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- Mar 23, 2010
morozov's quotes surprise me. it reads like he's... how can i say this... figuratively bowing ... not to just dai but to the japanese skating world. sounds to me like someone seeking to make amends, ingratiate, or smooth things over with a very traditional asian counterpart. this is calculated towards the japanese media and public, IMO, unlike the morozov quotes i've read in the past.
Yeah funny how big $$$ can change someone's attitude. I am sure Miki's WC bonus to her coach team awarded by JSF can't hurt either.
First Hanyu goes to Orser, then Daisuke goes to Morozov. More example of JSF and friends' attempt lobbying for an OGM while trying to 'kit' their top contenders with the 'name' team. Less to do with the quality of work on the ice than about establishing what looks good on paper. Easily exploiting IJS, who's judges are conditioned to study more on the past than judging what is right infront of them due to a default weakness of a human judging system and latency effect, with a scale of value that is entirely elementary and easily manipulated.
Who says money and politics can't buy winners? This sport and the tactics by its most successful federations and winners in the past 2 years at least proves it can, or certainly it wouldn't stop people blatantly trying. People who had been disillusioned with the sport before and think it is corrupted and fixed, things like this just makes it easier to believe so.