Recent content by jlai

Let’s wait and see how they do first. I was talking Green and Parsons ;)

I think Shibs have the technical goods to beat z/k because of Zingas’ lack of experience relatively in ice dance. G/p too possibly.l because they fill the same niche for lack of better description (not sexy non romantic programs) I can see Shibs being number 3 and with political push maybe...

We need a comeback in men more than we do in dance or ladies so please come back Vincent!

Skaters get criticized for all sorts of things not related to skating from the way they treat their partner to speaking up for others (or not) to ties to Russian politics. To be fair what Torgy gets criticized for will not be different than those. Not that we should quickly judge these skaters...

All this stuff is really off topic. Generally speaking we all should be tolerant of different views. I can speak of many instances where the right is bashing the left too, andbut I won’t elaborate because people seem to hold the same views regardless of facts. Hope for a better world where...

First of all torgy should not be on social media when competing. That is a lesson learned I hope. Second we do hammer or judge people we don’t know for various reasons hastily , from our neighbors to athletes and other figures. Hopefully we all can do better

If paying athletes is a long standing practice, then at least they are not doing it to one athlete only (favoritism). Whether paying athlete should be a practice is another discussion. I think no, right now, because feds are likely come pressed for $$ these days. (unlike the 90s when it was...

We do have promising jrs in the past whose progress slowed once they have to to compete with quads. So let’s see how these youngsters jrs handle that when competing senior

Not everyone will be able to do that but some have the basics to try that route. It’s not as if Jason had ss like this early, not until he switched to Orser That’s an option for those who can’t get the quads done in Competition. Or under immense pressure

I generally agree though once in a while we have a Nagasu or suddenly get it together enough to have a successful season. Just let the different gens fight it out

Brown didn’t start off having those pcs or this skating skills. He worked to get there so I think it is doable.

Maybe the other inconsistent guys can try to go the Brown route and focus on PCS and forgo the quads that make their skating so inconsistent. Worth a try at this point

We will have to see how these youngsters do in senior internationals competitions to see if they have the potential to be like Brown or not. They may but they may also struggle with quads and triples like the others

Yes and for that reason I won’t be so quick to judge a coach solely based on jump technique. A coach can be a good development coach (can teach good skating skills and spins ) but may need a finish coach to help with the hard jumps or competition mentality And also think Gracie’s first coach...

When you say technique do you all mean jumps mainly? I remember Karen Chen had good skating skills and spins?