I'm sure there are SOME Russian coaches who are capable of improving their PCS. But yes, Russian men haven't been known for having world-class choreography... and you can tell from both Kolyada and Kovtun's SPs.
LOL at Kovtun for garbage jumps. Clearly you were asleep during his 4-3 combo and 3A and are only noting the fall on the 2nd quad (which, mind you, Kolyada did not attempt). It must infuriate you that he didn't implode and didn't get sub-40 PCS like you think he deserves.
Brown placed high because what he did execute was executed well. Jumps clearly aren't meaningless to his success because he would be in the final flight if he had harder jumps. However, as Jason proved, easier difficulty executed very well can challenge high difficulty that's performed average/subpar. That program was absolutely exquisite... and his and Chan's sophisticated skates to close the night were sublime, and made skaters like Kolyada look like juniors -- not that Kolyada's cutesy/cheesy skate didn't already do that enough.
Kolyada still skated very well and got a personal best (PCS personal best too), so that's still an improvement and a good takeaway. But I don't get the people lamenting over him getting a personal best and not challenging the top group who all skated lights out with quads, and being scored on par with a skater like Brown who didn't have a quad but did practically everything else better than Kolyada.
Maybe there are coaches like that in Russia for men but Why do almost all the other men train in North America? Why search all over Russia when you can just move to North America and just be considered like you are actually making effort and be coached by orser and get choreo from Wilson? It's just in dance. Refusal to recognize the best product is in North America and all your most talented people must move there to maximize potential.
Or he adds quad lutz to sp.
But he should do both.
He must move to North America and add quad to short.
Kovtun can land that salchow all he wants but it's the ugliest jump of all time.
Success is not only final flight. Going so far below all the other men in jumps but still making top 10 and being in medal contention is extremely astounding testament to spins steps pcs and is a message being sent.