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CHARLIE WHITE AINT NEVER TOLD A LIE! Seriously I love him and I wish he could become the full time commentator for singles disciplines on nbc
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CHARLIE WHITE AINT NEVER TOLD A LIE! Seriously I love him and I wish he could become the full time commentator for singles disciplines on nbc
Love him too ! Does anyone know what gender Baby Tanith and Charlie had- and it's name?
3rd spot of the American ladies should go to Wakaba. :runs&hides:
Don't know if anyone cares (or if it's earlier in the thread), but Charlie White makes good points and I agree with his analysis.
https://twitter.com/sasssurlaglace/status/949716580044193792
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It’s possible the illness was an anxiety reaction.....
Don't know if anyone cares (or if it's earlier in the thread), but Charlie White makes good points and I agree with his analysis.
https://twitter.com/sasssurlaglace/status/949716580044193792
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Interesting article on why Ashley didn't make the team. https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...hley-wagner-not-going-pyeongchang/1010584001/
I hope that’s an opinion piece...what bunch of nonsense
Yo........you mad Christine?
Aren't all her pieces opinion pieces, really? ]
Is Charlie even serious??? Unfortunately the judges here and at Skate America disagree. I don't trust an ice dancer's judgment of the importance of technical prowess in today's skating world.
It’s basically just blog worthy personal opinions and rather misguided if you ask me. Do people really look to USA Today for this type of ranting?
Christine Brennan has been covering it forever though so someone must be reading it.
It just seemed a little dismissive to other talented athletes. I like Ashley quite a bit but she isn’t immune to losing to younger talented skaters with equally impressive skill sets. That’s an opinion that others do share at all levels of the sport and Christine seems to be speaking down to those who don’t agree with her. Maybe it’s just my interpretation but she sounds a bit bitter that the sport is focusing more on a combination that favors the Athletics first. There are plenty of other skaters that offer a full package too and know how to use their technical prowess to show not only complex but inspiring performances. Karen is one of a long list of athletes that comes to my mind. Not saying Ashley couldn’t beat them...I’m saying they aren’t inferior to Ashley as this article seems to suggest.
Ashley had the best presentation at this competition and the scores did not reflect it.
One of the most interesting suggestions in the article is how Ashley had less training time because of promoting the sport specifically at the behest of the USFSA. There's a systemic problem with how the organization controls the fate of any skater. Nobody is allowed to go to competitions based upon their own merit, instead they have to be chosen. With the case of Ashley, perhaps she feels like she's in a situation where the USFSA used her in order to help line their own pockets and now have dumped her.