Post by Angela on Feb 14, 2010 1:14:08 GMT -5
With the Olympic year already causing a buzz in the world, many eyes turned to DeVito Park to see if their great legacy of champions would continue. More skaters traveled to the Pittsburgh rink to train, which meant a lot more work for the staff. Imagine Evgeni Potemerenko's relief when he found out a new coach had applied for a position there.
"John Hamilton," Evgeni read. He was basically in charge of the rink, with Parker Janson. Like the others, Arseny Jidkov, Aleksei Ugarov, Hae-Young Choi, Angela Rabatin, and Brandi Williams all coached full-time. Alice Ordway and Christian Dwight, Bradley Rodowsky, Danil Andropov, but those skaters still competed. Their attention couldn't be focused entirely on coaching. Arcadii Kozlov used to coach full-time, but now he was planning a comeback. Timofei Lovell, meanwhile, would have been a full-time coach, but he was called into service in Afghanistan. Considering the amount of skaters they had, they were often short-handed. Evgeni knew they could use more coaches, and although they got applications regularly, few ended up staying. Evgeni often wondered why; the rink was state-of-the-art and the most successful skaters in recent years trained there. Part of him wondered if it wasn't because of Ivan Shotsky, that despicable creature. But overall, Evgeni's concen for the students outweighed the concern for the lack of coaching staff.
"He's from France," Evgeni continued, intrigued. Surely Phillipe could tell him more about him. Overall, the man had quite a resume, coaching many successful skaters. The rink could certainly use a coach like him.
Agreeing to meet with him for an orientation, Zhenya marked the date August 31st to be when the two would come face to face. When that day came, Evgeni sat in his office, going over a list of what he wanted to do for this man to make him feel welcome, and hopefully, make him want to stay.
"John Hamilton," Evgeni read. He was basically in charge of the rink, with Parker Janson. Like the others, Arseny Jidkov, Aleksei Ugarov, Hae-Young Choi, Angela Rabatin, and Brandi Williams all coached full-time. Alice Ordway and Christian Dwight, Bradley Rodowsky, Danil Andropov, but those skaters still competed. Their attention couldn't be focused entirely on coaching. Arcadii Kozlov used to coach full-time, but now he was planning a comeback. Timofei Lovell, meanwhile, would have been a full-time coach, but he was called into service in Afghanistan. Considering the amount of skaters they had, they were often short-handed. Evgeni knew they could use more coaches, and although they got applications regularly, few ended up staying. Evgeni often wondered why; the rink was state-of-the-art and the most successful skaters in recent years trained there. Part of him wondered if it wasn't because of Ivan Shotsky, that despicable creature. But overall, Evgeni's concen for the students outweighed the concern for the lack of coaching staff.
"He's from France," Evgeni continued, intrigued. Surely Phillipe could tell him more about him. Overall, the man had quite a resume, coaching many successful skaters. The rink could certainly use a coach like him.
Agreeing to meet with him for an orientation, Zhenya marked the date August 31st to be when the two would come face to face. When that day came, Evgeni sat in his office, going over a list of what he wanted to do for this man to make him feel welcome, and hopefully, make him want to stay.
