No, just accurate. Or should I call him the King of Skating (except the quad), FranB?
Completely off-base and out-of-context, not to mention unfair. Your negative tagging of Todd Eldredge for not landing a successful quad in competition, is very reminiscent of a lot of people thinking that Evan Lysacek was quadless simply because he knew he didn't need to include quads in his program at the 2010 Olympics in order to win. Evan did successfully land quads during his competitive career, but few people seem to remember that fact, perhaps because they are more fixated on Evan's sans quads performances at the 2010 Olympics. During the course of Evan's career, quads were not an absolute must. They only became a must, as we know, after Plushenko's 2010 Olympics tantrum, and Patrick Chan's subsequent successful effort in mastering quads to go along with his exceptional skating skills. Chan's effort culminated in winning his first Worlds in 2011.
Todd Eldredge was a late-bloomer artistically, but he was always an exceptionally gifted jumper. Quads were becoming more important as a weapon during the latter years of Todd's career, but still they were not the be-all and end-all they have become. In any case, Todd worked extremely hard at mastering that extra revolution at a time when his career was winding down. Had he been training quads consistently (and had they been seen as crucial) earlier on in his development, he would have been one of the top guys brandishing that weapon. During the 1990s and early 2000s, quads were being landed by a few guys, but the point value did not make them a must-have.
Todd began working hard on quads a little too late in his career, mainly to try and ace an extra weapon. He was nearly there with landing his attempts consistently. As an exceptional jumper with good technique, height and rotation, I don't see any reason to believe Todd wouldn't have aced quads eventually. Had he been born at a later time, or blessed with more competitive years, coupled with good health, he would most likely have comfortably mastered a full arsenal of quads. With Todd's athleticism and his confident, cat-like ability to land jumps, it's silly to suggest otherwise, or to negatively label him. But I guess, par for the course, for those Todd-haters who have nothing else better to do.
FYI: Todd Eldredge is a three-time Olympian, a six-time U.S. National champion, a two-time U.S. silver medalist, and a six-time World medalist, including a World championship win in 1996. He is also the 1988 Junior World champion, and the 1987 Junior World silver medalist. Todd retired from eligible skating after the 2002 Olympics, eight years before the tides turned toward quads becoming essential in men's figure skating. So, the fact that Todd Eldredge was actively training quads and courageously attempting them in competition in the last several years of his career, at a time well before quads were seen as crucial, speaks volumes.
How about Jan Hoffman being sold up a creek by Frau Muller so she could get her Olympic Gold Medalist and Carlos Fassi could his in 1980. The dude got the most points but still lost 
Otonal was an undeniably exceptionally beautiful program for Maria B. 
