re: Remove

I agree - also, did anyone ever find out why they added the press handstand mount back in for Campbell? I love press handstands, but thought it was an odd move for the end of season.

So I SM stalked (I know, I know) and I can't tell if they are together anymore. From her stuff it looks like yea, but from his no. I think he has a house in LA though.

On Reagan, I thought someone said she was having back surgery this fall. Is this not happening anymore?

I think I’m scarred because Dunne never made a beam lineup last year. That is just unbelievable to me.

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I really dont understand any negativity with the Seniors coming back. THIS IS A POSITIVE. Competition breeds excellence. Depth is valuable. The coaches are going to use the best gymnast. Everybody has this worry about them taking spots but the majority of scoring this year was done by Freshman and Sophomores so yall not making any sense.

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I'm happy the seniors are coming back. Team chemistry is a good thing and depth can't ever be a bad thing.

I think some get nervous about pre perceived lineups after Jay made some comments about not removing particular routines from a lineup due to experience in one of his pressers. I don't like the mindset of not wanting to improve or upgrade routines strictly on the basis of someone is more experienced, that said some kids were coming off injuries so maybe that played a role.

I think it will all work itself out next year in terms of the best lineups being out there. I just hope they address our skill selection, which is far and away my biggest concern.

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That being said D’antonio is the only true senior next year so this could be really good from a leadership perspective as long as we see lineups improve.

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Speaking of her being the only senior, I hope that Jay gives her the opportunity to compete beam at least once this season, even if it’s just on senior night. The one exhibition routine she did last year at Oregon State was better than some of the beam routines I saw from the girls this year and would love to get to see her compete at least once before she graduates. With that being said I doubt that will happen, but I’m remaining hopeful

And that wasn’t a knock on Rebecca - more just the class is so small it can be hard to transition to true leadership - I know she’s a favorite on the team! I hope she’ll get to compete at least once as well!

Kaytlyn competed a double twist until recently. If she’s fully healthy, I think she might prefer to do the harder vault, especially if it’s more consistent for her and if it means she sees the lineups more often than she would if she did a full. If Bob and Jay are smart about next year and learned anything from Michigan this year and OU in 2019, they’ll tell the girls that only consistent 10.0 start value vaults are making lineups next year, no matter how great the fulls may be, since they tend to get scored higher by the judges

Random question but what will the super seniors be doing next year in terms of classes..will they be getting masters? I know Sarah still has her undergrad to finish but the others graduated today

That vault lineup would be crazy...but championships are not won on vault alone (though such a lineup will be a tremendous help). I think bars should improve with the talent coming In (At least removing the uncertainty in the Brock/dean spot). Beam is really going to be the deciding factor. I hope gnat can do some good with that lineup this offseason - anyone know if Michigan had multiple routines with rotating leaps (we had 5 of 6, I think, all but dean). My guess is they had one, probably two - though I’ll need to go back and check.

The thing is, I don’t think any rotating leaps are necessary, to get to the 10 start value based on the other components of routines we have (I could be wrong there - but don’t know otherwise know how Florida (and others) get through with so few). So at the very least down grade Christina’s routine next year if we assume she is making the beam lineup - and honestly everyone else’s too, especially Sami (know it’s only a quarter and wasn’t her most problematic element this year, but we have to assume she’ll keep training and we may have to assume jay will lean on that “experience”, so let’s just get ahead of it) I think regean and kiya can do the hard skills more competently but they have to not have the weight of the world on them at the End of the lineup - this year, almost to every meet; There was a lineup hole - in early season we got to kiya with a good lineup, but then she messed up and threw Reagan off; later in the season it was one of the earlier competitors (in the post season most notably desiderio and schennikova, and prior to that Durante) I do give shchennikova more of a pass than desiderio given desiderios experience that Jay is so fond of.