well, i do not know what to think of the training situation. looks to me like it is not the best.

as to brian and johnny being friends, i would love to see these two sit down and chat. i think it would be hilarious, especially with brian's charming english. and i thought the question about " being " secretly quiet " was way funny. i would like johnny to explain to me how can you be secretly quiet

Merci Gis.

This disorder in the training shedule bothers me.I mean everything looked so perfect in may when the president of the French Federation(Godness,i'll never learn how to write his surname in french lol),promised to provide Brian will all necessary conditions for his summer preparations and now Brian resembles an orphan,who is eager to join everyone but to train somehow!! Urmanov is not the worst candidate and i'd actually like to see him as a head coach of Brian,but i think it's next to impossible...
And his trip to Canada has been delayed already 2 or 3 times!!!It's a mess...

Well, its understandable- he is in a coaching upheaval right now an probably doesn't want to rush into things but just try to make things right... I'll say it again, it's no simple thing to find the right coach, especially for someone of Brian's caliber. He knows what he's capable of, and anything that would produce anything less is likely unacceptable to him. I know that's how i'd feel in his situation. Brian Orser may be a good fit, though... Only time will tell! I just hope Brian follows his instincts and doesn't let others tell him what's good or not...

What I wouldn't give to go see him training in Toronto!!! I don't know how many more times he'll be on this continent in the near future, and i'd so love to see him skate again in person!!

Indeed, it is amazing that Brian is without coach but let us hope that he found one in Poitiers (I also repeat that Brian wants to remain in Poitiers what poses a problem) Urmanov can be him but I see him wrong coming to Poitiers unless Veronica Guyon accepts coacher of him by being in close cooperation with Urmanov... On a condition that both have "burst abscess"..
And there are no advisers promised of last year also...
On the contrary this trip in Canada, I know in no way if this put back or not (so put back it does not have new free sound? humm there I doubt nevertheless)... Nastusha have you information on this subject?
En effet ,c'est étonnant que Brian soit sans coach mais espérons qu'il a trouvé un à Poitiers (je répète aussi que Brian désire rester à Poitiers ce qui pose un problème ) Urmanov peut l'être mais je le vois mal venir à Poitiers à moins que Véronique Guyon accepte de le coacher en étant en étroite collaboration avec Urmanov ... A une condition que tous deux ont "crever l'abcès" ..
Et il n'y a pas les conseillers promis de l'année dernière également ...
Par contre ce voyage au Canada ,je ne sais pas du tout si ça été reporté ou pas ( si reporté il n' a pas son nouveau libre ? humm là je doute quand même )... Nastusha as-tu des infos à ce sujet ?

Mon avis !!!

Hi everyone - I'm a new poster, though I've been reading the threads here for a while. I thought I'd share this interview with Antonio Najarro that a friend sent me. He talks quite a bit about his work with Brian and the new SP, and makes some very good points about skating in general.

http://absoluteskating.com/interviews/2010antonionajarro.html

Hey Yulie! You have a good friend there!
I especially eyed this part with a great cynism:
'I think a good choreographer is one who can identify the style of each skater, and then create a flamenco program, or something else because I also do other styles, specifically suited for his personality. This is what makes a good choreographer. Not the ones who create steps and arm movements and positions, but do the same thing for all the skaters. You have to know the skater: his personality, his style of moving, his capacity and then create the right choreography for him.'
Makes me think of a very very very generic choreographer, who is killing all the joy in skating for me..

Wow, my sarcasm did not come across at all!
I was referring the the queen of "genericness", Lori Nichol. The quote there very much explains why I hate Nichol's work now.. What Najarro is saying in that interview shows he has a much better understanding of FS than most choreographers. I loved his programmes so far and unless Brian chucks away a big portion of the choreo, Im sure his SP will be great..

Thanks for the welcome!

In addition to the section Schiele highlighted, I found the part about the different approach Najarro took to choreographing Brian's and Jeremy's programs very interesting: Jeremy gets the more complex program, while Brian will have something stronger and probably more authentic in terms of the performance needed. I think that really fits with their style of skating and shows that Najarro does indeed get who he's working with, so maybe we shouldn't be concerned about Brian making changes?

I'll admit to being a bit concerned about Nathalie and Fabian mixing a waltz and a tango for their short dance... but I'll withhold judgment for the time being .

I'm happy to hear that Brian himself chose his music. I think this gives him confidence. And I am very interesting to listen this version of malaguena with metal guitar. I don't think this is the version that Lambiel had used.

Welcome, Yulie!

Lol, I was just about to ask if this metal guitar version of Malaguena was the one that Lambiel used but if it's not it, I hope somebody can find it on the Net so we can listen to it beforehand
I would like to hear news of his LP, too!!

EDIT: I did some searching and people think it's going to the Brian Setzer version, the same Lambiel had. It has electric/metal guitars and is the only one a bit different version out there. There is already a Youtube montage of Brian and this music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMn7cjhRCfg

I did a little research about the version of the song and the most rock version I found was the one that Lambiel used so I am in a deadend. We will just have to wait to see how it will be...

Yea, I havent seen a more rocky version than Setzer one either. Im thinking Najarro's comment is a more general one, like its not the classic version you're used to but a very different version to the classic one or smth like that.