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Bardei?Who is available?
Bardei?Who is available?
A rather flaccid response from Mr. Bilodeau.
However,I find it difficult to become significantly invested in these "rent-a-Russian" teams one way or another. Que será que será.
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It is a chicken $hit way of handling things. Totally self absorbed and self centered.Well it sounds like he has no stomach for facing those most affected by his decisions until he has already "gone public". Perhaps he feels somehow cushioned from the backlash that way or is somehow afraid he might cave in to them? Maybe he just wants to make sure he is first to the media so he get to present his spin on the situation before the others have time to digest and make their own statements? No idea really but I think this is called getting out in front of the situation. Good media strategy but bad relationship strategy?
Yes, it really is easy to judge when the guy announces exactly what he did and why. Twice.It's easy to judge for behind your screen.
I also would have preferred a more turgid--if not actually erect--response.A rather flaccid response from Mr. Bilodeau.
However,I find it difficult to become significantly invested in these "rent-a-Russian" teams one way or another. Que será que será.
-BB
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Do you seriously have nothing positive to say? Do you only watch to denigrate skaters?
It is a chicken $hit way of handling things. Totally self absorbed and self centered.
It’s interesting, in Duhamel/Radford’s book, Eric is very open saying that he had the try out with Meagan behind his existing partner’s back. He felt the opportunity with Meagan was too high to pass up, but worried because of their size that it wouldn’t work at all and would be scrapped after one try out. His reasoning was, no need to upset the existing partner if this doesn’t work out with Meagan. And if I can’t skate with Meagan, then at least I’ll still have a partner. I don’t see anyone going around saying his a monster the way they do with Charlie.
I thought it was odd that he made sure to say, essentially, 'I never really liked skating in the first place.' Ok. Good luck, Charlie.
Same with business relationships. Do you tell your boss you're not into your job and are thinking about other options or do you let them know only when you have decided to leave? There are a number of psychological and human nature explanations why we often organically follow this sort of path.
She has mentioned a few times that she wants to continue to skate for Canada and there is no way Harley would be able to get Cdn citizenship in time for the Olympics. I do agree he is very good though.Harley Windsor, but I doubt she'd be able to get Australian citizenship in time for the Olympics.
She has mentioned a few times that she wants to continue to skate for Canada and there is no way Harley would be able to get Cdn citizenship in time for the Olympics. I do agree he is very good though.
ITAIt's highly unlikely that Harley, being an Indigenous Australian man, would apply for Canadian citizenship in the first place, so if Lubov wouldn't be willing to apply for Australian citizenship she couldn't be an option for him after all.
I'm really not getting the outrage here. It seems some think that this article was how everyone on his team found out. It isn't. It was written prior to him informing Lubov & Richard, but it wasn't published until after.
Um... Except Cirque isn't doing so great at the moment. I sure hope the company will make it through the current crisis, but currently it is "working with restructuring advisers to address a cash crunch and its roughly $900 million in debt" and "Cirque du Soleil’s layoffs affected more than 4,600 employees, or about 95% of its workforce", etc.Honestly, I think she would be better off going back to Cirque.
You presume there will be a Cirque to go back to....I really enjoy Lubov's skating but the reality is she rarely lands her jumps. Honestly, I think she would be better off going back to Cirque.
He did though, as others have said. He said that he started writing the statement before telling them, but he's clear that he had told them before it was published. From the translation posted earlier:The only way that analogy works though is if he had actually told his partner or his coaches his decision before we went public with the information. If we put it in a work context, it would be like simply not giving notice and just not turning up at your job and then maybe changing your status on facebook to "unemployed".
Lubov and Richard have now been advised. It's not ideal to make this kind of announcement by video conference, but with the confinement, I had no choice.
That would require us most of us responding to have been interested enough to actually read his book.
Now that you shed the light on that; that’s pretty despicable of him. I mean glad it worked out for him and all, but it’s still underhanded and cowardly. It was the smart thing to do for his benefit, but it’s far from admirable.
Sure. He should’ve refused a chance to be a top-tier competitor and champion and be “more admirable”
I swear, sometimes you people are mind-boggling
Maybe not but I think calling it “despicable “ and “cowardly” is pretty harsh and over reaching.And it's "mind-boggling" the way "you people" can't seem to read what is written when responding. It's not him trying out that's the problem. It's the sneaky way he did it behind his partner's back and used her as a safety partner in case it didn't work out with Duhamel. Listen, people do all kinds of things for ambition and success. Bravo to them, but some times people do less-than-admirable things to get it and let's not pretend the ends justify the means for their behavior. It's a one of those things where you weigh your options and sometimes you do things that aren't very nice to get what you want. It's the price you pay, but if you're going to write a book and talk about it, then it's fair to comment on the behavior you're telling the world. I didn't say he made the wrong decision, but do you think doing it the way he did was the only option? It may have been the best option for him for his own self-interest, but it wasn't the only way he could have went about it.
True..He said Lubov had been asking for them to have a virtual meeting with Richard Gauthier about planning the new season and he could not put it off any longer so he had the meeting with them and told them he was finished..That was in the afternoon and the next morning the media showed it.He did though, as others have said. He said that he started writing the statement before telling them, but he's clear that he had told them before it was published. From the translation posted earlier: