LIVE THREAD: 2006 Torino Olympics - DAY 6 - Primetime TV THREAD

Free Republic ^ | February 16, 2006

[Howlin]

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[skateman]

Evan finished 10th in the short program, too hard to overcome.

[silent_jonny]

Alan's wife is Jocelyn Crowley, Monica's sister.

Ah-ha!

[Accygirl]

That statement contradicts my very accurate gaydar... Are you sure you didn't hear boyfriend instea??

[Purrcival]

Yeah, the official results for the short show Evan with only a 67.55 to Plushenko's 90.66 and Weir's 80.

[small voice in the wilderness]

The new scoring system reminds me of the new way some schools are giving grades. Giving points for *trying* is hardly professional or Olympic.

[Jrabbit]

ROFLMAO!!

God, I love this thread!

I was in such a bad earlier over Coach Sutton of my beloved Pokes....now I'm laughing!

LOL

[OldFriend]

He is adored by everyone who knows him. Time for a prayer for Scott!!!!!

[Timeout]

hey had to trace over their skate marks exactly,

Oh, yeah! It was called the "compulsories".

Booooring. But somehow it helped build anticipation for the main event.

Even the old rigged system was better than this. There's hasn't been the least thing exciting about the skating competition this year.

[Txsleuth]

Yes...over and over..

[Purrcival]

Under the old system, if you didn't make the jump, you didn't get credit for it.

More of this outcome-based, warm-and-fuzzy stuff infiltrating the sport?

Plus, IMHO, it causes the athletes to take dangerous risks (like that throw quad salchow the other night).

[silent_jonny]

That sounds more accurate.

[blu]

Oooh, this guy has a costume just like Johnny's! I bet there's a hissyfit going on somewhere!

[Howlin]

This whole thing just doesn't have the same "feel" it use to, for me anyway. I use to get really invested in it and there's just not enough "information" being passed to me to make me care.

Heck, if it wasn't for you all, I probably wouldn't even watch.

[silent_jonny]

That statement contradicts my very accurate gaydar

No need to adjust your gaydar :) Rush misspoke--it wasn't a "girlfriend", just a girl friend.

[CaptainK]

The new scoring system stinks. Worse than the old one, which was pretty pathetic. I read today that they weren't able to fill the stadium for the men's long program, which was unheard of in previous Olympics, and I believe its due to the insanity that this new system is creating. The judges are anonymous, which only emboldens them to cheat at a higher level than they have in the past.

I'm a long time skating fan, but when the Chinese team won the silver, after falling and stopping their routine, I threw in the towel. I couldn't watch tonight, a first for me since the 1970's.

[lawnguy]

I was in such a bad earlier over Coach Sutton of my beloved Pokes....now I'm laughing!

Can we talk big 12 hoops here? If not let's start another thread. Did you see this coming with Sutton?(I'm a Jayhawk fan, but always respected Eddie.)

[StarFan]

Under the old system, if you didn't make the jump, you didn't get credit for it.

Indeed and there was more choreography. Now they're simply interested in how many quads and triples they can throw in for the point factor. What a turnoff.

[Timeout]

Maybe some of that old "magic" will come when the women compete. I hope so.

[Purrcival]

Heck, if we talked about Birdshot Gate here earlier, I don't know why you can't talk about Big 12 hoops.

[mass55th]

"Time for a prayer for Scott!!!!!"

Absolutely. Prayers offered for a full and complete recovery for Scott Hamilton.