I thought about ignoring this, because comments like these belong in long overdue to be created "my personal problems with Eteri" thread.
But I want to say that people sometimes go to extremes to vilify a certain person, because it's something people tend to do, see things as extremes, people either see someone either as an angel or a devil. I am not going to say she's perfect, but debunking a few myths is worthy.
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I'm sorry i was not been able to reply to this comment sooner (life, work, university,... kept me away from PC and i forgot about it).
That post comes from a big misunderstanding: you think my view is similar to that video and i personally don't share that "evil Eteri" rhetoric, i believe most of the things she does are due her style of managing her group which leads her to many of those difficult decisions (keeping skaters when you have that large group, what kind of skaters are worth pushing to maximize results internationally,...).
I admire her working ethics, and she pushed the sports forward more than any other coach i've seen at least in the past 20 years. We went from clean consistent 7 triples programs all the time, backloaded programs, insanely difficult transitions, arms variations and now even quads in ladies in a matter of 4-5 years. If it wasn't for her we would have seen some of these improvements maybe only 20 years from now.
Results speak for herself, no matter what every year she has skaters who win everything in juniors and seniors. I have never seen this level of consistency from other top coaches like Brian Orser, Raf, Mie Hamada.
Beyond that all her skaters still keep a good packaging, they all skate with insane speed, there are no gaps in their programs, transitions are always great, and you can see the attention to details even with spins. I don't share the opinion old time figure skating fans often have that skating used to be more beautiful in the past: it wasn't, programs were so empty, and you had to be excited for a 3T with 30 seconds of preparation and no transitions. Skaters now skate much better with far more speed, better spins, there are no gaps in programs which artistically it should be appreciated more.
That said i personally think Mishin's coaching style is far healthier for the athletes (and maybe for the sport too), although certainly not as efficient in terms of results: he teaches a technique that can last, he believes in long lasting skaters, and he is willing to work with less talented skaters and make them relevant or wait for them during the rough periods. We have never seen that from Eteri throughout the years and i'm worried things have gotten worse now that she has more power: in the past they used to work with all kinds of skaters, while today it very much feels like cherry picking: they keep only the best talents and trash the others, and that is something we saw from other russian coaches before her in the past.
You mentioned Tuktamysheva and yes she faced her rough moments during puberty, her body changed, but the coaches were always there, they reworked all the jumps and she has been able to survive through that and now she is still a top athlete in this sport, while pretty much all her old competitors from the junior or early senior days are all retired by now.
My post was more highlighting the pattern of Eteri-Sergei's coaching style which you can see it across all the different interviews, results and from the athletes also, to understand strenghts and weaknesses from that group and make educated guesses on what we should expect going forward. I'm not saying their methods are bad, just not for everyone, and there is still room for improvements.
I don't think she will have any problems. She continued to participate in competitions as normal after that incident. If it was happened when she was 20 years old let's say, by being part of the national team then maybe, but she is young and mistakes happen.
Hmm worth noting after that incident judges start do lowball her PCS hard compared to her competitors.
. Might I ask who brought you into the sport?
