The IFS magazine article I mentioned in my previous post suggests that the FFSG wasn't too enthusiastic about this, either. But I agree, there aren't really better options for him at this point. Orser would have been great but with Adam Rippon already there, I don't think that would have worked in the long-term, to have two top men's skaters of different nationalities training together. If he's comfortable working with Guyon, it may turn out fine. They're not the same people they were five years ago, and he can always do shorter camps and training stints with other coaches, as he did this summer.

I understand your reservations concerning Brian's finds with Veronique but I think that it is better for him, coaches are not forcing leaving to become established in Poitiers for x reason because Brian wants to stay "at home "! She knows him very well, all I wish it is that they delayed very flat (their digervences of opinion) not to forget that it is it which l' discovered!
Je comprends vos réticences concernant les retrouvailles de Brian avec Véronique mais je pense que c'est mieux pour lui , des coachs ne sont pas forcement partant s'installer à Poitiers pour x raison car Brian veut rester "à la maison" !Elle le connaît très bien , tout ce je souhaite c'est qu'ils ont remis tout à plat ( leurs digervences d'opinion ) ne pas oublier que c'est elle qui l' a découvert!

Hmmmmmm, maybe this time working with Veronique will work. If I'm honest, I'm a bit skeptical, but I hope that it will work out.

Reactions on this new collaboration differ on every forum, read the purposes of Nmsis on PASSION PATINAGE (I confess that I agree with her..)


Les réactions sur cette nouvelle collaboration sont différentes sur chaque forum ,lisez les propos de Nmsis sur PassPat ( j'avoue que je suis d'accord avec elle ..)

Back to Veronique? ....okay....maybe, lol. It's not as though Brian has many choices (actually he has zero choices as all the other top elite coaches are taken). It's a damn shame the Orser thing didn't come to fruition but perhaps if Brian continues to make trips to Toronto to tune up his skills, every now and then, this coaching stint with Guyon will work out. I guess all that can be said is...we'll see.

Mary C.

And the season 2011-2012 with J. C. Simond again?

I guess the good news is that Brian has gone "green" by recycling his coaches. Didn't Veronique abandon Brian twice? That's how he ended up with Berezintsev in 2005-06. Oh well. Brian is a grown man. If he is working with Veronique again for the sake of staying in Poitiers, then he has to live with the results. At least she knows him well.

Where is Didier Gailhaguet? IF the FFSG has agreed to this arrangement, then DG should stop his complaining when things go wrong.

Didier Gaillaguet had to make the grimace but has the choice to you to him? leave Brian without coach during season because BRIAN VEUT to stay at home?
Brian has never wanted to give in on the question of Poitiers and agrees to go from time to time to make practice (Canada? USA? I will lean of the side Orser in spite of Rippon if I can say because he is one of the main internationnaux rivals of Brian).
Veronique knows Brian perfectly, she knows how "it works".. Brian should not be easy every day. It will be also necessary to manage his omnipresent mom what should not be obvious for a coach.
In ms eyes, Brian had good coaches Veronique and J.C SIMOND, Laurent comes from it 3eme position!
Didier Gaillaguet a dû faire la grimace mais a t'il le choix ? laisser Brian sans coach durant la saison car Brian VEUT rester à la maison ?
Brian n ' a jamais voulu céder sur la question de Poitiers et accepte d'aller de temps en temps faire des stages ( Canada ? USA ? Je pencherai du côté Orser malgré Rippon si je puis dire car il est un des principaux rivaux internationnaux de Brian ..).
Véronique connaît parfaitement Brian ,elle sait comment "il fonctionne" ..Brian ne doit pas être facile tous les jours . Il faudra aussi gérer sa maman omniprésente ce qui ne doit pas être évident pour un coach .
A ms yeux ,Brian a eu deux bons coachs Véronique et J.C Simond ,Laurent vient en 3eme position !