Bigbird
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Hence why now is the worst time to make a decision like this. But oh well, hopefully she'll be fine.I think it is not fair to say that Trusova was "effing" with Eteri's strategy. She is only 15 and it's rude word to use in context with a girl who sincerely loves what she does. She and her father just have their own different strategy. Both sides mean well...
Trusova sincerely loves to jump and thinks it is her ticket to gold and her approach makes her unique among others, two parallel motivations. After all she did say "if others will start doing quads, she'll do quintuplets...
Her father wants her to be "unstoppable" and goes against Eteri's cautions and strategy by offering Sasha a new dog for learning the next dangerous jump. He and mother openly carroting a "new dog" in front of Sasha's face + Sasha's love of jumping and winning = losing position for Eteri & TeamTut, and it leads to screaming matches between two sides.
But nobody called Nathan's and Parents' choice of jumps in SP at Olys "effing" in spite of Rafik's great dissatisfaction and being right...and in spite of Nathan loosing oly medal, possibly gold.
Trusova had a tough year, she grew quite tall this year, went and going still through puberty, got overbearing media attention not just positive but a lot of undeserved negativity; quads got her several wins at GP and Japan Open events; quads got her into world records book, front page magazine covers, sponsors, and more.
Eteri and Team is not stopping her quads and 3A, she just wants her to last in one piece to Olympics, but Sasha is 15, she thinks "the more quads and 3A the more gold and fame". On top of this all..... Sasha has been stuck in the house and yard with no real outlet for skating..... Poor girl, many others would go nuts and start acting out also.....
Sasha, Parents, Eteri - they ALL had/have good motives for Sasha's future, it's just that they see different strategies to get a positive outcome. Sasha is not "effing with Eteri's methods", she is just young and eager and crawling out of her skin being stuck without skating!