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Brian Joubert

I read in an article that the situation was difficult for him because Brian asked an enormous work, and being far of his family wasn't helping. Not sure it's the main reason of his possible return to Paris. I think he would make a huge mistake. Brian can learn him "what it takes" to be a champion, the hard work, the sacrifices as you said Plumededragon, and he can make him understand the road he chose is far from easy and comfortable. Brian also said he won't decrease his demands, and I think he's right. A champion has to push his limits, and give him to his sport.
Loosing a coach as Brian would be sad for Romain, plus he's his main pupil, he has all his attention (even with Brian's busy schedule).... I hope he will take time to think about it..
 
I agree that it would be a mistake to part ways right now. To see whether it works, Romain should give this collaboration more time, a whole season or at least some months, unless he's afraid to get injured, which is NOT the case from what I understood.
Time will tell, meanwhile good luck at TEB!
 
Plumededragon said:
Is this true? Just because he misses his family he wants to go back Paris? If it is true, I'm honestly very pessimistic about him achieving anything if he leaves Brian and goes back there. :disapp: If he wants to be successful, sacrifices have to be made. I hope he'll understand that.
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He misses his family, his friends and had difficulties to live in Poitiers. It's Ponsart himself in a video published 1 hour ago who talks about these reasons and Paris but he also says he is bothered to leave Brian.
 
Pika said:
I read in an article that the situation was difficult for him because Brian asked an enormous work, and being far of his family wasn't helping. Not sure it's the main reason of his possible return to Paris. I think he would make a huge mistake. Brian can learn him "what it takes" to be a champion, the hard work, the sacrifices as you said Plumededragon, and he can make him understand the road he chose is far from easy and comfortable. Brian also said he won't decrease his demands, and I think he's right. A champion has to push his limits, and give him to his sport.
Loosing a coach as Brian would be sad for Romain, plus he's his main pupil, he has all his attention (even with Brian's busy schedule).... I hope he will take time to think about it..
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100% agree.

Mia29 said:
He misses his family, his friends and had difficulties to live in Poitiers. It's Ponsart himself in a video published 1 hour ago who talks about these reasons and Paris but he also says he is bothered to leave Brian.
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That means he must know, deep down, that he'd make a mistake to leave. Maybe he's just homesick, that something understandable. All skaters who leave their family for training suffer from this sooner or later, but they learn to deal with it.
Romain has to learn too.
I really hope that Romain's comment was made "in the heat of the moment" and that he will reconsider. If he gives up now and goes back to Paris, that means he's not fit to become a champion. It would be a huge disappointment after what he achieved at the French Master's.
 
And its not like Paris and Poitiers are million miles away... :)
Anyway lets wish all the best to Romain for tomorrow! Brian said in an interview that however it ends, Romain will grow from this. Brian is actually a Master at learning lessons from every situation no doubt he will learn this to Romain !
 
Pika said:
And its not like Paris and Poitiers are million miles away... :)
Anyway lets wish all the best to Romain for tomorrow! Brian said in an interview that however it ends, Romain will grow from this. Brian is actually a Master at learning lessons from every situation no doubt he will learn this to Romain !
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lol, yes, clearly. When I think of him and of other skaters who lives in Canada, USA, etc... and are from far away countries, I'm like :sarcasm:. Oh well, I'm still hoping that while Romain said that, he won't really do it. He just needs more time to adjust.

But yes, I totally agree. I hope things will go well tomorrow. I've watched the videos on Facebook too, I hope for a successful competition. Not expecting podiums and such, but if he skates clean or/and manage to update his PB, it would be a success. :) And if it doesn't work out, well, he'll learn from his mistakes. In a way, it will be a win-win situation, one more positive than the other, but still good. :)
 
This dovetails with the fan meeting report sugarpova shared - Brian said basically that the French guys weren't working hard enough. And of course he's right to demand that they work for the results - neither he nor Plushy nor any of the "old guard" champions got where they were by slacking. I suppose it really depends on how much you "want it".
 
