- Joined
- Jan 17, 2014
I don’t know that I extrapolate that Marin is lazy - maybe her English isn’t good enough to understand Raf? I don’t think I’ve ever seen Marin say anything to Raf in the Kiss & Cry or at the boards,etc. She gives off the impression she understands almost no English, which in a way could be construed as lazy I suppose, I know I certainly would want to be able to understand my coach. Compared to other skaters I follow with foreign coaches like Yelim with Tom or Eunsoo with Raf and her TSL interview - I feel confident they can at least get the gist of what’s happening as I’ve seen both speak English.
After uprooting yourself thousands of miles, I am pretty sure one will find ways to max things out. Besides, the skating lingo will be familiar. Triple lutz will still be triple lutz. My gut feel is that Marin is still dealing with the cultural change and perhaps some homesickness. She is more an inspirational type skater rather than the perspiration sort like Satoko, so it takes more to get her going.