Gymnastics #24 - The Road to Paris

[Spikefan]

Singing Eminem right now.

 

[Rukia]

that was kind of underwhelming??

 

[Karen-W]

Nedoroscik was solid but it sounds like the difficulty was watered down so much that he's not putting himself in a good position to make the team.

 

[Spikefan]

This was your event for the Olympics, blah. Pass.

 

[beckab81]

I wish I could give Donnell better competition nerves... when the stakes are high he seems to get in his head too much

 

[Rukia]

I guess 14.450 is still higher than anything done so far today and he's trying to show consistency and that he will hit in a team final but ehhhh

 

[Karen-W]

All of these guys are showing their nerves tonight.

 

[HeatherC]

IMO, this team does NOT need one specialist for one event. They just need THREE GUYS to freaking HIT their routines to stay in the mix for the team final. Every other team is going to be doing the same thing as the USA....they just need to have gymnasts who can hit their PH routines so its not like the one guy is going to make that much of a difference overall. Again, just my opinion though so.... shrugs

 

[Spikefan]

I wish I could give Donnell better competition nerves... when the stakes are high he seems to get in his head too much

I think if he got to the Olympics he would be great, he just wants to get there so much he’s in his head.

 

[HeatherC]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't some of the other top teams have issues on events at Worlds last year (didn't a Japanese guy fall off PH or was that China)? I don't even think the US went clean on the PH themselves in the team final but it's the overall competition with six events that counts for medals so while having three disasters on one event can definitely affect you, if you can just find three solid routines for every single event, any team will put themselves right in the mix in a team final.

 

[Rukia]

me: I don't care about Yul's high bar because he'll never be used in high bar anyway

also me: biting my fingernails watching this

 

[HeatherC]

Yul has improved so much on HB over the years. Good for him.

 

[ilovepaydays]

IMO, this team does NOT need one specialist for one event. They just need THREE GUYS to freaking HIT their routines to stay in the mix for the team final. Every other team is going to be doing the same thing as the USA....they just need to have gymnasts who can hit their PH routines so its not like the one guy is going to make that much of a difference overall. Again, just my opinion though so.... shrugs

Six men to a team, right? With six apparatuses, if you are a “specialist”, you really need to be one on at least 2-3 events, IMHO.

 

[HeatherC]

Six men to a team, right? With six apparatuses, if you are a “specialist”, you really need to be one on at least 2-3 events, IMHO.

No, only five men on a team so the specialist role really doesn't make sense here. Ladies can handle maybe having a specialist or two to cover two events (ex. Jade Carey and Suni Lee) because they only have four events but with five men covering six events, that just makes it harder IMO.

 

[HeatherC]

Asher is definitely having a much better competition here at Trials than he did at US Nats!

 

[Rukia]

Oof Khoi looks rough on floor

 

[HeatherC]

If Khoi hits PH tonight, no one is going to remember any of the errors he had on other events, LOL

 

[ilovepaydays]

No, only five men on a team so the specialist role really doesn't make sense here. Ladies can handle maybe having a specialist or two to cover two events (ex. Jade Carey and Suni Lee) because they only have four events but with five men covering six events, that just makes it harder IMO.

Thanks for the correction. A five member team makes being a specialist even more impractical.

 

[Karen-W]

Lordy, these men need to get their heads outta their a$$es before Saturday.

 

[beckab81]

That's a lot of tape on Khoi's leg... hopefully this is just an anomaly and he'll be back to himself tomorrow.

 

[skipaway]

Oof Khoi looks rough on floor

His knee is not doing him any favors.

 

[BittyBug]

Nervousing for Khoi Young. Is he a lock for the team or is he doomed based on his performance tonight?

 

[HeatherC]

I think some nerves are creeping in for some of these guys because they know what's at stake. Hopefully they shake out the nerves tonight and get back on track for Saturday.

 

[Karen-W]

Nervousing for Khoi Young. Is he a lock for the team or is he doomed based on his performance tonight?

Brody is the only lock for this team. The rest of the guys are all canceling each other out, lol.

 

[Rukia]

oh no brody isn't leading right now thoughts and prayers for tim

 

[Karen-W]

LOL - someone on the NBC production staff hates Tim as much as we do! Those photos from 1984 have not aged well.

 

[HeatherC]

Saturday night I'm going to be at a game night with some friends (gonna miss chatting with you all!) but I guarantee we're gonna be watching the Trials coverage because I'm not gonna be able to just follow along with the men's competition via Xwitter....I'm gonna need to see what happens for myself, LOL

 

[Karen-W]

C'mon, NBC - you're running this competition awfully close to the start of the debate. Let's get this last rotation done!

 

[HeatherC]

Stephen is getting more coverage tonight than Paul Juda....I am not amused.

 

[Spikefan]

DH said, “No way does he like to be called Patty Hoopes”.