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This has nothing to do with potential. Most people know that Hanyu has potential to win OGM. Sadly this is more politics and money. For example, Brian Orser, Jeffrey Buttle, and Javier Fernandez all belong to IMG. Hanyu does not. IMG has been pursuing Hanyu since last year, but Hanyu does not want to be part of IMG. This is why Fernandez gets all the IMG support and can go to Japan Open and make a documentary to be shown on NBC. Since IMG still can’t get Hanyu until now, it’s not a surprise that Orser and Co. are favoring Fernandez.
Seems there will always be reasons for a coach of multiple skaters to need to pick one event over another. I don't think Yuzuru was at all handicapped by having the seemingly always positive David Wilson by the boards.
Wilson is not a technician ...
Independently from the results, from a psychological perspective it must be very frustrating to be a teen top skater and to know that you'll always be your coach's second choice!
It's a destiny for Yuzu to have to struggle against unlucky circumstances. He doesn't deserve it at all ....
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I doubt that Wilson being at the boards instead of Orser is causing a problem for Hanyu. He chose to work with Orser understanding that Fernandez was also his student and I seriously doubt that who was travelling with whom was not discussed with the skaters.
Regardless of the reasons, all a skater needs at the boards during a competition is someone who they are comfortable with, who has experience dealing with skaters in high pressure situations and who can lend support and encouragement. If the skater still needs technical overhauls during the competition, no coach is going to be able to help them with it. The said, David Wilson might not be known as a technical coach, but he's more than competent and more than capable of keeping a skater on track during a competition.
I doubt that Wilson being at the boards instead of Orser is causing a problem for Hanyu. He chose to work with Orser understanding that Fernandez was also his student and I seriously doubt that who was travelling with whom was not discussed with the skaters.
Here's Anna Pogorilaya's SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av4BSaAsH1A
Really, Anna has come a long way since Junior Worlds
This "Prima donna with a sensitive soul" routine has lost it's charm.
It's not Yuzuru's problem but some of his fans'.
giulia95, I think you can stop now. Even though as you claim Orser and IMG might chosen to favor Fernandez, who’s in their same company, so what? The result already came out, and Hanyu already overcame all those problems as you mentioned – IMG, coach not with him, etc. and beat Fernandez and all other men who have shown up in the early season. So you should be satisfied and stop, right? I hope you can go back to the fan fest thread to celebrate instead of debating with others here.
Yes, she has. At JW I was not especially impressed with her. Now I think that if Tukt and Sot keep having issues, she can definitely be in the mix for Sochi.