Vilify implies unjustly making a villain out of someone, doesn't it? But, as Bekalc states, noone here knows the real situation. Therefore those who condemn S/K for their conduct, may just as well be right. As most of them have repeatedly said, this is not about the split, but about the manner of it and about their current attitude. Based on the interviews posted here, S/K both sound to me like ruthless, classless, inconsiderate -and in K's case also conceited- people, acting like their previous partners and coaches wronged them horribly enough to warrant pretending they no longer exist. Correct me if I'm mistaken, but it seems clear they don't have one positive word to say about I and Z or any of the coaches, never offered any explanation or thanks to any of them, and just stopped communicating with all of them, out of the blue. I don't feel like I'm jumping to a conclusion when I find the image of them I've so far felt from the interviews, plain and simple repulsive.
First of all, where did they stop communicating with them out of the blue. Your putting a lot into that. So what if they don't want to go into the media with their reasons. Doesn't mean they stopped talking to their partners out of the blue. Where exactly do you get that.
Elena said that Nikita thanked her for their time together and said he wanted to leave. And Victoria's coach mentioned that She said it was for personal reasons, and in the interview said that they her and the coach were on good terms. The impression given that the coach knew about the possibility for awhile.
Maybe the two of them don't want to go into this major media thing about why they left.
I'd rather have people NOT talk about their personal reasons for leaving a partnership than to go into a media explanation of why. I thought the Trankov/Maria split where Trankov and Oleg traded barbs in the press made all three of them look horrific.
And my understanding is Nikita on formspring said that he and Elena had personal issues, blame him for most if you want. And he wishes her and her partner well. What more do you want. Maybe too they don't want to go into anymore of it until the federation allows them to have his new partnerships.
To answer your question yes, I did quit a job before finding another one. Nothing wrong to search first for a new job than quit, but this is not the same thing with I&K split anyway.
This was a partnership. In a partnership there are two people involved, and to take your example, do you search for a new partner without telling anything to the one you have?
Its not a personal dating relationship. ITs a business partnership. Which makes it more akin to a job employment than it does to an dating relationship.