15, 2010
It seems some have a pathetic obsession with bashing Crone + Poirier or downplaying their successes. The reality is Weaver + Poje consistently make costly mistakes in the FD that take them out of international medal contention. How is that Vanessa and Paul's fault? :disapp:
I don't see a lot of Crone & Poirier bashing, or making anything Vanessa and Paul's fault! Yes, Weaver & Poje have made some costly mistakes in the FD that have taken them out of medal contention. Some of those have been self-inflicted (GP), and some are just "stuff happens" moments (4CC skirt incident). I also don't think it's C/P's fault that when Weaver & Poje do well (Nationals), they find themselves almost tied, but still a little behind. W/P and C/P can only control their own skating. It's up to judges, and whatever other unseen political or reputational forces to make the decisions. There is no blame on the skaters.
This is also reality: in so many instances over the last year and a half, W/P and C/P have finished almost tied. In many of those, W/P have made mistakes, which has left them just behind. This year, W/P have showed improvement in their ability to compete cleanly. Nationals was a great example of this, and many in the audience really thought W/P deserved the nod. Without the skirt incident, W/P would have been 2nd at 4CC. So then, in the event that W/P can put together 2 solid programs like they did at Nationals, it is not beyond the realm of possibility that W/P finish ahead of C/P at Worlds. That's not a "dis" to C/P for their skating. In fact, it has nothing to do with C/P. It's "props" to W/P for their improvement.
And this is the nicest reality: With Tessa and Scott at Worlds, Canada has 3 wonderful ice dance teams that are very likely to finish in the top 10 in the world. I cannot remember a time when this has ever been the case.