edited to add: i don't remember anyone telling borser to show some grace and poise when yuna left, didn't see anyone telling raf to shut up last year either when he had some words to say about nathan and his family
That's a fair point, and it's unfortunate if these male coaches weren't held to the same standards that some folks, myself included, are holding Eteri to. I just wanted to make it clear, since you were responding to my post, that I believe all coaches, male or female, should be held to the same standards.
People often speak critically of Eteri and Zhenya, or Orser and Yuna, or Raf and Nathan/Eunsoo as if they're equals, when that couldn't be further from the case. You're comparing adults - and, moreover, coaches tasked to be responsible for their pupils - with teenagers/children. I think, given their precociousness and immense talent, we often forget that, say, Zhenya was barely 18 when she left Eteri, or that Alina is all of 16 and shouldering the huge pressures she has to shoulder. There should, without question, be different standards and expectations for coaches/adults versus their skaters/children.
It's fair to say that both Eteri and Zhenya could have handled their parting better; but you can also say that Zhenya was a teenager still figuring things out and it's acceptable for her to make mistakes and hopefully learn from them (as we all did when we were her age), whereas Eteri is a grown woman and coach in her mid-40s, who should really know better and behave with more maturity and less pettiness. And, to be 100% clear to anyone who thinks this is an anti-Eteri thing, you can and should say the same thing of Orser or Raf or any other coach who behaves inappropriately in their dealings with a minor, especially one who is or was in their care.
Anyway, in the interest of returning to skating discussion, I'll leave my thoughts at that.
I don't care about Eteri, I don't know her, I have no exact informations on her, I don't follow her in social media now, just read the articles by the journalists, etc. I just don't like if anybody became an evil by the biased fans despite we could read many opinions on her from her pupils, who don't just respect but love her....Many posters ignore those informations...
