People underestimated papadakis ability to improve and she did improve and then when she went to the best coach in ice dance history dubreuil she really did even better! So if you have shown a capacity to improve why would there be any dumping? Especially if you are good to begin with but inferior to the partner.
Russian juniors are braking up because the Russian system says only one skater needs talent and that’s not working anymore in seniors. Russian teams together for a decade are learning that you can’t have one partner with bobrova or Stepanova skating skills. P/v and l/d had to split. So should b/s and s/b. No need to be together for years! Look at h/b and c/b and g/p and so many more.
Loboda was packaged terribly but that doesn’t mean she had a future anyway. Her best future was a Stepanova or bobrova future. Why does drozd want that?
Whenever you are being sarcastic or honestly think what you wrote, i think the mentality that you described may be the main issue of russian ice dance: thinking that talent >> years together.
I mean, I/K are a perfect example of why russian ice dance has issues.