I can see where the common fan is "Shocked" when it comes to a result. However, there are so many factors that play in to maxing out the rubric and unfortunately for many folks that don't understand and teams, McIntosh does just that. There is no way around it. A team can go out there and give 100% and not come close because they themselves are not 100% perfect and clean and don't max. So if there was a fall, it can be anywhere from a 1 point to a 2 point mark down on execution. In the grand scheme of things. That is 3 points to 6 points. Depending on what the judges thought of the rest of the routine, it very well could not have hurt McIntosh as much as you think. With Chestatee already not maxing, they are already 3 points behind, so there you have it. The fall and the DOD of Chestatee basically cancels that out. Chestatee was good, and they have been all season. Their routine has a "cute theme" which probably makes them perform a little better and appear to have the "it" factor. I will give them that. But they still have a lot of cleaning up to do. McIntosh from last year to this year, has ownership of skills while on the mat. What they do, they do well and they do to compete against a rubric, not a team.
I will say that I can see where the fan would have Chestatee as the winner, but I can easily see where McIntosh won based off the Rubric, which defines who the champion is.
