I understood that Trankov meant himself as a coach to be ignored and laughed at and etc., he was not talking about T/M. Perhaps he already regrets the tweet... He was so emotional after T/M skated....its understandable. Why so much attention on one tweet??
In fact, it is believed by many that TM improved their mental stability exactly due to the conducive climate created by Eteri. Also, TM always stress that she gave them a better understanding of what systematic and well-structured training is about, and more sense of discipline,too
I think T/M struggled even before "Mozer dumped them." They become Russian #1 on the heals of the sudden demise of S/K. It was thrusted on them unexpectedly and they just weren't ready for it. They have been struggling ever since that moment even if it wasn't immediately apparent
I know all about their history, I’ve been following them since 2016 I think. But I don’t know what to make of Trankov’s post. Is it about him or about them? The wording’s just confusing. He’s there with their silver medal, taking about how they ignore you and fight you… I never got the impression TM have been ignored. Does he mean since Moskvina’s two pairs turned senior? Ignored by the RusFed or the international judges? Or is he talking about himsef?
I think it is about both Trankov and T/M? I only follow pairs very casually but I recall T/M really struggling for the past few years, not able to put together 2 clean programs, and I think they came into this Olympics as Russia’s #3 pair even though they are actually the veterans. Probably the Russian media has been quite critical of them and Trankov as a coach. Anyway it was wonderful to see it all come together for them today. I’m glad Trankov is thrilled about winning silver and not complaining about “losing gold.” That’s the right attitude.
There might be quite a variety of things implied))) Self-centered as he is, I would expect Max to mean all those ironic remarks people had been making about him not being a real coach; being more preoccupied with Instagram posting, taking part in skating shows etc than actually working with TM.
Agreed. B/K's music just dragged on and on. I like Malaguena, but there was something about the way they skated this where I was like "is it over yet?" Love Dmitri's jumping on the rink boards though! At least he's enjoying himself!
But the pressure would still have been on the side of S/K to carry Russia not T/M. The Russian fed. stubbornly still considered them #1 even if T/M technically were doing better (and very likely so did Mozer). T/M could just do their own thing without extra attention on them and I think they preferred that. After S/K were out T/M had to shoulder the pressure and spotlight all on their own. They become "Russia's sole great hope." Big difference then being just one of two possible medalist for the country
I honestly think you're reading way too much into this. His pair didn't have ice to skate on, no one believed they could skate two clean programs in a competition, mental prep was a massive struggle, fed finally gave up on them and started supporting M/G as their no 1s, and when all was said and done, T/M came out on top. Plus they're probably like family to him at this point. So he's celebrating this silver medal as if it was gold for them.
And yet only 7 tech points behind the Italians. There should be a bigger gap between them and the Italians.
LOL. That's kind of self-centred. It wasn't him who skated this time. He won in 2014 and got all the glory for it. Hope he doesn't take attention from T/M, because they deserve all the love ad respect, though I have no doubt he was important in their succes.
I’m quite surprised as well. 117 seemed really low for that skate. I think the tech callers seem to be quite inconsistent. Nothing new.
