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ok... my good day just turned sour - if you have issues with a particular poster DON'T DRAG DOWN THREAD AFTER THREAD. Take the issues off the board, use the ignore feature, and above all don't bicker back and forth.
Nothing to apologize. She still has a lot of work to do. Her PCS scores are just sending her a clear message, She is still only a jumping bean. Not to mention her technical basic quality.
What about her spins? I think they are up there with the best in the world.
And every time I see your icon of Caroline I want to vomit. So sad...
For a second, I thought I clicked on FSUniverse.
I always liked GS the best because even if posters disagreed and had clear favorites, mostly everyone was civil and even gracious, and the malicious trolls were regularly kicked off the board.
And every time I see your icon of Caroline I want to vomit. So sad...
That's just plain rude! But I guess this showed your true color. All your posts regarding Zhang should be read as hatred spam.
4CC wasn't worlds. Caroline is saddled with the PCS problems I mentioned which don't go away. Alissa is saddled with jump inconsistency which IS improved over previous seasons. It's like everyone in this thread can only see 4CC because it just happened, and they think nothing else could possibly happen at worlds. Caroline WOULD have the skate of her life AGAIN you say? OK. Can you pick me some lottery numbers too?
Caroline has proven herself to be quite consistent in the long program this season and has steadily improved (especially her rotations) each time out.
Rooting for Alissa Czisny...is setting oneself up for failure.
I really have to wonder if Leaver is the answer for her jumps. Linda only ever had Brian become successful. Her other skaters (i.e. Gomez) really struggled with their jumps.
Perhaps Czisny should spend time with Christy Ness or another very technical coach. Czisny has wonky technique that needs fixing. I just don't see her absorbing Boitano's technique---their styles are so different. Chen Lu worked with Ness---and she always stalled in mid air before starting to rotate her jumps. I could see Ness fixing Czisny's unusual technique (and possibly Zhang's.)
The very question raised by the topic would certainly apply to any skater who had dreams of making a world team.
The description of Caroline Zhang and all the others with that dream is
disappointment
over and out already.
I could see Ness fixing Czisny's unusual technique (and possibly Zhang's.)
Yes, Caroline is the first alternate. It is her responsability to keep her mule-kick in top form. I wonder if she will do any Stars on Ice shows. I may have to smuggle in my Nikon SLR and telephoto lens.
Caroline says Sondra Holmes has been her jumps coach (and she was her main coach up until Li took over, wasn't she?), but that now she's looking out for a new jumps and footwork coach (about time!) -- but no talk of leaving Li as her main coach. She also said that she's going to work on her speed, and on fixing her flip and lutz, in the off-season. And she said she's been stroking with the pairs guys in the rink to gain some speed (also she's been practicing SBS jumps and the throw 2R for fun, I hope she's just doing it for fun until she can go no farther with her singles career, as I think she still have a lot of room for improvement!).