I do not think Allison is skating at the moment, I am not sure if she ever got over what Trennt did to her. She did partner with Matt den Boar briefly but that ended with an injury for Allison. It was not a good match, she may have just wanted to get back into pairs and that was an option.
Undoubtedly it sucked for her, but they were together for only a few months. I can't imagine that is what's preventing her from skating.
His jumps are not solid, he couldn't lift her for the first 2 years of their partnership. They have survived purely on her talent and having an amazing team of choreographers who are putting progs for them that hide his flaws and highlight their overall strengths. They are also benefitting from literally 50% of the top teams of the world having left this year.
No I agree with you, D/R had 2 big weapons, the lutzes in particular, the quad sal was less consistent. But MT/M beat them in Sochi overall and in the free at worlds that same year, when they were clearly Canada's number 2, not an easy thing to achieve. I think they would have gone from strength to strength after that and could have created a solid PCS gap that could have countered some of the arsenal D/R had. Of course this is all speculation and not taking away from D/R's consistency and stickability.
Deschamps has a new partner. He's skating with Kyueun Kim from South Korea.
Now now I saw the light re:the throws in their first season (it was pointed out by commentators)where she just bent her knees and expected to be thrown across the ice.....no assisted jump. That is why they had to completely redo their technique when they moved to Gauthier's and the changes were as much on her as Michael. I only realized about the lift problems (they just seemed to be always unstable)when I/M were interviewed by Golden Skates and he asked her some question about moving in the lift re:her flexibility and she said NO....you have to hit the lift and not move at all or you will throw your partner off balance..AT KMT2's next competition David Pelletier pointed out Michael was having trouble keeping the lift steady because KMT was wagging her leg. If Michael wasn't so strong it would have come down. Their throws are now good and usually their sbs jumps are great (some probs.this yr but maybe her injury at worlds not completely healed).Their acting on the ice is greatly improved in the last 18 months.
Wasn't it a disagreement over training location/who's coach would be the primary coach that they could not agree upon? I feel like both people lost a few months of their lives but no one's life should have been destroyed.
Even a brief partnership, depending on the expectations and long term goals set out at the beginning can cause long term irreparable damage. This could negatively affect future partnerships, where no partner would seem suitable. It's difficult for a new partner to come in and try and meet those expectations, often many don't.
One of the important problems is a weak core which is limiting mostly in lifts and throws. Michael is obviously up to the challenge but it could be a drawback in tryouts re: the fear of injury.
In this video from her instagram two years ago she lands a triple loop, triple flip, double axel/triple salchow, and turns out of a triple toe/triple toe. I don't think it's an issue for her to do them as a solo jump.
