Well, don't forget Yags is a masculine skater with heoric style too. Tarasova did an excellent job to choreograph many of his classics.
Yes, but they have veeeery different bodytypes.
Well, don't forget Yags is a masculine skater with heoric style too. Tarasova did an excellent job to choreograph many of his classics.
Well, don't forget Yags is a masculine skater with heoric style too. Tarasova did an excellent job to choreograph many of his classics. This is a very nice move for Evan. Looking forward to his new programs.
I agree. I think this could be a good move for Lysacek, but he's not going to be as good as Yagudin at expressing himself, and he's not at that level technically, either. Yags may be a masculine skater, but he was and still is much more elegant and graceful on the ice than Lysacek. Still, the big thing is that this is an opportunity for Evan to improve and grow as a skater, and I'm glad he's making this change. I hope to see something interesting from him in the 2008-9 season.Yes, but they have veeeery different bodytypes.
I don't think any skater can be compared to another skater in style. That's what they bring to the ice as their own contribution without coach and choreographer.
I admire TT because she enhances a skater's style. She's not going to give Evan a quad lutz, but she just might find a new way for him to express himself on the ice. I think she will and I look forward to Evan this year.
Joe
The focus for me is that Evan's going to a coach/coreographer who can help him enhance his own skating. I hope, like you wrote, that she will help him become more expressive on the ice because as I see it, he needs that more than he needs a quad lutz. Has anyone ever landed a quad lutz?
I haven't really been following Lysacek extensively but why is he after a quad lutz? Looks like time would be better spent getting his quad toe and other jumps more consistent.
I'm not comparing Alexi with Evan except that they both reach out to the audience, whereas I feel the Johnny brings me into his world.Joesitz, I'm not sure I follow. As I see it, we can certainly compare skater's styles, and say that we enjoy or appreciate certain styles - athletic, musical, balletic, graceful, elegant, etc. Regardless, I do feel that Evan Lysacek, while an excellent skater in his own right, is not up to Yagudin's level, not is he likely to be. Since Alexei Yagudin is, to me, the best male skater ever, that's no knock on Evan.
Don't take me literally on that Quad Lutz I was just being fascetious. TT has a way with bringing out that something extra in a skater. Without nitpicking, I don't see much more Evan needs in the Technical. It's a wait and see what she can do for him.The focus for me is that Evan's going to a coach/coreographer who can help him enhance his own skating. I hope, like you wrote, that she will help him become more expressive on the ice because as I see it, he needs that more than he needs a quad lutz. Has anyone ever landed a quad lutz?
I'm not comparing Alexi with Evan except that they both reach out to the audience, whereas I feel the Johnny brings me into his world.
TT has a way with bringing out that something extra in a skater. Without nitpicking, I don't see much more Evan needs in the Technical. It's a wait and see what she can do for him.
Evan's jumps need a technical overhaul. He kicks up lots of snow when he lands the jumps, and his 3A is scary, as he hooks the landing and is sometimes dinged for UR. His quad rotation is sometimes iffy as well.
I agree. His 3A is just plain ugly IMO. It's funny though that I watched his FS from 2005 Nats and it wasn't bad. I'm not sure what happened but now it's just scary.
Here's my take on how this comparison came about:On another note, I do not see why Evan is now being compared to Alexi just because they both had program chreographed by Tatianna. Terosova has done many top skater's program over the past decade or so. She chreographed Mao's SP last year and sombody compares Evan to Mao!
It's funny though that I watched his FS from 2005 Nats and it wasn't bad. I'm not sure what happened but now it's just scary.
Not really for me. There seems to be a separate competition between Evan and Johnny going on, on the Boards. So many fans want a more definitive Nationals result. While I prefer Johnny's skating to Evan, I leave the competition to the judges. It's just a point of interest to me. and who knows what Jeremy and Adam will do? Maybe knock one of them out of the picutre.So long as Johnny still finishes ahead of him .
Not really for me. There seems to be a separate competition between Evan and Johnny going on, on the Boards. So many fans want a more definitive Nationals result. While I prefer Johnny's skating to Evan, I leave the competition to the judges. It's just a point of interest to me. and who knows what Jeremy and Adam will do? Maybe knock one of them out of the picutre.
I'm more interested in Worlds and Stephane than the two home town boys.
3. It seems to me that some posters are hoping that we will see a similar level of improvement in Lysacek's skating. As I see it, TT will not get him a quad lutz (Joe, I thought it was a joke, but left it to you to clarify for certain) and she will not be able to get him to where Yagudin was when he retired, because Evan, while good, is simply not that good. Also, he's five years older than Yagudin had been when he went to Tarasova. But what this collaboration can do is make Evan a better skater and probably a more interesting one to watch, and I for one am definitely in favor of that. So long as Johnny still finishes ahead of him .
Joesitz, I'm not sure I follow. As I see it, we can certainly compare skater's styles, and say that we enjoy or appreciate certain styles - athletic, musical, balletic, graceful, elegant, etc. Regardless, I do feel that Evan Lysacek, while an excellent skater in his own right, is not up to Yagudin's level, not is he likely to be. Since Alexei Yagudin is, to me, the best male skater ever, that's no knock on Evan.
The focus for me is that Evan's going to a coach/coreographer who can help him enhance his own skating. I hope, like you wrote, that she will help him become more expressive on the ice because as I see it, he needs that more than he needs a quad lutz. Has anyone ever landed a quad lutz?