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Piel said:Maybe Tonya Harding could work with her on jumps...just kidding!
If she really wants jumps, I'd send her packing off to Japan...to Yamada. That woman can teach jumps.
Sasha Cohen Moves Back to California, Will Train with Former Coach John Nicks
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If she really wants jumps, I'd send her packing off to Japan...to Yamada. That woman can teach jumps.
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In addition to his long success as a coach, John Nicks was also a pretty fair skater in his own right. He won 4 Worlds medals, including the 1953 World Championship, skating pairs with his sister Jennifer.
In 1993 he was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame, and in 2000 into to World Figure Skating Hall of Fame (representing Great Britiain).
I just found yet another nespaper article on this story.
World skate champ Cohen reunites with ex-coach
"COLORADO SPRINGS (Colorado): Reigning world women’s figure skating champion Sasha Cohen announced here on Wednesday she has moved back to California and reunited with former coach John Nicks. Cohen, who left Nicks for coach Robin Wagner one year ago, departed on good terms with Wagner but will train with Nicks for next month’s US Figure Skating Championships...."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_24-12-2004_pg10_5
So there you have it.
Mathman
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Whatever contract they signed is between them, and they wouldn't let you know the details. I don't think that both John Nicks and Sasha Cohen just want to work 3 weeks for Nationals. They had worked together for 7 or 8 years, this time they could work for another 7 or 8 years.
When Sasha was with John Nicks she did not have a flutz or a weird change of edge before the flip. This only developed with TT and Robin Wagner. Sasha's programs with John Nicks did not have back to back lutzes and had 2 double axels.
When Sasha was with John Nicks she did not have a flutz or a weird change of edge before the flip. This only developed with TT and Robin Wagner. Sasha's programs with John Nicks did not have back to back lutzes and had 2 double axels.
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Heard from FSU that Nicks and Cohen had a conference. The article is now up on the US fed site:
http://www.usfsa.org/Story.asp?id=28317&type=news
other than the usual hype and "I want to be successful" stuff, it DOES mention that she plans to stay with Nicks at least through the 2006 winter games. (So I suppose it's not temporary.) However, given her schedule I wouldn't be surprised to see more changes in the future. (said the same thing about TT, and RW).
Edit: Stupid computer, not showing me that this was posted already. :sheesh: Sorry about that.
http://www.usfsa.org/Story.asp?id=28317&type=news
other than the usual hype and "I want to be successful" stuff, it DOES mention that she plans to stay with Nicks at least through the 2006 winter games. (So I suppose it's not temporary.) However, given her schedule I wouldn't be surprised to see more changes in the future. (said the same thing about TT, and RW).
Edit: Stupid computer, not showing me that this was posted already. :sheesh: Sorry about that.
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Okay, that sounds like a back-handed compliment to me: Robin's a great lady but as a coach, she bites and consequently, my skating bites!
Ouch!
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Can you see Sasha following in the footsteps of other often married ladies like Liz Taylor or JLo, marrying 4 or 5 times? 
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This aricle is a little more forthcoming than previous news releases, it seems to me. Sasha says (as quoted by RealtorGal):
"Robin and I are really good friends and we got on really well,” Cohen said, “which is why I stayed there even though my skating was terrible."
(I don't recall Sasha saying in her Journal that her skating has been terrible this year, LOL.)
Mathman
Edited: Threads merged. This is such a hot topic that we already have three active threads going on about it. Thanks also to Thisthingcalledlove and Red Dog for posting this earlier.
"Robin and I are really good friends and we got on really well,” Cohen said, “which is why I stayed there even though my skating was terrible."
(I don't recall Sasha saying in her Journal that her skating has been terrible this year, LOL.)
Mathman
Edited: Threads merged. This is such a hot topic that we already have three active threads going on about it. Thanks also to Thisthingcalledlove and Red Dog for posting this earlier.
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Note that it is SASHA saying she wants to train through to Torino with Nicks. Nicks didn't say anything about that.
And Sasha saying that she and Robin were friends and she stayed with Robin even though her skating was terrible sounds like she is saying it's Robin's fault that she is skating badly. Of course, leaving Robin to train alone in Connecticut by herself over the summer then limited training in the fall had nothing to do with that......
And Sasha saying that she and Robin were friends and she stayed with Robin even though her skating was terrible sounds like she is saying it's Robin's fault that she is skating badly. Of course, leaving Robin to train alone in Connecticut by herself over the summer then limited training in the fall had nothing to do with that......
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Mathman said:
It is a hot topic when skaters, eg. Bobek, Kwan, and Sasha change coaches or in Kwan's case 'go it alone'. However, this is a skater's decision. We can only comment on whether the decision was a good one or a bad one.
Whatever the full story of Sasha and TT was, Sasha was left without a coach and some decision was made to stay in the east, and which coach in the East would she choose. Now another coach change is happening and it is irrelevant to the skater who has to now commit herself to a National Championship against some very good skaters. She needs some last minute coaching and that is the important thing. Let her have that in peace.
If she wins Nationals, we know who gets the fanfare, but who gets the credit? and does it matter?
Joe
I don't think Sasha is blaming Robin, if she was unhappy in New York that would affect everything she did..I can not see how anyone could be happy living in N.Y after living all their life in California..It can be so bitter cold there in the winter, maybe she just does not like the cold. There are so many things that could make her unhappy there. I don't know about her housing in California but if she had a house with a yard, she may just miss that also. Living in a house is so different than living in an apartment. I don't see any reason she should stay where she is unhappy..There are so many things that none of us know about that I don't see why we should be saying things about what she does in her life..It is her life not ours, her business..I just wish her the best of luck.
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nuggetr said:
But she spends her life in an ICE SKATING RINK!
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jesslily said:
IIRC, Nicole went back to Carlo Fassi who was her former coach (correction requested, if I am wrong), and even continued with his widow as her coach after Carlo suddenly died at the world championships (I am forgetting the year, but it may be around 1999).
In all, Nicole had around 13 coaches total. Sasha has a long way to go to catch up with her, and most probably she never will.
Vash
