#TeamTrainwreck 8: See you at Nebelhorn!

[Yehudi]

How in hells did Volchkova made it to HoF despite having a huge collection of Euro bronze medals and having a utterly forgettable career.

Same for Makarova who's only TT worthy quality was the Marilyn/MGM fanfarre spin.

Continuing contributions to the sport. Volchkova' students almost always make the team and Makarova always hosts Team Rukavitsin

 

[alchemy void]

That's why we must do something about that voting! We can't just have everybody voting people into HOF, when general TT-members are in only by strict consensus and even stricter bossman

I'm planning to address this issue with HoF voting, once @Jeschke returns from stalking Schott in Portugal vacation.

Unlike last year, not every nominee will even get voted on, so it's very important to make your case during the nomination process (reading between the lines: IMPRESS ME). We will only have 1 or 2 polls maximum unlike the 23 we had last year.

I'm very about Volchkova, but the alternative was freaking Josee Chouinard. And Volchkova got quite heartbreaking after 2001--some stunning programs, occasional flashes of brilliance, but lots of disasters. And her coaching career! She literally went from having 6 really promising skaters and being the hottest coach to having no one with no jumps in like one year! I think she has even lost belly Murad!

 

[bladesofgorey]

I have a one degree of separation thing with Bowman, so it does feel a little weird for me to nominate him, but I think he would have felt honored. He broke a lot of hearts during his career but gave everyone a lot of joy as well.

As an aside, I just learned about this, and it's nuts:

"According to her website, Freeman is a former Republican who used to work in public relations and had once founded a production studio with ties to Los Angeles. She moved to Cape Coral with her husband in 2009 to be closer to his mother, the site says.
The gravesite for Christopher Bowman remains unmarked to this day, Annette Bowman said, because the family still fears Freeman will try to take his body."

http://archive.naplesnews.com/news/...lleged-harassment-ep-313066264-341466941.html

ok fess up, which fsuniverse regular are you?

edited to add Oh My God http://www.aprilfreeman.com

 

[Vagabond]

If you ask me, Christopher Bowman isn't #HOF material. A trainwreck off the ice, yes. Lots of the Qualities, yes. But his record at Worlds (7th, 5th, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 4th), the Olympics (7th, 4th), and Skate America (4th, 1st, 1st, 2nd, 1st) was quite consistent, given the circumstances, and even his poorest performances were more and than .

 

[Dobre]

If you ask me, Christopher Bowman isn't #HOF material. A trainwreck off the ice, yes. Lots of the Qualities, yes. But his record at Worlds (7th, 5th, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 4th), the Olympics (7th, 4th)

Butyrskaya finished 29th, 4th, 5th, 3rd, 1st, 3rd, 4th at Worlds.
5th, 4th, 7th, 3rd, 4th, 3rd, 1st, 1st, 2nd, 2nd,1st at Europeans.
4th & 6th at the Olympics.

Not sufficiently different except for that very early Worlds. This is the HOF, not the regular team. It takes a lot to be a trainwreck when you have that kind of record.

 

[Vagabond]

It takes a lot to be a trainwreck when you have that kind of record.

There is more to Butyrskaya's trainwreckiness than that twenty-ninth, even though that result is in spades. She had a seventh, an eighth, and a tenth on the Grand Prix and a 7th at the GPF. No one finishes 7th at the GPF any more.

That said, I didn't vote for her. Uzbeks wuzrobbed!

 

[Jeschke]

I will start my Cohen-campaign last second, so Vice is impressed and pressman won't have enough time to literally (and with good reason ) tear it apart!

 

[Jeschke]

#softiebossman

#softiebossman is not the answer for everything my friend

 

[SmallFairy]

Dare you!
This to mention is my part!!!

#violinstrings4ever
#medwho

Ha, I loved MATVS forever! (and don't forget Anne Line skated to it too)

 

[Vagabond]

I will start my Cohen-campaign last second, so Vice is impressed and pressman won't have enough time to literally (and with good reason ) tear it apart!

