Frank Carroll has died

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Over 200 people gathered in Palm Springs this weekend to celebrate Frank Carroll's life.
Daisuke Murakami tweeted the "In Loving Memory ..." card that has a nice photo of Frank.
The tweet also shows Daisuke with fellow attendees Gracie and Carly Gold.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1804973948041576636

Excerpt from Craig Heath's Instagram caption today:

"Celebrating the extraordinary life of @frank.carroll.121 with amazing people who had the incredible opportunity to have been around Frank as friends, coworkers or students. Sharing stories with many laughs and cries was very healing as we said goodbye to this one of a kind man of impeccable character. ..."​

In Craig's photos today, many other well-known skaters are seen among those who came together to remember Frank. Linda Fratianne, Timothy Goebel, Dorothy Hamill, Brian Boitano, to name just a few examples.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8koPSFyk4l/​

Scott Brown's tribute today:

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8kpAysRfSZ/​

Thank you for sharing this, I was able to recognize Brian and Timothy in the first link. Which one was Linda?

 

[ice coverage]

Thank you for sharing this, I was able to recognize Brian and Timothy in the first link. Which one was Linda?

In Craig Heath's eighth photo, I believe Linda Fratianne is between Craig and Brian Boitano. Surya Bonaly also is with them.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8koPSFyk4l/?img_index=8​

 

[canbelto]

He actually talked a lot reminiscing all the times he spoke to Frank and all the times he saw was with Michelle Kwan to Bowman to Fratianne and all the way through Gracie Gold.

Frank, always knew he had trouble drawing the line between coach and student and friends and I think maybe one good example of that was with Evan. I believe Frank and Evan maintained a great friendship all the way to the end. I think Evan has spoken to him the day before and had recently been out there. He also had rekindled his connection with Timothy and they had recently had spoken as well.

If you have time, I would suggest watch it because Phil does almost all the talking, and Dave barely talks at all

Think he had a harder time with male skaters. With female skaters like MK and Gracie he was apparently extremely stern and strict. But with male skaters like Chris Bowman he admits having very blurred boundaries and visiting him in rehab.

 

[tony]

Think he had a harder time with male skaters. With female skaters like MK and Gracie he was apparently extremely stern and strict. But with male skaters like Chris Bowman he admits having very blurred boundaries and visiting him in rehab.

Don’t think so. He fired Goebel two days before a Grand Prix without any issue.

 

[barbk]

Think he had a harder time with male skaters. With female skaters like MK and Gracie he was apparently extremely stern and strict. But with male skaters like Chris Bowman he admits having very blurred boundaries and visiting him in rehab.

Is a coach visiting someone in rehab a boundary issue?

 

[Frau Muller]

Over 200 people gathered in Palm Springs this weekend to celebrate Frank Carroll's life.
Daisuke Murakami tweeted the "In Loving Memory ..." card that has a nice photo of Frank.
The tweet also shows Daisuke with fellow attendees Gracie and Carly Gold.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1804973948041576636

Excerpt from Craig Heath's Instagram caption today:

"Celebrating the extraordinary life of @frank.carroll.121 with amazing people who had the incredible opportunity to have been around Frank as friends, coworkers or students. Sharing stories with many laughs and cries was very healing as we said goodbye to this one of a kind man of impeccable character. ..."​

In Craig's photos today, many other well-known skaters are seen among those who came together to remember Frank. Linda Fratianne, Timothy Goebel, Dorothy Hamill, Brian Boitano, to name just a few examples.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8koPSFyk4l/​

Scott Brown's tribute post today:

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8kpAysRfSZ/​

ETA:​

Peter Zapalo's tribute post on the day of celebration of life:​

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8lbT9iRpQ6/​

What an extraordinary gathering! Who’s Who of ice greats.

 

[canbelto]

Is a coach visiting someone in rehab a boundary issue?

Technically yes. Teachers are not supposed to see students outside of the classroom/rink.

 

[tony]

Technically yes. Teachers are not supposed to see students outside of the classroom/rink.

By the time all of this was happening, Bowman was a young adult and into his 20's. He was an adult, and it involved another adult that I'm guessing spent more time with him than anyone else in his life. ETA- wasn't it Frank who was the driving force behind Chris getting that help anyways?

I fail to see the problem.

 

[barbk]

Technically yes. Teachers are not supposed to see students outside of the classroom/rink.

I know a number of teachers who have visited students while they were hospitalized (though not, AFAIK, for drug addiction), and my daughter's preschool teacher made a home visit every year. There's creepy and not-creepy...and visiting a hospitalized student comes down on the not-creepy side in most cases.

 

[Lynn226]

I know a number of teachers who have visited students while they were hospitalized (though not, AFAIK, for drug addiction), and my daughter's preschool teacher made a home visit every year. There's creepy and not-creepy...and visiting a hospitalized student comes down on the not-creepy side in most cases.

I was good friends with the daughter of one of my teachers. He was the middle school band director and assisted the high school marching band. I hung out with my friend her basement a lot and many of the other band kids did, too. The band had a few parties there. I think he preferred for us to hang out in an alcohol free zone, even if it was a headache for him and his wife. It would probably be a liability today for him and the school district, but his intentions were good.

I think whether or not it's creepy depends upon how the student feels about social interaction outside the classroom. Some may not want a teacher to see them a medical or therapeutic setting, no matter what the reason for the treatment is

 

[overedge]

I believe Frank was also very close to Chris Bowman's parents, while he was Chris's coach, so I don't think Frank would have visited Chris in rehab if the family didn't think it was appropriate.

 

[kwanfan1818]

Nor if the rehab staff didn't think it was appropriate.