When the last competition of the ski jumpers has taken place at the end of March, you will be happy to have finally come through the successful winter in the camp of the local eagles. Stefan Kraft and Co. were able to reach just six podium places. in single jumping this season. During the Four Hills Tournament and the Olympic Games, there was nothing left to be desired.
In addition, they also fell from the podium in the Nations’ Cup. Against Norway, Germany and Poland the ÖSV eagles looked pale, despite their most recent ascending form. A circumstance that will cause discussions not only in the ÖSV leadership team.
“The numbers certainly don’t lie. It is frightening if you are not among the front runners in the Nations Cup with the resources and possibilities of the ÖSV”, former head coach Alexander Pointner tells Servus TV about the veritable crisis of the red-white-red eagles.
And the 47-year-old also knows what it is that the local ski jumpers, who actually made a good start to the season with their third-place finish from Kraft, have finally made such a crash landing “It takes the courage to fill the gap. If you try new things weekend after weekend, you get into a work process that can make you nervous,”says Pointner.
And for the former eagle-in-law, it is clear that there is no one at the top who takes responsibility:”Who is currently in charge? Who’s taking responsibility? Sport director Ernst Vettori or head coach Heinz Kuttin? At the Four Hills Tournament Kuttin was not at any of the four jumps at the tower. And then all you need to do is justify to the cameras why it’s not running.”
The Nations’ Cup after 23 of 30 competitions