- Joined
- Feb 17, 2010
Bobek -> Callahan, resulting in a US title and a WBM
Ashley Wagner, Adam Rippon, and Mariah Bell all drastically improved when they switched to Raf. They were all talented beforehand, but their work with Rafael brought them their best results.
Edit: just realized this was already mentioned, I guess I’m emphasizing haha
I'm not understanding this with regard to Adam.
Adam Rippon won two World Junior Championships before going to Raf. I'm sure he felt this was the right move for him, and I have no quarrel that Raf was the best coach for him in his senior career (if for nothing else in that I believe the skater must make that decision and I support the skater's decision), but "drastically improved" results?
that was 2008. He went to raf in 2012 - where he learnt 4T. He probably wouldn't have got it if he didn't considering his age, and wouldn't have made those next GPF's
Adam's success rate with the quad was, shall we say, not consistent. And I have no doubt that he could have learned the quad just as "successfully" with his previous coaches. His quad was not the reason he medalled
I am not saying that Adam should not have gone to Raf, I *am* saying that I didn't see any "drastic" improvement. And I quite liked Adam as a skater, since a quad lover I am not.
I think he matured, found his identity and inner freedom and it translated to his skating.
Still miss her gorgeous layback spin.Angela Nikodinov from Richard C to Elena Tcherkasskaia
My memory is awfully shaky sometimes.
How soon before the 1976 Olympics did John Curry and Dorothy Hamill move to Carlo Fassi?
I think... but I'm not certain... that they both joined him about 1974. But that's been so long ago.
Considering that neither had won a WC, and two years later they were OGM's... I would consider that noteworthy.
At the 1980 Olympics, Fassi is credited with engineering the deal whereby Robin Cousins would win the gold medal over East German Jan Hoffmann, in exchange for East German Anett Potzsch being given the ladies gold over Linda Fratianne. (I don't know if any of that is really true, but it is the most commonly repeated version of events -- Frank Carroll remains vocal about it to this day.)
I think he matured, found his identity and inner freedom and it translated to his skating.
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By the way, Curry's LP performance got first place ordinals for that towering masterpiece of a performance from every judge except the Russian judge, who voted for silver medalist Vladimir Kovalev, and the Canadian judge, who voted for the bronze medalist, Toller Cranston.
Adam's success rate with the quad was, shall we say, not consistent. And I have no doubt that he could have learned the quad just as "successfully" with his previous coaches. His quad was not the reason he medalled
I am not saying that Adam should not have gone to Raf, I *am* saying that I didn't see any "drastic" improvement. And I quite liked Adam as a skater, since a quad lover I am not.