tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353917441739196825.post4375494380369717534..comments2024-03-28T10:17:53.657-07:00Comments on The E Panel: USA: The land of the Amanar (and thoughts on AT&T)LloydMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15341630229725069671noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353917441739196825.post-77915924488578688532012-03-06T06:35:04.985-08:002012-03-06T06:35:04.985-08:00haha I am glad you liked it! The whole segment jus...haha I am glad you liked it! The whole segment just really confused me....there I was being forced to sit through Mary Lou Retton yacking away about some fluffed up crap at the expense of Gabby's bars and Raisman's vault?! No thanks.<br /><br />My thoughts EXCACTLY (regarding coverage). Thats one of the only good things about this competition: you could supposedly see everything AND its a superb test of nerves (as we saw with Rebecca Tunney - naaaawwww). But finding a way to severely limit the range of coverage is like NBC's biggest talent. Show about 10 routines, slam everyone that isn't American and don't explain anything. Thats the NBC manifesto.<br /><br />Yeah USA is amanartastic right now. They probably have more in one country than the rest of the world put together. Its INSANE I am so impressed. Not to go out on a limb too soon but barring injury and assuming a clean competition I think the US might already have this team title locked down. the Mag 5! A lot can happen in a few months though.<br /><br />I was clenching my fists at the scoring, it is absolutely ridiculous! Wieber matches the golden score from worlds EF on floor with a stumbled triple and a 2.5 to scrappy, barely off the ground split jump? Give me a break. <br /><br />Raisman's bars as well...its the stuff of nightmares. That Tcatchev was like something from a horror film. Glad she managed to stay on though and she was great elsewhere.LloydMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15341630229725069671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353917441739196825.post-42150101021256587242012-03-06T06:07:21.021-08:002012-03-06T06:07:21.021-08:00"The people seeing that are already watching ..."The people seeing that are already watching it!" Oh gosh this sentence is just *perfect*. It's like they know American Cup has a reputation as SCAM, and are trying to hammer home how internationally recognized it is. And gosh the constant whoever win the American Cup wins Olympics is very tiresome. (No mention of the opposing superstition - whoever wins Worlds the year before will not win Olympics). <br /><br />I mean, American Cup is one of the few competitions where there is only 1 gymnast competing at a time. I thought that would mean we would see all the routines - so far from it!<br /><br />And what lovely, confident Amanars! Russia better steps up her game.<br /><br />Yea the whole competition was overscored, the Americans were more over-scored compared to their competitors, but at least the ranking was fair.Elanymirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08140273464032721524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353917441739196825.post-22998132714745666952012-03-03T19:10:29.532-08:002012-03-03T19:10:29.532-08:00I completely agree with you! Gabby was completely...I completely agree with you! Gabby was completely amazing and surprising at the cup! If she stays healthy until June-ish, I actually think she could come away with first...Ahh! So exciting >.<Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09647478261848718483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353917441739196825.post-41119215868016698692012-03-03T16:22:04.759-08:002012-03-03T16:22:04.759-08:00Totally with you. I love Alicia and a part of me w...Totally with you. I love Alicia and a part of me would love to see her there, but I think it was a long shot even without the injury. Although reports say she is recovering well, her "look how much better I am" video just had her doing backhandsprings. There doesn't seem to be time to get back to where she was and more, which is what she would need I think. Perhaps if she was hitting the double twisting handspring vault we saw her try but that is so unlikely now.<br /><br />At least Alicia has already had her Olympics though. Sure, they were a sad one, but if Maroney misses London it would be terrible. Because she would SURELY make the vault podium easily (probably gold) and could easily be a victim of the 5-3-3 system.LloydMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15341630229725069671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353917441739196825.post-5610731729438404362012-03-03T15:06:10.846-08:002012-03-03T15:06:10.846-08:00Sacramone should sit up and take notice as well. T...Sacramone should sit up and take notice as well. The US is incredibly deep on her events. With Maroney, Ross, Douglas, Wieber and Raisman all throwing pretty darn great Amanars, there just might not be a place for her Rudi. As for beam, Weiber, Raisman, Bross and Ross all have fantastic beam sets, and they are also good to solid on bars and good to great on floor. There just isn't much room for a specialist, unless that specialist is AMAZING. And seeing as Alicia hasn't really upgraded in years, it's hard to see how to fit her onto the team.JZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15336855587687189609noreply@blogger.com