Spiralgraph
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I don't think USA pairs are much worse than they used to be. With a few notable exceptions, our top teams have always been around eighth to twelfth in the world each year. The other teams world wide have improved while the American teams seem to have plateaued.
Maybe they don't have the ability. Also, to me sometimes their programs have been uninspiring and bland especially compared with programs from the Chinese and Germans. Having our top three pairs suffer severe injuries and illnesses almost at the same time set everyone back.
They are working hard so I've lowered my expectations and just hope to see small improvement from all our pair teams. Like wickedwitch wrote, no sense getting mad.
Maybe they don't have the ability. Also, to me sometimes their programs have been uninspiring and bland especially compared with programs from the Chinese and Germans. Having our top three pairs suffer severe injuries and illnesses almost at the same time set everyone back.
They are working hard so I've lowered my expectations and just hope to see small improvement from all our pair teams. Like wickedwitch wrote, no sense getting mad.