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- Dec 7, 2017
Oh yes I completely agree - I wasn’t talking about the direct competition as IAM teams are used to that, I was talking more about the baggage that a former Russian ice dance team linked so closely to Russian Fed shenanigans because of Eteti might bring to the atmosphere of the practice rink.I mean direct rival teams have trained and thrived in IAM for years like V/M, P/C etc. Moreover, D/S aren't even close to any of those for current teams to be really worried about unless their feelings is due to prejudice, personal or political or what ever it is that prevents them from being professional then it is their issue and not IAM to canoodle them.
You are right, it’s not for IAM to canoodle them - I made the comment as I’m not sure how well Russian ice dance teams vibe with other ice dance teams in general (I love a lot of Russian ice teams so again think this is more of a symptom of Russian Fed shenanigans).
For example I know Nadia Bashynksa said she was enjoying not having to listen to Russian teams talk smack about her in front of her face when they didn’t realise she could understand them. Im sure Diana and Glen are lovely people, I’m just saying the Russians, for better or worse, bring a lot of baggage and that can have an affect on practice atmosphere. IAM obviously thinks this won’t be the case!