I never imagined that their work together would end so soon. :( When Brian trained in Paris he usually spent the weekends still in Poitiers. Paris and Poitiers aren't too far away from each other. And Brian complained back then that Annnick Dumont wasn't tough enough for him as a couch, so I guess Ponsart is used that easier Annick Dumond style of coaching. But Ponsart will never reach his potential that way. It's too bad Brian invested money on Ponsart's choreo but I guess he'll learn from this too. At least now Brian will have more time to focus on doing shows.
 
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Geez, it was kind of awkward watching Brian and Romain in K&C. Romain looked very nervous before the program and Brian looked like he already knew it wouldn't go very well.
 
Why did they announce it in the middle of a competition? Tomorrow is going to be even more awkward. Too bad Brian invested his money on this project, usually it's the other way around. If Ponsart had used his own money, maybe he would have stayed.
 
It's a pity it didn't work out, but I'm sure Brian will have learned a lot from the experience, and perhaps it's best to cut his losses now. I guess there is a lot that goes into a successful coaching relationship...like any other relationship, really.
 
I doubt Brian regrets it, though - he knows he did his best, and he can be satisfied with his own part in it.

Note: Meanwhile, catching sight of him, the Swedish Eurosport commentators spent a good five minutes on what an awful skater he was. Whyyyy am I stuck with these guys?!?
 
Well, if Romain doesn't want Brian as coach, it's his loss. I can't really understand why for an adult it's a problem training in other town than his hometown. I think he might soon regret it. I'm sure there will be some other skaters who will want to work with Brian. And I agree with glam, that maybe Romain wouldn't be so rash with ending collaboration, if he invested some money in it.
 
Well, to be fair, Brian never liked training from home either. However, I suspect that Brian was a harder taskmaster than Ponsart expected, or was used to. And if you aren't prepared to put in the hard work, you can't expect to get the results either. It is certainly his loss.
 
LRK said:
I doubt Brian regrets it, though - he knows he did his best, and he can be satisfied with his own part in it.

Note: Meanwhile, catching sight of him, the Swedish Eurosport commentators spent a good five minutes on what an awful skater he was. Whyyyy am I stuck with these guys?!?
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I'm also sorry for selfish reasons, I would have loved to see him in competitions. Brian was the only reason I watched the whole men's competition from the start, lol. Brian never left Poitiers because he achieved very good results, became a world champion. Maybe if he had been always 27th or something at worlds, he would have left.
 
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So here it is:
" After a few months collaboration, the 2007 world champion Brian Joubert won't be Romain Ponsart's coach after the TEB.

The contrast was striking. When in Orleans, the collusion between the coach and the skater was obvious, the distance in Bordeaux between the two was just as noticeable. After a totally missed short program, Ponsart sighs "when you pratice bad, you skate bad". Joubert revealed later that it was now "very very complicated" between him and his pupil.
The 2007 world champ reproach Ponsart among other things, to say publicly that he doesn't enjoy living in Poitiers. "Since the Master's in Orleans, some things happened in his personal life that made him feel bad in Poitiers. He had some despising words toward the city, and I can't accept it. He wants to go to Paris, that's fine, go." said Joubert who could have go with Ponsart to the European championship in case of a qualification.
It won't happen "Of course" is his answer when we ask him if the Bompard will be the last competition he will do with Ponsart. "People told me what he wanted: going to Paris and me going there sometimes. That's out of question. I always said that the conditions in Paris weren't the best. I won't go there to coach, it would not be coherent. Denis Ten came in Poitiers this week before the Bompard to train, and he said the conditions were perfect. Sure we know why we're there. It's not to shine or party, it's to work."
Joubert lived with Ponsart his first experience as a coach, and did not hide a certain kind of bitterness: "He's got potential, and I appreciate him a lot. I had lots of things to hand down to him. I gave a lot energy, time, money, and at the end there's no gratitude. I think it's a pity".
 
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