Did she maybe just mix up team final and qualification? The US, I seem to remember, started on floor and ended on beam in 2016. Laurie did the same events on both occasions, so that seems an easy mistake to me.
To me, it’s not about more difficulty, but less cookie-cutter routines. Introducing something on novelty and creativity would help a tremendous amount. I also was quite struck how some of the lower-ranked schools used to have a lot more variety and more interesting skills when I watched last...