1.   Skating insiders wondered if boredom might overtake Kwan in the absence of a Lipinski to motivate her.

2.   Weiss got it last year in Cleveland, even though many skating insiders felt Goebel outskated him.

3.   Yet skating insiders had never seen that presence before, especially in her tentative performance in the short program on Tuesday night.

4.   Now skating insiders are calling for more comprehensive reform.

5.   Skating insiders say the ISU will eventually have to throw open its competitions to all competitors to keep attracting the big names and big audiences.