I remember just one season of interesting programs during the time they trained with their old coaches, but I have liked all four FDs, including the Gershwin one (it was "old fashioned" and conventional, but very well choreographed and musical), and the last two RDs (the first two were not bad either) under Belbin and White. But I agree that they haven't improved much (if at all) technically.
That was my first thought as well, but at the same time, wouldn't they have made a big effort for him and figured something out, given he's been with them for such a long time?
After the problems he had with funding at the beginning of this season (The Latvian Skating Association failed to pay out the funding in time) he said he was rethinking many things, disillusioned, changed etc., so perhaps it's not so surprising. Probably he felt like it was a kind of a turning point and he needed something new and different for the last stretch of his competitive skating career. Either that or the financial and other problems just continued as was mentioned above.
I am so worried for him. He has endured so much to skate internationally. Training at 9 years old in France, then training in Sochi at 15, moving to Switzerland at 17. I am worried about his first competition next week.
