TS and ATS at COR

[Vicky458]

Did anyone happen to notice that Victor P and Olga M are the Technical Specialist and Assistant Technical Specialist for both the ladies and mens events at COR. I wonder how fair they are going to be. I sure hope I am wrong but I have my doubts. Another problem with the COP.

[roza]

The TS and ATS have been the same pairing (only the positions are inverted) for both the ladies' and mens' events at all the GPs this fall, so this is not something new. The only thing that is different is that this is the first tie in singles that both the TS and ATS have been form the same "school", however, the criteria are clearly defined and as for under-rotated jumps, in the ladies SP they correctly called Sokolova and Timoshenko's 3lutz as a doubles.
As for them being fair, well, why should they be any more likely to be biased than say Scott Davies, David Kirby, Debbie Wilkes or others? I think it is a very good step to get former athletes involved in the evaluation system, as they truly understand the sport from a practical level, not only theory. Who would rather see being TS and ATS?