Some Midlander and coaches and trucks I did for my final project at Sculpture I did last week, everyone loved it, someone even took photos itโs was worth the wheels constantly breaking off-
Bonus: oops it looks like Midlander had a bit of an accident-
Shoutout to Sooty Will on Youtube, for his latest episode of his series which has to be the best adaptation of The Missing Coach I've ever seen, hands down. Some great comedy in this! :)
Since the RWS and early TVS depict coaches as sentient, even the faceless ones, are the coaches, including Emily's coaches, sentient in this universe? If so, what are their names and personalities and what do they think of one another (for example, what do Emily's coaches think of Annie and Clarabelle?)?
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Yes, a majority of the coaches are sentient, non-faceless coaches are more common on the narrow gauges railways like with Skarloey, Rheneas, Sir Handel/Falcon, Andreas (a few being faceless like with the miniature gauge lines thereโs still some with faces along with trucks but itโs not as common as other gauges)
As for Emilyโs coaches, they are sentient and have their own personalities and names (Iโm torn between Elodie, Elliot, and Elwyn or Morgan, Martha and Martin/Marvin for their names) they get along swell with Annie and Clarabel plus the other coaches though two of them, (Iโm not sure which names cause Iโm still thinking but it was the guy and the girl of the group) had a bit of negative attitude towards the other coaches, thinking of themselves as superior and were quite a terrible influence, Iโve based it off a fanfiction Iโve on DA where it was during Emilyโs HiT era persona and it rubs off of them though Iโm changing it a lot)
Over all they along quite splendidly like with Dexter the mobile school coach despite him being an oddball (sure itโs the classic case of them thinking heโs strange but have come around to accept it) Iโve even made some coaches oc for certain characters as well (names are still a WiP though pfft-)
In the middle of last season I started dealing intensively with the coaches. Since then I have been constantly following this subtopic of ski jumping and dealing with both the media view and that of the associations and fans. Since summer or about a week there have been discussions about two coaches I deal more or less a lot with. On the one hand, the view of Thomasโs work and on the other hand, the upcoming internal team discussion about Alex.
And I would lie if I said that it doesnโt make me a little sad.
Even if the terms of office of both coaches represent absolute opposites in their duration, there are discernable parallels at its core regarding the current problem. With Thomas and the Polish team it is the case that after a successful season the current one is extremely mixed and fans insult him in the worst way on social media that it even goes so far that some have wished him death... I wonder: Where has the understanding of some fans gone? What right do those people take to call themselves โfansโ when they kill a person like that? What right do some people take to make sympathy dependent on success? And last but not least whether these people are following the situation of the team at all. What can Thomas do for Dawidโs situation? What can Thomas do for the fact that the boys got sick at the beginning of the season? What can Thomas do for Kamil possibly putting too much pressure on himself? And just as exciting and at the same time somewhat frightening that athletes and coaches are played against each other by fans and parts of the press, although, for example, possibilities for improvement were suggested by the athletes in interviews and were directly addressed, analysed and reflected in the next interview. After all, it is not the case that even the Polish association has criticised this. This was answered directly. And itโs not like a coach canโt be a panacea that makes all problems disappear forever. No team manages to keep the shape every season. For example, if you look at Team Germany, it becomes clear. While the last season was mixed, this yearโs is going much better. Without changing the coach.
The same applies to Norway. Highs and lows were overcome together. Meanwhile thirteen years with the same coach. And suddenly he is doubted, but out of the team. Here you do not know the arguments and backgrounds or even less. But why should you simply replace a coach who has accompanied the team through a wide variety of phases for so long? Apart from the fact that Alex should hardly have earned it. Why donโt you discuss objectively and constructively in the presence of all those involved and everyone speaks respectfully? In Poland it seems to work out and I want the same for Norway. No coach who has achieved so much deserves such an unpleasant departure. If he deserves a departure at all.
The same applies to Thomas by the way. As a young coach he has already had several titles and other successes in his first season, is extremely reflected and has a clear vision of how Polish ski jumping should continue in the next few years.
Instead of directly denouncing the coaches both externally and internally in one case, insulting them and, if necessary, even playing them externally against their athletes, you should simply let them do their job and, as someone who is not a sports scientist, psychologist or other, stop tearing your mouth open and judging their work.