Read Toller's stuff

[Aerobicidal]

Good for her. Hedonism and Satanism,even by association, have absolutely NO place in a figure skating rink.

-BB

This reminds me of when my ears were subjected to the unholy sounds of ACDC thanks to Ivett Toth. I had to have my laptop exorcized.

 

[meggonzo]

As for his books, I’ll be the one to dissent on that. I tried reading Zero Tollerance and couldn’t make it past the first chapter

I just skimmed through it to read the parts on Christopher Bowman.

 

[Brenda_Bottems]

ACDC thanks to Ivett Toth

I don't know who that is,and I don't care to find out.

-BB

 

[SpeedySucks]

That’s interesting about the Bowman connection - I always had the impression Toller was fired because of the incident discussed in Kurt’s book, where Toller was critical of Kurt leading up to 1990 Worlds after Kurt’s bad performance at Canadians and the world “disgrace” was thrown around. Toller wasn’t coaching Bowman at that point. But I guess it didn’t happen right after that because Toller was still doing commentary by 1991 Junior Worlds, so he must have been fired much later than I had understood. Perhaps coaching Bowman was the last straw for the CFSA to push back after they were already annoyed he was too critical of Kurt.

Whatever the cause, the CFSA’s position was ridiculous. I have mixed feelings about Toller’s commentary (frequently hilarious, but also mostly useless at explaining to the audience how the sport is judged), but his job shouldn’t be to be rah rah Canada all the time. Unfortunately, I think we have seen the influence of the CFSA/Skate Canada in subsequent commentators.

As for his books, I’ll be the one to dissent on that. I tried reading Zero Tollerance and couldn’t make it past the first chapter.

I recently watched a few clips of the CBC coverage of 1991 Europeans, and Toller was still doing commentary there as well. He must have been fired between Euros and Worlds.

 

[VGThuy]

Which one of the three would you recommend I try out? I’m interested in Ice Cream just to see his thoughts about skaters at the time.

 

[skatesindreams]

I’m interested in Ice Cream just to see his thoughts about skaters at the time.

..that one

 

[Plusdinfo]

Which one of the three would you recommend I try out? I’m interested in Ice Cream just to see his thoughts about skaters at the time.

I think Ice Cream is the one for people to start with. The other two are more about his own life and escapades while Ice Cream is more about those thirty skaters and what Toller can share about them.

 

[Lemonade20]

I think Ice Cream is the one for people to start with. The other two are more about his own life and escapades while Ice Cream is more about those thirty skaters and what Toller can share about them.

Thirty skaters?!? Wow!!

 

[Plusdinfo]

Thirty skaters?!? Wow!!

The chapters aren't overly long, and the selected skaters are a good mix of obvious choices and some lesser-knowns.