She has another GP. I hope she wins it. Otherwise, I won't buy any long-term talks anymore. And what I think (just my guess after J. Brown's remark) is that everything is based on her own will of steel and very hard work. There is little that Orser is giving to her (or Borser). But even if they are on good terms with Eteri once again her coming back might not work unless she can master quads. The momentum of glory seems to be lost for good. There is a good business book on self-deception as the biggest impediment for executives. Talking now about Bejing 2022 is self-deception to me.
Talking about what Orser is giving her or not giving her is too early in my opinion. He said he doesn‘ expect immediate results, his method takes at least one year. Let‘s give him this year and then decide.
Also: She improved in her FS. It‘s visible. It‘s still in no way perfect and the lutzes are a pretty big issues but interpretation wise and choreo wise she‘s already a lot better than she was at ACI. She now has a month to improve. I don‘t know how doable it is to win against Rika, she is pretty consistent this season, has a much higher BV as well. So, you essentially say you won‘t buy long-term goals because she might lose her third competition after changing coach? Your opinion but it baffles me a bit, to be honest.
I know lots of people won‘t agree with me but Zhenya is the only person who has the right to make a decision and she‘s also the one who knows what‘s best for her. She‘s gone through a lot and I‘m sure she took her time before making a decision, weighed the pro and cons. So, I think all this “should she have gone to Orser or not“ “should she have stayed with Eteri“ talk is pointless. She is the only one who has the right to judge whether that decision was right or wrong and it‘s obvious that she won‘t go back to Eteri. She is happy with her move.
About the ”moment of glory being lost“. Evgenia is still the most consistent skater ever. Her past seasons were more glorious, obviously, but I think it‘s pretty natural that she has to face some issues eventually, NO ONE can always be perfect and always win everything. She has a lot to improve on and a lot to work but I‘m sure she knows it. I don‘t know why people are writing her off so fast. She showed that she is willing and able to fight. Yes, she might not return to her past “glory“ of winning everything but that was bound to happen eventually. I know there are plenty of issues with her programs and her overall packaging, I‘m not denying this. But to say she‘s totally done? A bit too harsh and a bit too early.
About self-deception: That‘s what makes me angry the most. She is a young woman, let her have her goals and dreams. Everyone has them, it‘s not self-deception. The quad has FOUR season, this is the first. Just because she struggles now doesn’t mean she can’t rebound and come back stronger. I don’t know how realistic it is that she makes it to Beijing but it’s HER goal and she’s willing to give it her everything and try everything she can. I’m sure she knows it will be more than hard. She’s the skater, she’s the one who has been training with Alena, Sasha and Anna co. all day long. She knows what they can do better than any of us. And it doesn‘t matter whether or not she makes it in the end or not, what actually matters is that she tried everything she could to reach her goal. I don‘t know since when having goals is self-deception.
, at least as far as TAT commentating is concerned. Yagudin and Grishin on Channel One are a lot more tolerable without TAT than with her. Or Yolanda Chen paired with one of Russian ex-skaters (she's commentating on the Russian sports channel Match Arena). With all due respect to TAT as a coach, she's among the worst Russian-speaking FS commentators ever graced the earth. Uninformative, openly biased, lots of empty talk, can be pretty rude in her opinions. Someone please persuade Ted Barton to learn Russian and Match Arena channel to hire him on a permanent basis - he'd make a good pair with Yolanda Chen...
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