ÖSV President Roswitha Stadlober takes a stand on the criticism of Roland Assinger. She also indirectly criticizes world champion Stephanie Venier.
The head coach of the women’s ski team Roland Assinger was protected after criticism of his person by ÖSV President Roswitha Stadlober.
The discussions about Assinger were taken up in the program Sport and Talk in Hangar 7 near ServusTV . Stadlober defended the coach and practiced indirect criticism of Stephanie Venier.
Head coach of the women’s ski team Roland Assinger is criticized
Background: Super-G world champion Venier had criticized the way of dealing with the 51-year-old Assinger. “It is about the way-if at all-communicating with us. We are capable of criticism, but it is always about how. When it comes to the personal level, many girls are blown up, it hurts,” said the 31-year-old of the crown .
Request for internal communication
The ÖSV president showed understanding of the need to communicate problems openly, but she was not enthusiastic about the public criticism of the ski racer. “If a piece of the puzzle does not work, it is very dangerous. It is all the more important that you communicate internally”, she expressed the desire for an internal problem solution.
Stadlober did not call Venier by name, but probably alluded to the world champion: “We invest a lot in the sporting framework for our active people, so it is a shame if such things are aligned with the media.”
Your proposed solution for future communication is: “We should talk to each other and not on top of each other.”
“Prince and princesses”
The current generation of athletes critically assesses the 61-year-old. The athletes often consist of “princes and princesses” or “helicopter children”.
In order to train in competitive sports, “a certain hardness” is necessary. “We used to be brought up differently”, she explained the higher willingness to perform of her generation.
If you take the path of the professional athlete, you have to ask yourself how ready to perform you are.