Well if you follow the thread, my original question was "what makes her a hockey genius?". He had no answer. In reply to his non-answer, I pointed out that she has never played in the NHL, so what exactly is it that she knows? or can do that is so special? What players has she had a hand in developing, that she is now being promoted? again no answer. I could make the argument that just because Gretzky is the GOAT doesn't mean he is a very good coach. It's just marketing, It doesn't make him qualified to coach. So my question still stands, what makes her a hockey genius? what does she do that is so special?
If people are saying Antropov is the first Kazakhstani to hold a player development position that was over 6'5" tall, and that he is the Kazakhstani Goat, and a hockey genius. I would find the comments and claims to be equally as dubious. I don't think it would be unfair to ask what makes Antropov a hockey genius. It would reasonably call into question why the Leafs are hiring him in the first place. Are they hiring him because he is qualified or is this just Corp. virtue signaling so that they can claim to have hired the first Kazakhstani over 6' 5" tall to an NHL management position? What experience does Antropov have in developing hockey players? Imagine if they asked him to be in charge of Player development for Goalies or Defensemen. I would find that to be puzzling, yes I would question such a hiring.
Almost certainly this is just a corp. hiring. How was she was able to study full-time to become a doctor, while being a part of their development staff? She had to have been only working part-time or a few hours a week. Makes no sense. Maybe she is just doing performance evaluation, like rating player performance using a scorecard for each player for each game, and watching tape. I don't know what this role means.
Don't use Belfry then .. he does not care he is full .. da Bellarussian who is Malkin's skating guru, and Zach uses, comes in for $500 per 45 minute session plus ice costs and he is very hard to book too .. hockey is a very expensive game for those still playing jr and pro .. da times have really changed from Smuskin for $20 fin per session when we were kids
Not a chance Dubas would pass up on the gift wrapped chance to virtue signal.
Barb has an amazing ability to effectively communicate and demonstrate at same time .. best I have seen at it and my kids have been to virtually everyone of them .. and she puts these great video/audio stride technique clips together which show you exactly what you are doing and how she wants you to change your stride in same overlapping video so you see yourself in current stride and then in your desired stride and then both strides to distinguish the difference .. it is genius really
It is not just about edges anymore it is pretty involved technically into how your ankles hips and feet all move together .. but genius is letting a guy watch his stride and overlap same guy using Barb's improved changes to his stride in his body movements and then showing him how much it increases his speed and balance by making changes and then visually seeing all of this information in real time in a video/audio clip so you can watch it on your screen later .. I have been to almost everyone who works in skating in city and Barb is best I have seen in whole process .. almost all of them go through da basics but she offers so many little extras which are invaluable .. one of my guys could never understand things straight out on ice but after watching clips and then he could see da changes required to add a half second in his lap speed and it provided motivation to get faster .. then next session he had implemented and was on to next improvement .. it is an evolving science and things are changing for da better almost weekly
