Ashley Wagner has joined the coaching staff at the Skating Club of Boston

[Sylvia]

The Boston Globe has picked up on Ashley's recent move to Boston (subscription needed to read the full article): https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifesty...into-boston/nzvykvDcI4KdYETjPHp2pL/story.html

As posted yesterday (in her Cheer thread), she officially has joined the Skating Club of Boston's coaching staff: https://scboston.org/boston-coaches/ashley-wagner/

 

[skatfan]

Wishing her well.

 

[Simone411]

I think that's awesome! Congrats, Ashley! Wishing you the best with your coaching career!

 

[tony]

Her bio reads very past tense in terms of potentially continuing.

 

[clairecloutier]

Are there any new tidbits/details from the Globe article (for those of us who don't have access)?

 

[Tinami Amori]

I am very glad she made this career choice, and not some other. It is a good outlet for her type of energy and experience.

 

[Cayuse]

Good for Ashley! Boston is such a great city with lots of young professionals. She should have good memories from her skating experiences in Boston. Wishing all the best!

 

[Vash01]

So this means retirement for Ashley?

 

[Sylvia]

Are there any new tidbits/details from the Globe article (for those of us who don't have access)?

I doubt there are any direct quotes from her since she is in Shanghai right now for Stars on Ice. Her coaching bio at SCOB is referenced but I can't see the entire article. Hopefully someone who can read it will let us know.

So this means retirement for Ashley?

Not necessarily because she is still listed in USFS' Team B envelope and ISP on their website.

 

[Cachoo]

I know she grew up in a military family and trained with John Nicks (who could stop nonsense with a look) and I suspect she will not tolerate much foolishness when she is coaching. I like the idea of Ashley just glancing at a student a certain way and getting her point across to him or her. I wish her the very best whatever she does from here on out.

 

[jeffisjeff]

The Globe article has nothing new. It quotes her Instagram post and profile on the SCofB website.

The only new information is the following.

A woman who answered the phone at The Skating Club of Boston on Wednesday confirmed that Wagner is working for the club full-time.

An e-mail to Wagner was not immediately returned.

 

[SkateGuard]

Who else wants to lace up again and move to Boston just so that Ashley Wagner can be their coach? Love it.

 

[Japanfan]

Her bio reads very past tense in terms of potentially continuing.

If she's moving into coaching, she would not be competing. I can't think of any skater who coached and competed at the same time.

So this means retirement for Ashley?

So it would seem. She's had a good run of it as an competitor.

Wishing her all the best!

 

[Yehudi]

If she's moving into coaching, she would not be competing. I can't think of any skater who coached and competed at the same time.



So it would seem. She's had a good run of it as an competitor.

Wishing her all the best!

It depends on the type of students she’s taking. Lots of skaters coach beginners to help pay for training and are even listed on the club sites. Daniel Eaton for example.

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

Moving from La La Land to Bean Town. I think Wagner will make a great coach.

 

[carriecmu0503]

If she's moving into coaching, she would not be competing. I can't think of any skater who coached and competed at the same time.



So it would seem. She's had a good run of it as an competitor.

Wishing her all the best!

 

[carriecmu0503]

LOTS of skaters coach while they are still competing. It's how many of them pay for their own training. Grant Hochstein, for example, has been coaching for several years, as has Caroline Zhang.

 

[Bonita]

Lots of skaters at SCOB have also competed while coaching. Ross Miner has been coaching for years.

My dance coach teaches there and told me about this a few weeks ago. Hopefully Ashley will like it there. Very crowded sessions on lower test levels and the rink is below hockey rink size.

 

[screech]

If she's moving into coaching, she would not be competing. I can't think of any skater who coached and competed at the same time.

Nam Nugyen is coaching now, in addition to competing (and also working as a blade sharpener and fixing skates)

In any case, I think this is a good move for Ashley! I wish her all the best.

 

[Frau Muller]

Bravo, Ashley. This is great news and congrats to her. We will be seeing her in Kiss n Cry many times in years ahead, I bet.

 

[paskatefan]

Good for you, Ashley! Wishing you all the best!

 

[Firedancer]

Congratulations to Ashley and good luck to her in her coaching career!!

 

[snoopysnake]

Great to have you in Boston, Ashley! I hope you will skate in the local shows and I look forward to seeing your students in them!

 

[UGG]

I am going go miss her!! She should have been at the Olympics.

 

[Tinami Amori]

I am going go miss her!! She should have been at the Olympics.

Nobody should or entitled to be at the Olympics. One should earn a spot to be at the Olympics.

 

[Coco]

Some of us think she did earn it.

 

[Tinami Amori]

Some of us think she did earn it.

those "some" are obviously fans, and are not US judges....

 

[Coco]

Judges don't always get it right.

 

[Japanfan]

LOTS of skaters coach while they are still competing. It's how many of them pay for their own training. Grant Hochstein, for example, has been coaching for several years, as has Caroline Zhang.

I know that. And Nam Nguyen as well. He said in an interview that he started coaching because he parents told him it was time for him to pay for his skating.

I guess of think of Ashley as 'all in', whatever she is doing. And my perception - which could be wrong - is that she is done with competing.

 

[Carolla5501]

Judges don't always get it right.

Nor do they always get it wrong


Ashley is moving on. Time for her fans to move on also