When the routine bites hard
And ambitions are low
And the resentment rides high
But emotions won't grow
And you're changing your ways,
Taking different roads
Then Press, Press will tear it apart again

​

#softiebossman is not the answer for everything my friend

#sillybossman

 

[Jeschke]

(and don't forget Anne Line skated to it too)

And there is a way to ruin everything ...

 

[Jeschke]

When the routine bites hard
And ambitions are low
And the resentment rides high
But emotions won't grow
And you're changing your ways,
Taking different roads
Then Press, Press will tear it apart again

​

#sillybossman

That post!

 

[Jeschke]

Back to serious business: the moment I get home I will start making serious canpaigns for Szewczenko, Dytrt and Martiusheva!
And for Sofia the Great of course!

Folks don't forget, Dytrt and Biryukova were two of the main reasons this entire thread came to life!!!

 

[rfisher]

How in hells did Volchkova made it to HoF despite having a huge collection of Euro bronze medals and having a utterly forgettable career.

Same for Makarova who's only TT worthy quality was the Marilyn/MGM fanfarre spin.

Politicks.

 

[pinky166]

Back from vacation! Everyone's getting married!! My HOF pick is Takahiko Kozuka. The heartbreak is real

Also among those who may or may not be retired:

Richard Dornbush
Jeremy Abbott
Elene Gedevanishvilli (though I still hope for Nebelhorn comeback)

 

[Jeschke]

My HOF pick is Takahiko Kozuka. The heartbreak is real

Though I never cared much of Kozukas skating ( ) , this is such a normal and good proposal pinky

Also among those who may or may not be retired:
Richard Dornbush

He has to be back, he has to be!

 

[Vagabond]

this is such a normal and good proposal pinky

Eys. What's up with that?

 

[Laney]

I support Takahiko Kuzuka and Tanja Szewczenko for HOF!!!! Both broke my heart more often I can count! Taka had the best SS of all men, they´re to die for!
And Tanja... Oh well... My first skating love. Isn´t it amazing, that she never placed outside the Top Ten? She was no worse than 5th at Europeans, and 9th at worlds. And yet the press was so hard on her. No other German lady placed better than her in the last 20 years. Or even came close... And yet, all old newspaper articles I collected about her are so critical. She had huge potential, but illness and nerves got her down. So I´m all in for Tanja in the HOF

 

[SmallFairy]

I'm so for Kozuka! I'm off for a week starting Sunday....guess I should start off my politicking before that.

 

[alchemy void]

And there is a way to ruin everything ...

((((((((Gjersems))))))))

You know ,I think it's time we come to reality and nominate Gede for the hall of fame (which she totally deserves!). If by some zero chance she comes back at Nebelhorn, I'll gladly remove her from the HoF. (But even if she does go to Nebelhorn, you know it would be a hot mess and her season would be over and only add to her HoF mystique).

Gedevanishvili is nominated!

 

[alchemy void]

If @Jeschke is nominating Dytrt and Biruykova, i may have to counter with Mojca Kopac, Idora Hegel, and Olga Markova. Far more entertaining, no?

 

[Ka3sha]

TM1 and #oldmanmenshov for HoF as well?

 

[rfisher]

I also vote for Kozuka to be on the list. In fact, just put him in and skip the voting.

 

[Jeschke]

If @Jeschke is nominating Dytrt and Biruykova, i may have to counter with Mojca Kopac, Idora Hegel, and Olga Markova. Far more entertaining, no?

Bastard you are!

 

[Jeschke]

TM1 and #oldmanmenshov for HoF as well?

TM1 will skate at Nebelhorn!

 

[Areski]

I fully approve adding Elene Gedevanishvili to HoF

 

[SamuraiK]

to the fact that Volchkova is already in HoF while Kozuka is not

 

[Jeschke]

to the fact that Volchkova is already in HoF while Kozuka is not

4xeuros bronze more than worlds silver!

 

[Jeschke]

I fully approve adding Elene Gedevanishvili to HoF

Gede for Korea is all you folks can root for this season!

 

[SamuraiK]

Gede is done. Her boobs wont let Korea happen for her. deal with it.