Well ratings is one thing, animations are another. I'm glad to hear that they're adjusting the ratings. But like the OP stated, the animations for the elite players are still trash. They need to change everything from acceleration animations, to cuts etc. I know we've seen the double move animations posted by Ian a while back, but I hope that he has more in store for us.
Most importantly, I hope we get a wide variety of each animations, so we don't get tired of seeing the same ones over and over.