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You seriously think that any coach (especially a new one who didn't have any skaters to begin with) is going to go around picking skaters because they like how they look?
This is a perfect example of people overestimating internal and underestimating external factors when making their judgements.
I think it's a factor, body type does affect the impression left on the ice. I'm not saying it's a large factor but it is one, you may place too much faith in judges ability to distinguish the difference between being beautiful and skating beautifully. I hate to trot out the old warhorse but look at Kiira Korpi, another example would be Satoko Miyahara's lowballing in PCS last year, she was small and didn't leave as big an impression. Body type shouldn't be a factor but it is and only a foolish coach wouldn't take that into account, natural lines are easier to work with and the skaters Volchkova has definitely have naturally beautiful lines.