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They can't explore romantic themes, but they can go a darker route.
They can't explore romantic themes, but they can go a darker route.
Haha, what would be an example of a darker route? (I'm almost afraid to ask this question)
yes they can
:x
Erm, wouldn't that rub the judges the wrong way, particularly if they're conservative? And I'd imagine it would be awkward to do a romantic routine with your sibling...
lol i'm kidding
(OR AM I?!?!?!???!??!?!??!?!?!??!?!?!?)
the shibs need to get rid of marina though. they should be the solid US #2 team but they're being consistently beat by chock/bates who've only been together for like three years.
and marina has never been as effusive in her praise about the shibs as she is about her other teams. even what she said this week about i/k, idk how they still have confidence in her
Sorry I wasn't sure if you were being serious, still learning the ins and outs of these forums!
That's what I was thinking! I honestly think with more focused coaching they could tap their full potential. If they were to get rid of Marina...they can't really go back to Shpilband? Are there other coaches that could potentially lead them to higher standings?
Well how are you just assuming that Marina's interest will be the same as it was when she was fully immersed in V&M and D&W??? Maybe the Shibs are her next main project.
they're probably better off with marina than igor at this point. at least until marina starts poaching other students, they're her only top team for now whereas igor has like twenty up and coming teams. theoretically they could go to le unibrow at detroit, but he's probably just as busy as igor at this point. you'd think that with v/m and d/w retiring, they'd get marina's undivided attention but i realllyyyy doubt that
I'm glad they are continuing too. I enjoy watching them. I just wish they had skated to something other than Michael Jackson in an Olympic Year. I really don't think it showed them well. Hopefully Zueva will come up with something a little more charismatic and inspiring. And they ARE young! I think there are many, many pieces of music that don't have a sexual connotation that siblings could skate to.
See them live. They explode across the ice. I never got them either till I saw them at Nationals; now I'm an uber.
With v/m and d/w retiring, why wouldn't she invest in the Shibsibs?
because the shibs have never shown as much potential as the other two? brother/sister teams are hard to package and the shibs are no duchesnays. that and their serious decline in the rankings since 2011....marina's shady comments about i/k show that she's already looking elsewhere for her next world/olympic champions because it's becoming obvious it'll be a battle to even get the shibs on the podium right now, let alone dominate like her last two teams did
Do you have a link to these comments made by Marina by any chance?
I'm with you on this one. I actually liked them on the same level as Meryl and Charlie, and I cannot see what all of the fuss is about Chock/Bates. Now I did like Bates with his previous partner.
I too have yet to "get" what's so special about Chock & Bates. Bates always looks as though he's bending at the waist to try to not look as tho' he's towering over Chock. It draws my attention & annoys me. I agree, he looked much better with his previous partner (Samuelson?)...they were closer in height and they looked like a team.
Back to the Shibutanis: even if they find a choreographer who can create programs that are sib-safe, it may not help them. IMO the judges look at ice dancing as a couples sport (it's not as icky with pairs since pairs don't have to gaze into each other's eyes, they're not "dancing" with each other, they're too busy doing gymnastics on ice, etc) Wasn't there a thread last year in which songs were suggested that would be sib-safe for the Shibutanis?