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He also said to globallethbridge that he wants to show Evan how much the FS has changed! Lovely boy. I stopped trying to understand what in his brain and mouth is long time ago.I don't know... thing is I don't think Patrick realize how he can came across during written interviews, and how some of these words can be misconstrued by the antis.
It is one thing to say he hope that Plushenko would compete because it would be an honour to compete against him, then to say Plushenko should compete because he could be inspired by Patrick who does quads now and in a way he is like a mentor (what!?). I want to like Patrick more, but often at times, he does come across just a little bratty and arrogant on written interviews without all that Patrick smile to dilute the tension if you know what I mean. Given some of his faux pas in the past, including comments on Joubert and Plushy, I don't think I am alone in thinking that way.
It does't work for me, seems Patrick managed to beat or rather knocked out GS all together.
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Chan was saying that Plushenko was a mentor, but I agree that the whole motivate Plushenko line can be taken as a little arrogant. That has long been one of Chan's biggest PR problems. He says things that he may not even mean to sound arrogant, but can be taken that way. He needs to work on that.
No, not like Katia Gordeeva. Patrick Chan was born in Canada, grew up there, and went to Canadian schools. English is not a foreign language for him, and he doesn't seem to have any trouble articulating his thoughts. I doubt his vocabulary is lacking in any way - I imagine he'd be offended by the suggestion! No, his PR problems appear to be due to his inability to filter his thoughts, or a lack of interest in doing so; perhaps he'll some day learn that some opinions shouldn't be shared with all and sundry.It might sound a little too "protective", but I believe that Chan's PR problems are somehow due to his family language origin is not English origin. He says things too straight forward without ceremony. It might not be his exact meaning. But with lack of vocabulary pool to choose from, he chose the words which have stronger meaning and could be easily interpreted as disrespect. Same as how people think about Katia Gordeeva. JMO. I agree that Chan needs PR training.
Patrick has long admired Plushenko, for his quads if nothing else, as one of the childhood idols who motivated him.
Wasn't Patrick the one who said "Anyone can do a quad"?
Yes he did say that. I think he was really put on the defensive then during the Olympics, but he was correct that, as we can see, there are many skaters who can do quads, but very few who can achieve level 4 footwork. Patrick had expressed his admiration for Plush before and during the Olympics but that was no fun for the media or the public.
Having said that, it doesn't take away Patrick's and my admiration for the early quaders. It is always much harder, almost insurmountable, to pioneer something, to set a record, which then breaks the belief barrier for later achievers. It's all in the mind. Great feats are achieved by those who don't believe in the impossible. Even then there is always a limit to the belief, which is why records are broken incrementally and technological gadgets are improved overtime. The latest versions are beyond the belief and imagination of the inventors though theorectically there was enough knowledge for the current design. Evolution takes time.
No, not like Katia Gordeeva. Patrick Chan was born in Canada, grew up there, and went to Canadian schools. English is not a foreign language for him, and he doesn't seem to have any trouble articulating his thoughts. I doubt his vocabulary is lacking in any way - I imagine he'd be offended by the suggestion! No, his PR problems appear to be due to his inability to filter his thoughts, or a lack of interest in doing so; perhaps he'll some day learn that some opinions shouldn't be shared with all and sundry.
I can think of skaters whose first language is not English and who grew up in cultural contexts outside NA who were criticized when they behaved in ways that didn't fit with the NA concept of sportsmanship; if they are expected to conform to cultural codes other than their own and express themselves well in a foreign lanaguage, surely we can expect the same of someone who actually is North American and a native English speaker?
Don't get upset, Chan supporters; I don't think he makes malicious comments - at least, his intent never struck me as malicious - nor do I feel that was really out of line with this interview. And I don't think he needs to stick to cliches inly in his interviews. But boy, he could use some PR training.
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Well, somebody had to be in his corner.