re: Remove

She got hosed there. They may have been super harsh on her leaps but it still shouldn’t have been that low.

I can't say I like the way she qualified either. I get she did what is best for her, but in the end she will pay the price. Tom has done a pretty terrible job in my opinion with this team. Jordan had no international experience, they should have at least tried to send her to the pan ams for experience. Grace is steady but underwhelming and will place in no categories. It should have been either myk or jade on team and someone like Leann or Kayla D. whose execution and dance would have scored higher. Then you could put either Myk or Jade, and Riley as plus 1's. If we didn't have Simone, who I also am not that pleased with these days, this team would probably be in 4th or lower.

Side note: I do not like Simone and all the goat stuff. We all know you are the goat but saying it and having leos and shoes is a little classless to me. Let other people talk about it not YOU!!

I love gymnastics, especially elite gymnastics, but I too am underwhelmed. Maybe because it seems somewhat silly to have all the pageantry and fanfare for no fans (that can't be helped, but I think it ruins the vibe). That being said, I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE the way Jade qualified. I think it is absolutely unfair to all other athletes in a country like the United States. People say it doesn't have to be fair - which is true, but I just really think it gave her such a leg up these last two years.

Then, I think Tom didn't handle it well. I think he essentially chose the rest of the team as though Jade didn't exist (which may make some sense since he couldn't control anything she did or didn't do). The U.S. should have put its selection procedures to paper and made it clear no one could do that route - that the US federation would proceed with qualification through AA world cups and continental championships.

People then give Tom a hard time (perhaps rightly) for setting either Jade or Mykayla up to fail. However, if Tom was essentially pretending Jade didn't exist, then sending Mykayla was of course the right call (and even if she does exist, it may be the right call since there really was no one else who could potentially medal than Mykayla, other than an outside shot for Riley). I am just heartbroken for Mykayla - I know most people who go to the Olympics don't win medals, but that isn't the case for U.S. gymnasts in recent decades.

All that said, Tom hasn't particularly managed this team well. I can't tell if he is incompetent, inexperienced, or if just the really weird selection process hampered his ability to construct the team the way he would have preferred.

well looks like he is done. He and everyone else had to know counting on Simone to win by herself was only going to work for so long. I feel bad for the girls.

If she competes in individual or AA I will lose respect for her. I can understand being under pressure, but this should be nothing new to her. It also means, in my opinion, she let her team down and only cares about her individual medals, ie herself.

Saw this on the thegymterdotnet....
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@lauracbryan
· 4h
Replying to @CallieRose24 and @thegymterdotnet
The broadcast just said Simone did not have an injury. Sitting out for mental reasons.

Thats weak. I would think at her age and experience nothing would bother her. Maybe she's just over it all.

This stuff with Simone is WILD. on the one hand, I am glad she is making sure she is safe because if you aren’t prepared in gymnastics, then it can be life threatening, but on the other hand it’s the olympics.

I hope Myk gets to do vault final!

I think we may have seen the last of Simone for the Olympics - I think it takes time and different training conditions to overcome this particular mental block. I feel for her. I am glad we get to see other gymnasts shine, though.