Exactly. If he and his team wanted to go Senior this season, there were options available to him to do so. His team knew the risk when they chose for him to stay Junior.
They may well be meaningful but that doesn't mean they're particularly interesting or involving to the fan base. In this instance, they really could have sent away the top skaters, the ones who were clearly going to make the team, without subjecting then to the tedium of not putting out their best work and the risk to their health that that entitled. The top skaters, the ones foreordained to have Olympic spots, could have spent time hidden in some safe place , not risking their own physical well being and those of the coaches, support teams, and families. If you were who were going to be picked, why have a make believe competition. Instead create a safe house and invite them all in. Maybe they could have made a tv series of it.
The Olympics start in three WEEKS, not in two months. They start on February 4.
Ay omicron!
When you put it that way, my anxiety about PCR tears and Omicron is rising again.
And. Do you think Brown is going to be an Olympic medalist?
Not unless Nathan Chen decides not to do the Team Event. But the later the start, the more rise in discretionary scoring (GOEs, PCS) and the greater the cushion for errors, if you're an established GOE/PCS skater.
But the only way Illia will get established is if he goes to major events. Your biting of your nose to spite your face to not put someone with Ilias talent out there quickly.
Hmm, this sounds exactly like what people said when they said that Vincent must be sent to 2017 Worlds or else all was lost for him and the US men, that sending Jason would be losing the third spot, that sending Jason would be costing Vincent his future...
It’s a consolation price and Jason will still get to end up going if Nathan doesn’t show so it’s even doubly unfair.
Wait, are you now saying that Jason does not even deserve first alternate status? Because that is a joke. Who else does, in your twisted little brain?
He does but the point is there is no real Illia getting awarded for anything.
I know, I know.
Once again this isn’t about Jason and Illia as much as the fact that body of work is now being used to hold up
LOL - I accidentally hit enter before I finished my response...
, but upon reflection, it just doesn't sit right with me - especially because Malinin doesn't have the Worlds SP min and they're going to have to send him somewhere to get it but with things the way they are with Omicron right now who knows if the two scheduled events this month and next month actually happen and then where does that leave him? On the outside of Worlds, looking in while Brown steps into that assignment as well, which would really be unfair to Malinin in the end, especially if Jr Worlds gets cancelled and he loses any opportunity to earn valuable WS points that would guarantee him GP assignments next season. The juniors-turning-seniors are already being done hard by the p**demic obliterating last season internationally and could still be screwed even further.
I know that you struggle to string a comprehensive sentence together, but if you're going to argue in favour of a skater then at least spell his four letter surname correctly for FFS
And Vincent did not win the world in his first senior Grand Prix. I would say Ilias early season was better than Vincent’s.
No. I don't think Brown is the right choice over Malinin for the Olympics (assuming we follow the criteria - if we forget about the criteria for a second, then I'd send Malinin/Zhou/Chen), but splitting Malinin/Brown for the two major competitions can make sense. They were both in the same tier. Further, there will be a drastically reduced field at these Worlds, meaning someone with a big tech advantage can end up medalling, even if they make a couple of mistakes - an advantage that Brown simply lacks. Nothing to do with presumption of retirement.
