U.S. Men 2021-22 season news & updates

[canbelto]

Yeah, shame about that 2019 Worlds medal, otherwise he'd be a certain candidate, though I'm sure some of the TTW denizens would say he isn't voidy enough, just like Calalang/Johnson aren't voidy enough for TTW. Maybe we really should start a new version of TTW that is far more inclusive of North American and Asian skaters, lol.

I think the world medal makes him an even better candidate. Like he can get it done under pressure, but he just doesn't.

 

[Karen-W]

Jackie just tweeted https://twitter.com/rockerskating/status/1480325401931128833 still waiting...

 

[vesperholly]

Do you keep up with this thread? Vincent in in a higher tier. There's not a 99% chance of anything. It's 100% Vincent is going, and the only battle left would be Malinin vs. Brown, which was the page all the Brown super fans were on until the long program today. But seeing how all of a sudden Malinin seems to be a given by said people...

Ross Miner had a better body of work than Ilia Malinin and look how that turned out.

 

[wickedwitch]

USFSA can't do anything on time....

 

[jlai]

Ross Miner had a better body of work than Ilia Malinin and look how that turned out.

No he didn’t. Ilia has a better season though junior season

 

[Karen-W]

USFSA can't do anything on time....

It doesn't matter how long they delay this, it won't change the hate they'll get from the uber fans on Twitter, lol.

 

[vesperholly]

No he didn’t. Ilia has a better season though junior season

Ross had competed at Worlds twice and had 3 senior GP medals to his name. Ilia has two JGP golds, which are great but not the same.

 

[becca]

Ross had competed at Worlds twice and had 3 senior GP medals to his name. Ilia has two JGP golds, which are great but not the same.

So then I guess a new senior will never be allowed to be on a worlds or Olympic team then?

 

[once_upon]

It doesn't matter how long they delay this, it won't change the hate they'll get from the uber fans on Twitter, lol.

Yeah they are getting bodyguard contracts signed

 

[On My Own]

Ross had competed at Worlds twice and had 3 senior GP medals to his name. Ilia has two JGP golds, which are great but not the same.

Ross Miner's tech content wasn't anywhere even on par with the top men. Malinin's is. 5 quads is top level, only two or three other skaters are doing it. There IS a difference, if they want to show the best possible result on paper.

 

[carriecmu0503]

Ross had competed at Worlds twice and had 3 senior GP medals to his name. Ilia has two JGP golds, which are great but not the same.

Why don't you tell us about the opportunities Ilia has had to compete at worlds and win on the SGP? Ilia beat the bronze medalist by about 20 points here! He also had NOT competed at worlds in half a decade by 2018 Nationals, so his worlds appearances 5 entire years prior (and not skating well enough to make a world team since) did not exactly lend to a good BOW.

 

[missing]

I feel I went through this on Election Day 2020.

 

[Mayra]

At this point we need to stop pretending that there was ever a question of who is going to the Olympics. Jason is going. Turn the car around and go home. Even assuming he gets to Nashville, after everything he's been through, he's probably not going to be skating his best and is going to rely on the selection criteria anyways.

Queen of bad takes.

 

[canbelto]

I'm so nervous ...

 

[sk9tingfan]

Figure Skaters online said they just got a two minute warning

 

[On My Own]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1480328897078206472

 

[jlai]

Ross had competed at Worlds twice and had 3 senior GP medals to his name. Ilia has two JGP golds, which are great but not the same.

I meant their Olympic season and the season before

Ross had competed at Worlds twice and had 3 senior GP medals to his name. Ilia has two JGP golds, which are great but not the same.

i meant their Olympic season and their recent competition history

Ross had competed at Worlds twice and had 3 senior GP medals to his name. Ilia has two JGP golds, which are great but not the same.

i don’t think bow goes back 3/4 years

 

[Spiralgraph]

I am so impatient, announce the team please, so I can avoid this forum for a few days so I can miss all the whining and arguing!

 

[Jammers]

Ross had competed at Worlds twice and had 3 senior GP medals to his name. Ilia has two JGP golds, which are great but not the same.

Yeah but how long did it take him to win those 3 GP medals? Seven eight seasons? He had become a afterthought with US men heading into 2018.

 

[concorde]

Ross had competed at Worlds twice and had 3 senior GP medals to his name. Ilia has two JGP golds, which are great but not the same.

Cannot really compare. Ilia's first JGP was scrubbed due to the funk. This season 2 golds in 2 outings, no JGPF due to the funk.

Remember Ilia just turned 17 about a week ago.

 

[canbelto]

This is truly a tough choice. If I were selecting I might just coin-toss it.

 

[DreamSkates]

PLEASE! It's MALInin, not MELAnin.

OK! Typos happen. Not to mention my phone changes words. Yes read before you post. Everyone has a typo now and then.

 

[sk9tingfan]

Chen Zhou, Brown

 

[Rukia]

Trying to compare Ross Miner to Ilia Malinin is the most amazing stretch never change FSU

 

[becca]

Chen Zhou, Brown

Ugh

 

[canbelto]

This doesn't have much to do with anything, but anyone notice how chilly the body language is between the top US men? I can imagine the competition is very intense.

 

[Mayra]

Holy Cow the USFS is dumber than I thought.

 

[skipaway]

Wow, just wow….now stay healthy. Congrats teamUSA

 

[topaz]

YES JASON

 

[Karen-W]

Brown, Chen, Zhou

Wow - I can't believe the USFS did that to Malinin.