I could really them working together. Even if not full time coaching, then at least choreography.
Yes, and if he trained Sasha/Anna/Alena/ whoever, from the start, they would skate well into their 20s and win everything. And maybe he would be willing to try when they are older, if they were willing to do the work to change technique.
I'm not saying I agree or disagree, I'm saying that would be his mindset. It may be wrong, he might not be able to do it, but it's not hypocritical
Thanks for that info. But I understand his older sister go to high school in Switzerland in a pandemic? I'm pretty sure her parents would want her home it needs unforeseen and unforgettable coronavirus times.
What they say things come in threes!
If you predict that one more time, it could happen, so should hurry with my testament
Oh and if Raf had a girl or boy winning major events at 15 or 16 like Eteri Angels have i'm pretty sure he wouldn't want the age limit raised.
But Raf jealous? I don't think so ....
Nathan Chen was not exactly chopped liver in terms of international results at age 16.
I can't believe I'm in the odd position of defending a coach about whom I'm so ambivalent
Nathan Chen was not exactly chopped liver in terms of international results at age 16.
I can't believe I'm in the odd position of defending a coach about whom I'm so ambivalent
Nathan maybe didn't collect medals when he was 16, but competed as a senior at nationals. Or the problem actually is "you can compete, you are just not allowed to win medals"?
About the hypocrisy concerning the age. I'm not sure how should I feel when e.g. our Eliška Březinová joined the "concerned club" about the age eligibility. After the last Europeans she gavean interview how bad it when 15 y.o. girls skate with adult skaters like her, but when you know that she started at Europeans for the first time when she was also 15, and she doesn't make any reflection of this fact in her statements (like if she would have said at least something like "I know now I wansn't prepared, we should have waited two or three years" or something like that), than I can hardly accept it.
But there's a very good chance that happens. Um, no. My head would not explode. Sotnikova is OGM and yet my head is OK.There's always an adjustment period leaving a great coach for any coach. Borser who knows this says it's a 2 year process. I think it's quite possible that Aliona and Sasha are not quite as good as last season right off the bat with Plushenko and that clearly makes Anna the favorite for an unbelievable Russian national 3 peat! Heads (nadezdanadezda) may explode when that happens!
Anna may be the favorite for the next Winter Olympics if they take place on time because she's so stable while three of the other top girls have new coaches and the adjustment periods may be long.
But at this point let's just hope we haven't next Winter Olympics in February of 22.
Poor Carolina should have been 2014 OGM (Yuna deserved the silver) and 2011 Worlds Champion, she was so underscored at these events. But she was overscored at 2008 Worlds and 2014 Worlds, her skating was atrocious there. I do not get it... Sometimes when she skated badly the judges overscored her through the roof and sometimes she skated the best of all skaters, but was grossly underscored. Go figure.
Um, no. My head would not explode. Sotnikova is OGM and yet my head is OK.
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