- Joined
- Sep 22, 2010
Orser: it took him around a decade to produce 2 Olympic Champs, multiple World medalists, he really helped refine Javier.
Frank: While he is a sentimental favorite, it still took him around 50 years to produce an OGM (not a very popular one at that). Some of his students were unlucky, but still... And he admitted himself that he's no good at politicking - that is very costly IMO. Denis was already polished when he sought Frank. Michelle would have succeeded under any coach, and I think so would have Denis.
While they are both great, I'd give Orser the edge by a huge mile. I see more transformation with students under Orser than with Frank. I'd like to say Frank is the better coach out of sentimental reasons but I just can't.
Orser didn't "produce" his Olympic champions. He deserves credit but he hardly created them. Both Hanyu and Kim were world-class talent with Worlds/Olympic title potential well before they went to Orser.