My two cents on Victor as a coach vs. competitor
Might be an unpopular opinion, but hereās my two cents. I donāt think Victor is the best coach, and maybe barely even a āgoodā coach- weāve seen twice when Yuri has told him to āstop sounding like a coachā or something like that as we see here:
Victor is, however, GREAT as a choreographer and competitor. Heās done amazing choreography for Yuri and Yurio, who were able to perfect them through mostly, themselves. Yurio did so through his own coaches (who probably told him stuff like to lift his arms for more points) as well as his own stubborn determination, and for Yuri- Victor did not even push him in the first place to do that quad flip. It was Yuri that wanted it and pushed for it. Although Victor definitely helped him a lot behind the scenes Iām sure.Ā
In the end, Victor was great in motivating Yuri, and being able to give him that confidence that he CAN win and amazing routines. And yes, he was able to give advice and cheer him up a lot, but letās face it- heās not the best coach, when we compare him to Yakov and Lilia, who really seem like they know what theyāre doing very well.Ā
Yes, Victor is ānewā to the coaching game, but I think right now, he has regained the motivation he needed to be a competitor. He has seen how his routines were able to be perfected by Yuri and Yuurio, and maybe he needed that push too himself to move on as a skater. Maybe he needed to try something new.
But NOW, with Yuri and Yurio having used his routines to have surpassed his records, theyāre all almost on the same level now. Now itās not to really compete with theĀ ābest versus the best.ā But we shall see!
All good if people think differently:) Just my two cents!