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Well, there are exceptions especially when the choreographer also happens to be the coach of the said skater, it happens. Also, when a skater significantly alters his/her program content as is often the case towards the end of the season due to a number of reasons such as injury / technical upgrade or downgrade, they often go back to their choreographer to "touch up" their programs. It is not unheard of that some choreographer like Nichol would demand that a skater first demonstrates certain technical ability (usually the proof of being able to include certain jumps) before she would agree to alter or adapt the choreography accordingly. While what you said is true most of the time, when skaters decide to add big jumps that require longer than normal set up times such as Triple Axel for ladies and Quads for men - the alteration of jump layout cannot be done in isolation with respect to the choreography. Since I skip BoP's posts, if he did claim that jumping layouts can be easily changed for the purpose of increasing PCS - that's nonsensical. Changing jumping layout may impact CH if the previous layout presents some noticeable obstacle to maximizing ice coverage (i.e. jumps doing successively near or around same little corner with little to no variation) or if the layout bunches jumps all together with nothing in between (see Ksenia Makarova's 2010 World FS as a prime example of such offense). Changing the order of execution of the jumps themselves is a non-factor on its own.
Excellent post wallylutz. Yes, coach/choreographer does change the dynamic. And a small correction: BOP was changing jump layouts to increase base value, not PCS, and to pick up the post 2:30 bonus. He was also suggesting extending spins and holding landings longer for effect, and when I questioned where he was going to get the extra time to do this, he insulted me. As for the order of execution of the jumps, there are multiple considerations involved.
Other moments in BOP's posts which made me chuckle: Choreography doesn't change from the start of the season to the end. And choreographers would be flattered that their work inspired him to make changes. Riiiiight.