2023-24 Canadian Figure Skating

[4everchan]

Yeah.. I never watch Dave either but I'd be curious to know what Meagan had to say... Probably the same as what we said : get the skaters out more often... Don't do partial 4cc assignment... etc

 

[saine]

Also the events page has been updated to include Piper/Paul, hopefully they'll be more careful after this.

 

[Sackie]

I agree I usually do not watch TSL but when I saw that Meghan was on I did. Dave may not be kind to Canadian Skaters but Meghan does keep things real.

 

[4everchan]

I agree I usually do not watch TSL but when I saw that Meghan was on I did. Dave may not be kind to Canadian Skaters but Meghan does keep things real.

So what did she say

 

[RatedPG]

So what did she say

Her rants were on par with Nam and @4everchan; if I were you, I’d listen to it! You’ll enjoy it!!

Main point she tries to make, when Dave doesn’t cut her off, is that they need more international assignments.

 

[4everchan]

Her rants were on par with Nam and @4everchan; if I were you, I’d listen to it! You’ll enjoy it!!

Main point she tries to make, when Dave doesn’t cut her off, is that they need more international assignments.

ok... well.. we make that rant every other day on this forum.. So I will save myself from it especially if accompanied by mr lease ill comments on our skaters who are doing their best within the poor circumstances they are facing

 

[ramurphy2005]

Not surprised to see this announcement

 

[4everchan]

Sad for my beloved LaLa but then, we want Marjo to skate when she is healthy and not before. I am hoping it will be enough time for home worlds though... because that happens once in a career...

 

[ramurphy2005]

Sad for my beloved LaLa but then, we want Marjo to skate when she is healthy and not before. I am hoping it will be enough time for home worlds though... because that happens once in a career...

I suppose it depends on how severe the injury is because she also has a neck issue along with the concussion.

 

[4everchan]

Also the events page has been updated to include Piper/Paul, hopefully they'll be more careful after this.

and now.. they have to update it again lol

 

[RatedPG]

and now.. they have to update it again lol

Maybe, they will notice they only have two teams on there, and update accordingly now.
LaLa is my fave Canadian ice dance team. So, I’m sad with the news. But, love my corpse team

 

[saine]

and now.. they have to update it again lol

Already updated, that was quick.

 

[TontoK]

Her rants were on par with Nam and @4everchan; if I were you, I’d listen to it! You’ll enjoy it!!

Main point she tries to make, when Dave doesn’t cut her off, is that they need more international assignments.

She had a few more comments as well, although they may be related.

Lack of assignments doesn't just hurt elite athletes. She told a story of how parents go through extraordinary measures to try to get their children into local competitions, but they're capped and spots are taken within minutes. Children get discouraged, parents don't get to see their children compete... and they drift to sports with more opportunities.

She spoke about how cost prohibitive nationals was for locals. She said that Skate Canada didn't make an effort to reach out to local skating clubs/rinks. Her point was that even if they had to give the tickets away to local skating enthusiasts, it would have yielded larger audiences and promoted the sport in a major Canadian city. Young enthusiastic fans and their families would have been miles better for everyone than an empty arena. They certainly had notice of extremely poor ticket sales, and yet didn't do anything about it.

 

[4everchan]

She had a few more comments as well, although they may be related.

Lack of assignments doesn't just hurt elite athletes. She told a story of how parents go through extraordinary measures to try to get their children into local competitions, but they're capped and spots are taken within minutes. Children get discouraged, parents don't get to see their children compete... and they drift to sports with more opportunities.

She spoke about how cost prohibitive nationals was for locals. She said that Skate Canada didn't make an effort to reach out to local skating clubs/rinks. Her point was that even if they had to give the tickets away to local skating enthusiasts, it would have yielded larger audiences and promoted the sport in a major Canadian city. Young enthusiastic fans and their families would have been miles better for everyone than an empty arena. They certainly had notice of extremely poor ticket sales, and yet didn't do anything about it.

two valid points

BTW : i have attended events in Pierrefonds where a bunch of kids from various skating clubs were invited. So Meagan is right that they could have done the same with local skating clubs for Calgary Nationals.

 

[Seven Sisters]

But, love my corpse team

Perhaps a more flattering nickname is in order. I think of Lauriault/LeGac as the Panthers, in honor of their FD last year

 

[Heather T]

Perhaps a more flattering nickname is in order. I think of Lauriault/LeGac as the Panthers, in honor of their FD last year

I don’t think “corpse team” is unflattering. I think it means quirky and different

 

[4everchan]

Since we were talking about portmanteau names.. maybe Lale can be Pink Bride or Corpse Panther... Pink Corpse is very spooky but Bride panther may work

 

[Seven Sisters]

Since we were talking about portmanteau names.. maybe Lale can be Pink Bride or Corpse Panther... Pink Corpse is very spooky but Bride panther may work

Team Pink?

 

[Diana Delafield]

Team Pink?

Since they're that young and may have years of competitions ahead, I think any name based on previous years' programs will really confuse future fans . Although I guess it can be updated from year to year.

 

[RatedPG]

Already updated, that was quick.

And they added Piper and Paul now…
So, they did accidently leave them out. I’m glad they are competing.