Thanks for posting this...I've been watching videos of Christopher's skating, and this "fluff" piece was interesting to see both for Christopher's comments and Frank Carroll's. What a great skater he was, and my impression is also that he was a decent person who unfortunately was destroyed by drugs and alcohol. Wish he could have been helped in time...
Well, he is endeed remembered for being great but he is also remembered for becoming one of the greatest trainwrecks ever. I don't think Frank is eating his words at all, he was trying to do his job just as Burka, Cranston and Nicks did. What I feel is that none of them understood what he really needed: understanding. He could had got the competitive record everyone expected him to have with less preasure from everyone.
Totally agree! He was under a lot of pressure to succeed after Brian Boitano. Christopher is a different skater. He needed a coach that can help and motivate him in a positive way. I just don't understand why all his coaches didn't try to help him with his drug addictions and later on diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Maybe they did. I don't know. I never saw his parents being interviewed. So true about he really needed understanding and empathy from what he was going thru. He wasn't getting that type of help as he should have.
@debabe7 Yeah i'm sure Dick Button with his multiple World championships and two count them two Olympic gold medals was jealous of Christopher Bowman. He hated to see someone with that kind of talent just waste it like Bowman did.
Thanks for posting this...I've been watching videos of Christopher's skating, and this "fluff" piece was interesting to see both for Christopher's comments and Frank Carroll's. What a great skater he was, and my impression is also that he was a decent person who unfortunately was destroyed by drugs and alcohol. Wish he could have been helped in time...
How ironic this piece is, in light of all that happened. And how very sad.
Well, he is endeed remembered for being great but he is also remembered for becoming one of the greatest trainwrecks ever. I don't think Frank is eating his words at all, he was trying to do his job just as Burka, Cranston and Nicks did. What I feel is that none of them understood what he really needed: understanding. He could had got the competitive record everyone expected him to have with less preasure from everyone.
Totally agree! He was under a lot of pressure to succeed after Brian Boitano. Christopher is a different skater. He needed a coach that can help and motivate him in a positive way. I just don't understand why all his coaches didn't try to help him with his drug addictions and later on diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Maybe they did. I don't know. I never saw his parents being interviewed. So true about he really needed understanding and empathy from what he was going thru. He wasn't getting that type of help as he should have.
@debabe7 Yeah i'm sure Dick Button with his multiple World championships and two count them two Olympic gold medals was jealous of Christopher Bowman. He hated to see someone with that kind of talent just waste it like Bowman did.