FWIW the Challenge Cup entries were due before nationals, which I assume is one of the main reasons they’re not sending anyone this year.
I hope Team Malinin pushes to get her some Challengers in the fall. We see where we are with Tammy’s skaters, and there’s not much hope of a full rotation in the bunch. If rotations matter, that is.
Oh, for pity's sake... I am quite sure that all of these young skaters are exposed to similar thoughts and opinions by people at their own rinks. What is being said on a random internet forum is hardly the first time nor will it be the last time they hear these kind of comments. Perhaps their time would be better spent improving their jump rotations.
If young, competitive skaters aren't prepared to handle criticism, they shouldn't be reading posts here. That is their responsibility, not ours.
There is nothing wrong with constructive criticism, but I don't see a convincing reason the alternate spots need to be different. That means analyzing international results, domestic results, marks each skater has gotten. There is nothing on paper that puts one so far ahead of another.
If the ‘young skaters’ managed to find their way to FSU, they’ve almost certainly navigated through comments on ISU IG and other skating-related accounts, as well as Twitter.
IG, XTwit, and TikTok comments tend to be much harsher than anything posted here and likely to be taken more seriously than stuff posted by skating fans their grandparent’s age or older. As for “deserved the assignment”, I guarantee that the club chatter is even more harsh.
I definitely think politics matters, I think I even mentioned politics in an earlier post in this thread
, but for ladies' skating, I also think that USFS has a preferred style of skating that Gambil's skaters do well. The USFS has a long tradition of underrotating champions (see, e.g., Liu, Chen, Wagner, Nagasu, Hughes) and so historically, USFS rewards carriage and line (see, e.g., Levito and Cohen) and ice princess-y packaging. I mean, it's a choice for USFS to continually have their callers not see technical problems in jumps, which then advantage skaters with these other qualities, everything else being equal.
That I do agree. when someone is "favored", it may not be favoritism; it may be that a coach knows how to "teach to the test", for lack of a better term; or that they know how to "check the boxes".I definitely think politics matters, I think I even mentioned politics in an earlier post in this thread
Finishing up what I would pick:
Really hard choice there. I can’t see sending that version of Poly Dances Pate/Bye have to Worlds (though I do like their RD), but then again, Zingas/K are skating to a Disney cartoon
It's still the case: https://www.usfigureskating.org/sit...024-2025 Athlete Support Funding Criteria.pdf
I have only one word for Sarah: Interpretation (e.g., musicality)
Give the dinged up time to assess whether they can be fully ready in 6 weeks?
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