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- Nov 20, 2015
I think that it would be good to go back to Alex for a while at least.
THIS. HE IS 4X AS OLD AS SHE IS. Clearly he's about as wise as a 21 year old! This is just utterly ridiculous. I can't believe this happened, I actually thought that screengrab tweet must've been photoshopped/faked. I can believe Gracie's angst (she's 21, barely an adult. Whether or not there are 21 year olds out there who are mature, the reality is she's still very young.) but I cannot believe Frank. You don't air your drama with your skater to national media! Heck you don't air drama with other skaters to national media!
They are done. They should've been done a while ago, but now they must be. If Gracie stays with Frank, she's staying with someone who thinks it's okay to stab her in the back. Heck I even wonder if all these mental issues that may be caused indirectly by Frank (I wouldn't have said this before yesterday, but if he's like this to her in public, imagine what he does to her privately).
She looks like a zombie, on and off the ice. Like someone tried to take her and her skating and slowly mold all aspects of her that made her different into a perfect princess barbie doll, and she slowly loses her mind. All of the bad decisions after bad decisions after bad decisions surrounding her skating were just BAFFLING. Why keep the flip in the SP? Why skate at Golden Spin when she was never going to do well? But this quote shows: it's because her team has lost their minds. Why her parents are not intervening, I have NO idea...
Coaches say less than wonderful things about their skaters all the time. Gracie is hardly the first skater Frank has made critical comments about. And Rafael has certainly not held back when talking about Adam or Ashley or, most recently, Nathan. Same for Brian Orser--some of his comments about Hanyu last year still make me wonder "What in the world was he thinking?" to say that in an interview.
While I understand the tendency to romanticize the skater/coach relationship, especially by younger fans, it's just not reality. Those relationships are complicated and we really know very little about what's happening behind the scenes.
As for blaming Frank for Gracie's mental state, based on what her mother said in interviews prior to the 2014 Olympics, she had those problems before she ever went to Frank. He may not have helped her with her anxiety issues but that doesn't mean he made them worse.
I find Frank Carroll's actions classless and unprofessional. Dumping someone when they're down in such a public way, without discussing it with them first, is just unacceptable. That's not how you do it with ANY job.
If Gracie truly wants to continue, I hope she goes training in Canton. Zueva's programs were always more suited to her than Lori's, and whatever they are doing at that rink is definitely working for Patrick so it could work for her as well.
I think Frank demands dedication and he didn't see that this season with Gracie.
Zueva might be a great choreographer but I never think she is a good coach for single skater...
just wondering what comment about hanyu did Brian made?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2017/01/22/gracie-gold-meltdown-caps-lackluster-season/96925948/
This article states Gracie retrieved the jacket from the trash. Can't say I am surprised Gracie will no longer be coached by Frank.
I think Frank demands dedication and he didn't see that this season with Gracie.
I find Frank Carroll's actions classless and unprofessional. Dumping someone when they're down in such a public way, without discussing it with them first, is just unacceptable. That's not how you do it with ANY job.
NBC confirmed Frank wil no longer coach Gracie. ...