[madmax]

Originally posted by madmax
The Olympic Committee and Michelle Kwan didn't do Emily Hughes any favor. They screwed her. Hughes shouldn't have to be gracious about anything. Michelle Kwan didn't deserve to be on the team to begin with. Sasha Cohn, Kim Meisner and Hughes were the top finishers at the national even that was supposed to determine the team.

Originally posted by honeychile
First, it's Sasha Cohen, and Kimmie Meissner. If you're going to argue about figure skating, get the names right first. Sasha Cohen is a beautiful and great skater - technically and artistically - but she lacks the "oomph" that Kristi Yamaguchi puts into a program.

Kimmie Meissner doesn't have a consistant triple axel, and although she's a hard worker, she's not scheduled to try one in the Olympics. It took a 3 1/2 rotation axel for her to take third in the Nationals - so how's she so much better prepared?

Emily Hughes is a wild card. Of course, she's good, or she wouldn't have made it as far as she did - but nobody knows much about her. She would have to land a triple-triple and have two of the cleanest skates of her life to even be in the Top Five. As I said before, that was determined weeks ago, and I guarantee you, Emily Hughes wasn't even on the Top Ten list. Sure, this will give her Olympic exposure, and maybe in four years, she'll be good - but it's set the USFSA back eight years.

What the hell does that have to do with Michelle Kwan making the team? Is Emily Hughes on of the top three skaters or not?


Kristy Yamaguchi is irrelevant. She's retired and she has a panface.