Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 12:38     Subject: Ashley Wagner sucks
Mirai beat out ashley in 2010. And she placed 4th in the olympics that year.

Ashley is the reason they have 3 spots, though.

They do this in Gymnastics, too.

Speaking of the Russian - holy shit, the leg hold move where she twists her leg around her back turns my stomach. Yes, she is amazing, but that move shouldn't even be physically possible.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 11:52     Subject: Ashley Wagner sucks
She has absolutely nothing on the 15 year old Russian skater.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 11:31     Subject: Ashley Wagner sucks
Thanks!
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 11:29     Subject: Ashley Wagner sucks
Anonymous wrote:The skating going on now on NBC Sports Network - is this the team or the individual?


Team
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 11:28     Subject: Ashley Wagner sucks
The skating going on now on NBC Sports Network - is this the team or the individual?
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 10:57     Subject: Ashley Wagner sucks
I think she is the kind of skater who has had great training and lots of practice and will win some competitions but at the end of the day line lacks the true talent for figure skating. I doubt she will medal and I wouldn't be surprised to find her not finishing in the top 10.


Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 10:46     Subject: Ashley Wagner sucks
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Her skating is so boring and she gets almost no height on her jumps. I remember all those great skaters from Olympics past and her skating is no comparison. A travesty that she was sent despite her performance at the US championships.

I feel 100% certain that she skates better than you ever will.


What a stupid comeback. I do not claim to be an Olympic quality ice skater. She does.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 10:46     Subject: Ashley Wagner sucks
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ashley Wagner has carried the US ladies team for the past four years. Without her there wouldn't even have been a third spot for the US ladies at the Olympics. She deserved the benefit of the doubt and a spot on the team, anyone saying otherwise doesn't follow the sport enough to have an informed opinion.


The Olympics aren't a lifetime achievement award. Yes, she was good as recently as a year ago. Now she isn't in the top 3. NBC needed her after Lindsay Vonn pulled out as the "hot" American athlete. Pure and simple. And the lady she replaced, keep in mind, was an experienced Olympian whose only crime was to not be in the mean girls circle with the other skaters. Yes, she is also apparently a gigantic bitch, but I'm guessing there are more of those in the Olympics than NBC cares to acknowledge.


Sounds like Nancy Kerrigan. People were shocked when they realized she wasn't as nice as they thought she was.


So true.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 10:38     Subject: Ashley Wagner sucks
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ashley Wagner has carried the US ladies team for the past four years. Without her there wouldn't even have been a third spot for the US ladies at the Olympics. She deserved the benefit of the doubt and a spot on the team, anyone saying otherwise doesn't follow the sport enough to have an informed opinion.


The Olympics aren't a lifetime achievement award. Yes, she was good as recently as a year ago. Now she isn't in the top 3. NBC needed her after Lindsay Vonn pulled out as the "hot" American athlete. Pure and simple. And the lady she replaced, keep in mind, was an experienced Olympian whose only crime was to not be in the mean girls circle with the other skaters. Yes, she is also apparently a gigantic bitch, but I'm guessing there are more of those in the Olympics than NBC cares to acknowledge.


Sounds like Nancy Kerrigan. People were shocked when they realized she wasn't as nice as they thought she was.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 10:08     Subject: Ashley Wagner sucks
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ashley Wagner has carried the US ladies team for the past four years. Without her there wouldn't even have been a third spot for the US ladies at the Olympics. She deserved the benefit of the doubt and a spot on the team, anyone saying otherwise doesn't follow the sport enough to have an informed opinion.


The Olympics aren't a lifetime achievement award. Yes, she was good as recently as a year ago. Now she isn't in the top 3. NBC needed her after Lindsay Vonn pulled out as the "hot" American athlete. Pure and simple. And the lady she replaced, keep in mind, was an experienced Olympian whose only crime was to not be in the mean girls circle with the other skaters. Yes, she is also apparently a gigantic bitch, but I'm guessing there are more of those in the Olympics than NBC cares to acknowledge.


Ashley Wagner is an accomplished skater. She did not perform her best when it counted. As much as everyone wants to believe all is fair in the Olympics is a fair and equal competition it is not. Figure skating is dominated by politics-- the federation, the ISU, and the judges. Just look at the judging controversy surrounding the ice dancerers.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 10:04     Subject: Ashley Wagner sucks
Johnny Weir is wearing a lovely gold necklace. Tara Lipinski looks good.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 10:04     Subject: Ashley Wagner sucks
Anonymous wrote:Her skating is so boring and she gets almost no height on her jumps. I remember all those great skaters from Olympics past and her skating is no comparison. A travesty that she was sent despite her performance at the US championships.

I feel 100% certain that she skates better than you ever will.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 10:00     Subject: Ashley Wagner sucks
Anonymous wrote:Ashley Wagner has carried the US ladies team for the past four years. Without her there wouldn't even have been a third spot for the US ladies at the Olympics. She deserved the benefit of the doubt and a spot on the team, anyone saying otherwise doesn't follow the sport enough to have an informed opinion.


The Olympics aren't a lifetime achievement award. Yes, she was good as recently as a year ago. Now she isn't in the top 3. NBC needed her after Lindsay Vonn pulled out as the "hot" American athlete. Pure and simple. And the lady she replaced, keep in mind, was an experienced Olympian whose only crime was to not be in the mean girls circle with the other skaters. Yes, she is also apparently a gigantic bitch, but I'm guessing there are more of those in the Olympics than NBC cares to acknowledge.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 09:55     Subject: Ashley Wagner sucks
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Taylor Swift on ice. I sense some impending drama and disappointment with this one.


Spot on, accurate description is accurate and spot on.


I agree- "entitled" better than you attitude.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2014 09:53     Subject: Ashley Wagner sucks
Ashley Wagner has carried the US ladies team for the past four years. Without her there wouldn't even have been a third spot for the US ladies at the Olympics. She deserved the benefit of the doubt and a spot on the team, anyone saying otherwise doesn't follow the sport enough to have an informed opinion.