Indeed! I think Ash and Tim
othy 
were wonderful in the sp and were unfortunately lowballed in the marks for a wonderful and inspired skate at the tail end of the season (when they weren't anticipating competing again at that)! I don't have a problem with WTT sp placements overall, but I do have a problem with some of the scoring.
And showing their stick-to-itiveness and their grit, after that fluke fall* in their WTT fp, C/L recovered very well and completed their program with flying colors! There are so many positives about this team.
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I think Ash's blades touched Timothy's as they were preparing for their fp spiral which led to the freak fall; as Ash said 'ice is slippery,' which were my words exactly even before she said it post-performance.
I too enjoyed listening to C/L's IceTalk podcast with Jackie Wong. And I say to all the OTT height naysayers, take a pill and chill please! And that includes you, Dave Lease! Ashley & Timothy have gorgeous lines and wonderful promise. Their personalities mesh so well, and I love their positive and thankful approach. They are also very hardworking & gutsy and I can't wait to see what more work and inspired choreograpy and music might do for them.
We need a hearts and flowers smilie!
For me, it was love at first sight last summer for Timothy and Ashley.
I really liked both of them with their former partners too. Together, they are so lovely and quite special. They should be better rewarded for their very difficult sbs triple loops and consistently difficult triples overall. This is especially true since U.S. pairs have not been known to be as clean and accomplished on sbs jumps. I want to see that feature improve for all U.S. pairs. And like I said a little while ago in the James/Cipres thread:
... why not have a series of pairs camps in the U.S. in which all pairs coaching teams in U.S. take part (and that means Zimmerman with J/C). And invite expert guest coaches like Moskvina, et al? Take some ballet classes Pairs teams!!! Not because we want to see ballet on ice. What we want to see is more stretch, line, body awareness and control beyond athletic awareness. Plus drill, drill in exercises to increase blade mastery because that's where speed and confident lean into edges derives from. And gain some softness in the knees (hint: ask Downtown Jason Brown how he does it) 
Go my favorite pairs teams!!! 
Of course, Ash & Timothy already have great lines and stretch, but training in ballet could still help them, and especially drills in developing better blade skills to increase their speed and ice coverage.
Loving you Ashley and Timothy!!!
