Recent content by HeManSkaterDad

I know the feeling, my daughter skated every level at South Atlantics, Juvenile thru Senior.

I share the concern of scoring bias (without suggesting whether intentional or not), as it has always appeared to me that there were a couple of location based biases occurring. One was geographic biases, where one region or section scored higher or lower than another. I think that is...

I've been holding off on posting on this thread, as I don't want to throw gas on the fire. I initially typed this first paragraph thinking I could respond to the below quote without inviting a flame war, but as I am proof-reading, I am not so sure: There is a concern, however it is not the...

The article states, "Falls will now receive a GOE of -5." No, it gets -5 points, to be combined with any positive points (bullets) to obtain the GOE score. The only automatic -5 GOE is doing a jump element not according to requirements in the short program. I hate when I see this kind of...

Scoring PCS fairly was my first thought when I saw the first post, so I agree to that extent. I will concede we cannot get rid of the political issue 100%, but we can certainly reduce its impact. I am thoroughly convinced that a significant number of judges do not follow the PCS criteria and...

I will second that and add to it. I have often argued that great athletes (in any sport) make the worst coaches. My theory is that it comes to easy to them (although I am not saying it is easy, just easier for them), which makes it harded for them to empathize and explain to others. I think...

From recent experience, I can confidently say that $25,000-$30,000 a year (for several years) is a shoestring budget for a skater with aspirations of skating internationally and it would be easy to spend $50,000 a year. The biggest cost is coaching fees. New coaches may charge less than $50...

Technically they didn't qualify two teams, but actually they did send two teams. I am sure it was mentioned somewhere else, but Kayne and O'Shea were there as the alternates and could have stepped on if the Knierims could not skate. However, my understanding is that once they stepped on the...

I love all kinds of movies, but since this is a sports site, these are some of my favorite sports movie scenes: Car Chase in Bullitt. The whole scene is iconic, but the beginning really does it for me. Classic power versus grace (sound familiar, skating fans?); two cars and their drivers...

No, it is not on you, the skating scoring system is infinitely more complicated than football. Here is everything you need to know to decide the winner in football. A touchdown is worth 6 points, a field goal 3, a kicked extra point 1. There is also a two point conversion and safety for two...

Kudos to you for honesty, although I suspect your are only a minority in that you have the guts to say so.

No, it is the exact opposite. My statement does not suggest there any rules, calculations or other objective measures and makes it clear (trying to use a single sentence) that it will be a subjective decision. Stating the decisions were based on these 'criteria' which references scores, trends...

I wasn't in the room, so I do not know for certain that they looked at anything in particular, how they weighed it or what other factors they considered. I hope they followed the criteria as best they could (I did note that I thought they were in a tough position) because of the vague...

I can see arguments both for Miner and for Rippon, and I even have a little sympathy for the selection committee, who were given no real guidance by the alleged criteria. I do not put much credence in the 'the criteria where out there' argument. Yes, an initial set of criteria was published in...

We wouldn't want that, as it is perfectly objective and manipulation free now. ;)