According to the Chicago Tribune's Philip Hersh (@olyphil on twitter), former US champion Mirai Nagasu has given up the 2 hour commute from her home in Arcadia, California to Cathedral City (near Palm Springs) and therefore is no longer being coached by Frank Carroll.@olyphil "The 2-hour drive each way was too much. She was exhausted by the time she got here."
Nagasu is now working with several coaches at Pickwick Ice in Burbank 'including Weldy Olson, Jere Michael, Craig Heath, Alex Chang'
Whilst Frank Carroll is undoubtedly a great coach and has added plenty of maturity to Mirai's skating (by many sources he often had a somewhat tricky character on his hands!). I feel that whatever arrangement gives the talented but inconsistent Mirai some stability and confidence has got to be a good thing!
Mirai's poor performance at the 2012 Nationals left her in 7th place and denied her any international championship assignments, but her silver medal from this season's Cup of China should help to ensure her Grand Prix spots this coming year. Hopefully then we'll see that the new training arrangements are working for her.
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