Ashley Wagner Cheer Thread #3: The Subject of Tonight's Lecture...

[Firedancer]

I think it’s that she was getting back on the ice to start training for nationals today.

I definitely don’t think it’s a coaching change or new programs. She doesn’t have enough time for that.

 

[skatfan]

A new sponsor might be "exciting news" but would it really be a "big change"?

LOL, skaters have done this before. Apparently Ashley was very busy in November with sponsor work.

 

[BittyBug]

LOL, skaters have done this before. Apparently Ashley was very busy in November with sponsor work.

Have done what - said they had a "big change" coming and then announced a new sponsor?

 

[AxelAnnie]

Maybe she has decided to rotate in the other direction!

 

[Spun Silver]

Maybe she has decided to rotate in the other direction!

It might work better for her!

Maybe she is bringing back Marissa’s magic dress.

 

[AxelAnnie]

I just don't understand why people would think she is changing a program. This is someone who is using her FS to the same program for the third time because she says she has new problems in learning new choreography.

 

[topaz]

delete

 

[Sylvia]

^^^ Wrong thread/subforum, @topaz?

This is someone who is using her FS to the same program for the third time because she says she has new problems in learning new choreography.

That's not the reason she gave for switching programs: http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/09/20/ashley-wagner-moulin-rouge-la-la-land-free-skate/

ETA after Ashley's latest announcement tonight: Of course, skaters are allowed to change their minds about program music at any time ...

 

[topaz]

Sorry all, I will delete it.
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[cgirl8]

Ashley's going back to La La Land:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BcTfQY3AtDi/

 

[VGThuy]

Ashley's going back to La La Land:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BcTfQY3AtDi/

I knew she was bored of Moulin Rouge! You could just tell by her performances this season even with her injuries.

 

[jenniferlyon]

Ashley's going back to La La Land:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BcTfQY3AtDi/

Yay!!!

 

[Sylvia]

I just don't understand why people would think she is changing a program.

 

[Firedancer]

Ashley's going back to La La Land:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BcTfQY3AtDi/

I am excited to finally see the LLL program. I am a little concerned she will go to the Olympics with a FS that she has never done in front of international judges. Best of luck to her!

 

[skipaway]

I’m guessing her ankle infection is resolving. Good luck Ashley!

 

[cgirl8]

I’m guessing her ankle infection is resolving. Good luck Ashley!

She was back on the ice for the first time today after letting it heal, from her instagram story last night!

I am a little concerned she will go to the Olympics with a FS that she has never done in front of international judges. Best of luck to her!

At this point I'm more concerned with the fact that she's going to be competing the program for first time at nationals in an olympic year, when the pressures on and none of the US women have really distinguished themselves this fall. Unlike in 2014 Ashley really needs to be on the podium to be named to the team.

That said, I think it's a smart decision. We could see there was a spark that was missing in the FS this season and I'm so excited to see the program!

 

[tony]

Good decision.

 

[zigzig]

It’s a good move for her - between her tech difficulties and two recycled programs her skating totally lost its spark. Can’t wait to see it.

 

[zigzig]

Sorry, posted twice. Please delete.

 

[MRani]

No complaints from me since I really wanted to see that program. I just hope she has enough time to relearn the choreography before Nationals. Ashley did say once that she does her best work in panic mode, so maybe the “panic” of training a “new” program right before nationals will work wonders for her again.

 

[Lanie]

I think this is a good choice for her. MR was tired and she wasn't into it as much as I think she believed she was.

 

[Marco]

Happy for Jackie Wong.

 

[MRani]

Happy for Jackie Wong.

He’s the real winner here.

The loser? Lisa McKinnon for having another stunningly beautiful dress of hers abandoned due to program change. I really liked the new MR dress.

 

[AxelAnnie]

^^^ Wrong thread/subforum, @topaz?

That's not the reason she gave for switching programs: http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/09/20/ashley-wagner-moulin-rouge-la-la-land-free-skate/

ETA after Ashley's latest announcement tonight: Of course, skaters are allowed to change their minds about program music at any time ...

IIRC Ashley was having trouble getting the choreography down

The concussions definitely rewired my brain in the way that I process information. My short-term memory is not that incredible; talking to me is a little bit like talking to Dory from "Finding Nemo" [laughing]. It's really affected me in the way that I learn programs because you have to memorize this choreography and the choreography is very intricate. So for me, retraining my brain to be able to learn choreography and be able to remember it, that's probably my biggest challenge.

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Then Raf put on MR, and it felt like an old friend (which it was).

 

[IceAlisa]

Praise the skategods

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Ashley's going back to La La Land:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BcTfQY3AtDi/

Well, it will be nice to see something fresh..

I hope Tara didn't get to her.

But boy, oh boy, between her and Karen they are stressing me out....lol

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

However it really is her SP that is tanking this time around... Didn't her free skate pull her up from like 7th to 3rd at SC?

And at SkAm 6th?

 

[mag]

He’s the real winner here.

The loser? Lisa McKinnon for having another stunningly beautiful dress of hers abandoned due to program change. I really liked the new MR dress.

Although I suppose Lisa Mc is also a winner because I assume she will make the La La Land dress.

ETA I love the new MR dress. It was, IMHO, the best of three.

 

[Sylvia]

IIRC Ashley was having trouble getting the choreography down

The source of your second excerpted quote is the ESPN Body issue article and she was speaking generally; La La Land was never specified.

 

[AxelAnnie]

The source of your second excerpted quote is the ESPN Body issue article and she was speaking generally; La La Land was never specified.

Yep.