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Thank you very much.There are several comments from him about Denis in this Phil Hersh article.
Thank you very much.There are several comments from him about Denis in this Phil Hersh article.
Meh, bye Frank
I'll always hold him partly responsible for Gracie's anorexia. When he trained Michelle and her sister in the 90s, he was known for his obsession with low body weight and not eating. If you read newspaper articles from that period, they always said things like "Michelle Kwan is 85 lbs and 4'9" tall blah blah blah"
Then Jenny Kirk developed anorexia and he told her to put off treatment until after the Olympics
When Gracie first trained under him, her weight plummeted, not to mention the yoyoing of her weight afterwards.
The legend who coached skaters to World titles and Oly medals under all three judging systems (i.e., figures; 6.0 after elimination of figures; and CoP) has called it a career:
https://www.ifsmagazine.com/frank-carroll-retires/
Evan Lysacek flew from New York to take Frank out to dinner and celebrate his retirement. That says so much about two very classy gentlemen!