Wow, so many posts since I checked this thread the last time. I thought there was something new, but instead, there I see the same accusations from both camps, so I would like to add my 2 cents (and apologize for a long post).
First of all, I'm very neutral towards Evgenia, I appreciate highly her determination and decision to continue and fight, I believe Orser as her coach was an extremely smart choice and I sincerely believe some of her fans who present her as a lost abused victim are doing her very bad service. That said, although Tinami probably exaggerates quite a bit, I think she makes some very valuable points.
The same goes with Tutberidze, while I disapprove some of her training methods, I find some of the accusations ridiculous. And I have huge respect for what she's achieved, especially considering the circumstances.
Remember how many people were offended when she described her "factory, where she creates the perfect product" ? Well, the same people criticise her now of not being professional because she got personally attached to a skater. The problem is if you do your job well, as a coach, you give tons of your energy, of your soul, you're not only teacher, you're also psychologue and mentor and a lot more.
Everything Zhenya has achieved until the Olympics (and imho until now, even if I know some people will argue this is a "new Zhenya", I see our "old Zhenya" with some minor changes, both positive and negative) is mostly thanks to Tutberidze and her team. And this is the reason, why I find it unacceptable to leave the way she did. It is not about flowers. I guess some posters don't understand the flowers are just metaphor for a proper, polite goodbye. Would she come personally and say to Eteri " I believe you undermined me, you didn't do maximum for my win, you messed with my health (or any other reason) so I decided to leave, but I want to thank you for the huge work you've done for me during the past years, for the experience I have now and for my titles" this would be an absolutely correct way of departure for me. To leave without announcing it personally can have only a few explanations: 1) complete lack of polite behaviour and arrogance 2) absolutely weak personality where the person prefers to hide and disappear or find an excuse, rather than to face the situation, as painful as it can be 3) intentional revenge 4) or a combination of few reasons. Sure, I don't know what happened behind the scenes, but even the bad behaviour of the other doesn't mean you should act the same....quite opposite....why not to be better? why not to leave as a moral winner ?
Second, I think people analyse too much that sentence about "Zagitova staying in junior". I can absolutely believe Zhenya said it. It was right after her skate, extremely emotional situation, the joy of skating well, sadness because she felt her dream is gone, pain, fatigue and tons of other feelings...I can absolutely see this as a spontaneous, desperate, emotional reaction...and I see nothing wrong with it. It is not as if she asked this in May 2017. Now, I see many people understand this as Eteri wanting Zhenya to look bad. For me, that sentence was just a part of the explanation about what happened right after the Olympics = "Evgenia was extremely lost, desperate and sad about losing". Nothing more or less and I would never expect it will be discussed so much. I guess we all say sometimes something spontaneously, especially, if it is an emotional situation.
On the other hand, if you believe what Tutberidze said was meant to hurt Evgenia, we should probably take the same measure for Zhenya's interviews as well. To state, Eteri plays victim while Evgenia never made any negative comment about Tutberidze is wrong.
You can say :
"I have started to concentrate more on my body, diet and being healthy and I'm grateful because Brian supports this" (= with age, she's more and more aware of the importance of good nutrition)
Or you say:
"Now I eat well which is great, because before I didn't and I didn't even drink" (= that evil Tutberidze made her suffer and even caused health issues)
Btw. I strongly disagree with Eteri's dietary methods, I just want to point out that Evgenia (or her team) are doing many negative hints about Tutberidze, but in a very smart way.
The same goes here, you can say:
"Evgenia decided to participate more in the choice of her music and choreography " (= with experience, she takes more responsibility)
Or you say:
"Earlier she couldn't decide what she will skate, now she can" (= horrible Tutberidze kept her as her prisoner and forced her to do what she wants to)
All in all, Eteri described her feelings during the past year, which was particularly hard for her. Evgenia was a big part of her life and the way she acted was one of the painful moments of her life. These are her feelings and she has every single right to express it.
on the floor of a French men's bathroom (which is probably pretty gross considering how Frenchmen behave in cities after drinking) ... and the token hag ... etc.
Clown car ...
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over not getting any flowers. 
