2011 Coach of the Year

ljaeren · May 13, 2011

The United States Figure Skating Association has posted the nominees for 2011 Coach of the year. Which coach do you think is most deserving?

Carla DeGirolamo
Tammy Gambill
Saga Krantz
Dalilah Sappenfield
Yuka Sato and Jason Dungjen
Igor Shpilband and Marina Zoueva
Tom Zakrajsek

dorispulaski · May 14, 2011

How can it not be Zueva & Shpilband? The entire World's podium was their students! Plus they also had the 9th place team (C&Z) and Tobias and Stagniunas had a great debut. This is particularly remarkable in dance, since never before had there been an all North American podium. Furthermore, 2 years running, Z&S students have won Worlds. Before V&M's win in 2010, there had never been either a Canadian or American winning team.

Plus they are the absolute exemplars of how to be supportive of their students and of how to maintain a good working environment for all their students, not just the number one team.

blue_idealist · May 14, 2011

dorispulaski said:
How can it not be Zueva & Shpilband? The entire World's podium was their students! Plus they also had the 9th place team (C&Z) and Tobias and Stagniunas had a great debut. This is particularly remarkable in dance, since never before had there been an all North American podium. Furthermore, 2 years running, Z&S students have won Worlds. Before V&M's win in 2010, there had never been either a Canadian or American winning team.

Plus they are the absolute exemplars of how to be supportive of their students and of how to maintain a good working environment for all their students, not just the number one team.

Yeah, exactly, although I really like Sato and Dungjen too.

dorispulaski · May 15, 2011

Well, there is next year for Sato/Dungjen.
And while Alissa did great, Jeremy should not have finished 4th at US Nationals. So yes, this year, I'd give it to Z&S.

The clincher is the great senior debut of the Shibutanis with a bronze medal at Worlds. Plus Lichtman & Copley won the bronze at Junior Worlds. And D&W won the GPF (only 2nd time for a US couple, and they won it for the first time last year) & won 4CC's. In fact, what else could they have done this year?

ImaginaryPogue · May 19, 2011

dorispulaski said:
How can it not be Zueva & Shpilband? The entire World's podium was their students! Plus they also had the 9th place team (C&Z) and Tobias and Stagniunas had a great debut. This is particularly remarkable in dance, since never before had there been an all North American podium. Furthermore, 2 years running, Z&S students have won Worlds. Before V&M's win in 2010, there had never been either a Canadian or American winning team.
Plus they are the absolute exemplars of how to be supportive of their students and of how to maintain a good working environment for all their students, not just the number one team.

Bourne/Kraatz won in 2003.

Point still stands, though.

dorispulaski · May 22, 2011

True-Somehow I had erased the win of B&K from my memory banks, since I completely hated their FD, and the the best OD for me was Denkova/Staviski's Baroque (of course, the judges didn't agree).

mikiandorocks · Jun 17, 2011

dorispulaski said:
True-Somehow I had erased the win of B&K from my memory banks, since I completely hated their FD, and the the best OD for me was Denkova/Staviski's Baroque (of course, the judges didn't agree).

I agree. Eventhough I've always been a fan of B&k, they got their gold medal precisely in the year I found them boring. Go figure. lol

In what concerns the poll, my vote goes to Igor and Marina. For me it's just to obvious

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Carla DeGirolamo

Tammy Gambill

Saga Krantz

Dalilah Sappenfield

Yuka Sato and Jason Dungjen

Igor Shpilband and Marina Zoueva

Tom Zakrajsek

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