New article that seems to be confirming what most have been speculating
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_4072254?source=rss
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_4072254?source=rss
Joesitz said:What's the gist of the news?
Cohen won't compete in the Grand Prix events this winter, and the world championships in Tokyo next March are probably out, too. She's a bit burned out.
"I've done the same thing every day for 14 years," she said Tuesday from Phoenix, where she stumped for the ice show. "I'd like to take a little time to try other things. Ultimately, what matters is the 2010 Olympics. You have to rest at some point."
She also had a long talk three weeks ago with her wizened coach, John Nicks, about taking a year off. It seems he has been around since the invention of ice, let alone ice skating, and saw how Olympic gold medalists Brian Boitano and Katarina Witt struggled after their breaks.
Moderator edit: Because of copyright issues, please don't copy and paste newspaper articles in their entirety. Select a representative excerpt instead and summarize the rest.When Sasha Cohen dangled her feet off her bungalow toward the turquoise water of French Polynesia, waking at dawn to ice skate for four hours seemed like an ice age ago.
When she blew a line on camera, Don Johnson didn't pull a Miami Vice on her as the international media does every time she falls.
No, Cohen found slipping into the Olympics' first off-year was much easier than slipping on the ice in Turin.
She found a life.
In fact, she is contemplating taking a year off from competition. She will appear with Champions on Ice at the Pepsi Center at 7 p.m. Saturday and at Colorado Springs' World Arena at 3 p.m. Sunday...
MKFSfan said:http://www.denverpost.com/ci_4072254?source=rss
I didn't know if we could copy whole article, so that is basically, IMO, the "gist" of it!
MKFSfan said:I wonder how hard it would be to come back, even for the 2007-08 season after a planned year off, one that was not due to injuries and being very busy with having a life. Especailly with all the young ones coming up and COP being as is, I have a feeling if Sasha doesn't compete next season, we won't see her as an eligible skater again. Plus, won't Nicks retire? Who would Sasha then turn to in a year?
Lonewolf said:If Nicks retires, I think she should go back to Robin Wagner.
MKFSfan said:http://www.denverpost.com/ci_4072254?source=rss
"She also had a long talk three weeks ago with her wizened coach, John Nicks"
I didn't know if we could copy whole article, so that is basically, IMO, the "gist" of it!
Lonewolf said:If Nicks retires, I think she should go back to Robin Wagner.
mememe said:I must admit I found the one part about how the "struggles" Boitano and Witt had after their "breaks" were brought up to give Sasha an idea of how hard it would be to come back after a ONE YEAR break.
Witt and Boitano had taken FIVE years "off" (from eligible competition) when they came back (although Boitano had been doing five triple-jump programs with triple axels and triple-triples in pro comps and on tours with theatrical lighting all during that time).