I certainly am not an expert and do not know what the answer is, but I do know what I like to see. And I know everyone has their own opinion, thoughts, and ideas. But....
Give me a SKATE that is enjoyable to watch because it is done well.
Not a jump fest of jumps that are done in an ugly manner, or worse, fallen on.

It is figure SKATING not figure JUMPING!

Those who feel so strongly about jumping need to organize themselves and start a new discipline...figure jumping.

Plushenko's foot work stinks. It's a bunch of flailing around, positions that are not hit with any importance. At least that is my take on them, and my opinion of them.

Stojko was a jumping machine and refused to admit that there was a "balletic" side of skating, but I always enjoyed seeing him live as he always looked into the audience and made you feel like he was there for you. I realise he's saying this is not a bash on any particular skaters, but I still think he's wrong on saying there needs to be quads, or a skater needs to have a quad in his arsenal.

You have to take into consideration the toll these jumps take on the skaters' bodies. They start doing all these jumps before they are done growing. I mean, for crying out loud, where is Tara Lipinski now? Part of the reason she isn't skating much anymore is because at the ripe old age of what, 17?, she had to have hip surgeries!