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Adelina Sotnikova (pre-Sochi) to Mishin
I have to disagree. She'd probably have a better lutz, but that's about it.
Adelina Sotnikova (pre-Sochi) to Mishin
Too right about Moris! He has always been promising, but he is quickly becoming one of the top skaters.
I didn't use him as an example as he isn't a podium regular at the biggest events just yet. But, he will be very soon. The silver at the Cup Of Russia is just the beginning. :agree:
Oh, and during the Men's FS, elktra blue also brought up Adian Pitkeev as another example, who I am ashamed to admit that I had actually forgotten about. :
CaroLiza_fan
Me too!
Coaching
1. Wakaba Higuchi to Brian Orser or Ravi Walia — I thought that Brian would be great for her when she was rumoured to be moving to TCC last year, since they're so good at polishing skaters who already have a great base, plus there are a couple of Japanese skaters there and she's friends with Evgenia. Ravi could spend a lot of time on her since he has a smaller group, and I see similarities between her and Kaetlyn, so it could be a good fit.
2. Mikhail Kolyada to Raf — Raf really seems to like him, there would be no language barrier, and it might be good for Misha to have some top skaters around him in training. Plus I would love to see him work with some of the choreographers that Raf's team uses.
3. Tarasova/Morozov to John Zimmerman — since Nina Mozer doesn't want to coach anymore, and Maxim has said he's not going to be their main coach anymore, they'll need a change anyways. A lot of people suggest Moskvina for them which would be great, but she does have B/K and she's not the main coach for teams in her group (according to her). T/M clearly don't want to be a classical team based on their comments in interviews, so I think the Florida team could do some interesting things with them.
4. Walsh/Michaud to Robin Szolkowy with Meno and Sand (or one of the other top pairs coaching teams in the US) — It's nice having a good senior pairs team in Canada not with the Montreal team, but I do think they would make more progress with a different coaching team (although them working with Paul McIntosh on SS and polish is a great idea). They have some limitations due to the height difference, so I don't think they'll ever have a great twist, but there's tons of room for improvement. I'd like to see them with a high level team.
5. Dmitri Aliev to Brian Orser or Alex Ouriashev — I don't see Dmitri leaving Russia, but I would love to see him with someone who can help improve his stamina and polish the jumps. Alex O could be interesting for the stamina and jumps, plus no language barrier and he could still be a main focus for the coach, since TCC has so many skaters.
Who is Alex Ouirachev?
Who is Alex Ouirachev?
What Mrs. P said, and also he's known for his intense off-ice training and as a jump coach, which I why thought of him.
Coaching
3. Tarasova/Morozov to John Zimmerman — since Nina Mozer doesn't want to coach anymore, and Maxim has said he's not going to be their main coach anymore, they'll need a change anyways. A lot of people suggest Moskvina for them which would be great, but she does have B/K and she's not the main coach for teams in her group (according to her). T/M clearly don't want to be a classical team based on their comments in interviews, so I think the Florida team could do some interesting things with them.
Wakaba to Brian Orser.
Kostner to orser
Nastya Gubanova to Orser.
Gracie Gold to Orser
Emmi Peltonen to Orser....
Alysa Liu to Eteri.