It's one thing for us FS fans to voice our opinions under an anonymous screen name, but it's quite another for a figure skater in the public eye to do it. If Ashley wants to further her reputation as the "Mouth of US Ladies' Figure Skating," that's her choice, but she'd better be willing to accept the feedback that comes along with it.
If she had Alina's skills and was capable of pulling off clean, backloaded programs, Ashley would be competing for a medal at the Olympics, without a doubt... except that she can't, and she isn't.
I agree with Trankov, 100%.
I agree with him too. She obviously wants to get attention and then acts surprised when she gets it. Ironic that people here will trash Max for speaking his mind and then jump to defend Ashley because "she's so real and unfiltered" - same w/Duhamel. They can all say whatever they want and so can the rest of the world.
Ashley coasted with very mediocre talent for her entire career thanks to a lack of serious home competition, and then expected to be handed an Oly spot on a platter. She would probably wither up & die after a week w/Eteri.