Not 50-50, but as good a chance as the other top competitors. For Nationals I'll say 45% Michelle, 45% Sasha and 10% somebody else. For Worlds, 20% Sasha, 20% Michelle, 20% Irina, 20% Shizuka, 20% someone else.Red Dog said:You really think it's a 50/50 shot that she'll win those two events...?
Mathman said:Not 50-50, but as good a chance as the other top competitors. For Nationals I'll say 45% Michelle, 45% Sasha and 10% somebody else. For Worlds, 20% Sasha, 20% Michelle, 20% Irina, 20% Shizuka, 20% someone else.
For the Olympics I would throw in Miki Ando, Carolina Costner, Joanne Rochette, Yukina Ota and a couple of others and give them all about a 10% chance (the same chance Sarah Hughes had in 2002).
Joesitz said:When Cohen quit Nicks and went to TT she was expecting the best known coach to bring her to first place. TT almost did that, but TT has rules too, which caused the clash of personalities between mother Cohen or Sasha or both. I am not sure who and it doesn't matter. After signing up with Wagner she was writing, she is finally having fun again. After leaving Wagner she wanted to go home to Nicks. This is what we know, and the rest will be in USA Nationals and hopefully, in Moscow Worlds, and then what to do with Nicks if there is no first place. It's Sasha's way and so be it.
Joe
Not 50-50, but as good a chance as the other top competitors. For Nationals I'll say 45% Michelle, 45% Sasha and 10% somebody else. For Worlds, 20% Sasha, 20% Michelle, 20% Irina, 20% Shizuka, 20% someone else.
IMHO, Sasha's stay with John Nicks will depend completely on her results at Nationals and Worlds. If she wins gold medals at both (which, quite frankly, I don't think will happen), she'll stay with Nicks. If she wins silver and/or bronze medals at both, she might stay with Nicks through the 2006 season and train like mad for the Olympics. If she skates poor performances at either competition - two falls or more - I wouldn't be surprised if she bolts and finds another coach. After all, she seems to blame the coach, not herself, for her technical problems. It seems that she needs to find a coach who is a magical combination of strict taskmaster and fun-loving companion.
It's a shame that she was hyped as she was. If the audience had not been prepped to expect a wunderkind, they'd have been thrilled with the performances they got and perhaps Sasha herself would have been more genuinely pleased.
There are much beloved skaters who don't have half her credentials...
Ogre Mage said:If Sasha continues to be a constant medalist on the National, Worlds and Olympics podium, but does not actually win a major championship, would you consider her career to be a success? Or would she have failed to live up to the hype?
I think thus far Sasha has had a very successful career. I'm hoping it continues to only get better.Ogre Mage said:If Sasha continues to be a constant medalist on the National, Worlds and Olympics podium, but does not actually win a major championship, would you consider her career to be a success? Or would she have failed to live up to the hype?
Yes. I certainly would consider her career to be a success. I bet she'll get enough endorsements. And SOI would run quick to sign her up. The problem was with herself, last year she won the silver at worlds, the first world medal. But she looked disapointed at K&C.
Linny said:What I want most from Sasha and for Sasha is a performance that is not hollow. Please, Sasha, show us why Brian Jones wished they could all be California Girls!
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Linny said:Where did I get Brian Jones? My mind must be going...
Linny
-Originally posted by Red Dog.She had a chance to WIN, and of course in Cohen's mind (IMO) winning is everything, which is why she was so conservative in the freeskate.
Maybe winning is everything in her mind but her thinking that winning is everything, is better then her thinking that losing is everything. And I think that thinking winning is everything can be good. I mean who doesn't like to win?