You're right, I'm sorry about what I have say :disapp: We will see what Mirai does next season and I hope that everything goes well for her
That I can agree with! Go Mirai! :yes:
You're right, I'm sorry about what I have say :disapp: We will see what Mirai does next season and I hope that everything goes well for her
Partial caption for a video posted on Tom Z's Facebook page on Jun 14: ... Mirai Nagasu does the back drop. She is hard at work at the CSWA and nearly ready to conquer the triple axel .... https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=586432568122135 (21-second core strength video) I wonder whether TZ is foreshadowing an announcement that Nagasu has chosen him as her permanent coach. Although I suppose it is possible that the video was recorded back when she was training at CSWA before Worlds on a temporary basis, seems odd that TZ would include her in his current teaching footage unless they plan to work together going forward. BTW, in the video, Nagasu looks happy and relaxed as she demonstrates her impressive core strength.
Yeah, I am pretty sure it is Tom Z. Honestly, she seems happy training with him and he seems to believe in her. I could be all doom and gloom about the whole thing but I'll try to be positive based on those two facts for now.
I've not a fan of a lot of Tom Z's past actions. But only Mirai knows what is best for Mirai. She's a grown up lady with plenty of life experience. Looking forward to seeing the results of a stable coaching situation!
That's how I am looking at it. She has the artistic goods but needs to work on the technical. Mirai needs someone to be positive and believe in her, especially after this season. I am hoping he learned how far is too far with the Farris/Flatt situations.
I've not a fan of a lot of Tom Z's past actions. But only Mirai knows what is best for Mirai. She's a grown up lady with plenty of life experience. Looking forward to seeing the results of a stable coaching situation!
I don't understand why Mirai is training a triple axel. She should be working on her rotations of other jumps.
You really believe that "only Mirai knows what is best for Mirai"?
That being asked, I have the feeling she is going to have a really great year and climb back to the top. She seems recharged.
I knew which violin teacher was the best for me when I was 11 years old and I was right.
People who start doing what they do since when they are little, a very young age, knows these thing.
Having said that I don't know what Shibs are doing. (off topic. sorry )
we can absolutely criticize strategy and performance. It's what sports fan do.
Obviously Mirai only knows what is best for Mirai, but as fans, we can certainly opine. Football fans talk about lineups and plays, and criticize coaches and players. It's part of being a sports fan.
I think there's an attitude of too much niceness in skating fandom. Is that because many skating fans are women? I don't know. That'd be my theory. But as long as we aren't making ad hominem attacks, we can absolutely criticize strategy and performance. It's what sports fan do.
Even if Mirai's choices don't or haven't recently translated into good comeptitive results
-there is no guarantee something else would have been better, or indeed that it would not have been much worse
-there is no way for anyone but Mirai to accurately account for the things that Mirai finds important that are not just results, or for anyone but Mirai to know how important these other things and results are to her weighted against one another