Alexander Kravtsov: We are trying to reach an understanding with Gross – news.Sportbox.ru

April 14, 2015 21:45

President RBU Alexander Kravtsov summed up the last meeting of the Board of the organization, said the coaching staff of the division into groups and to clarify the situation regarding interest in the German specialist Rico Grosso.

– You said that the Board meeting will be held on the evening of 13 RBU of April. However, the composition of the coaching staff announced the evening of the 14th. Discussed the whole day?

– Board Meeting held on Monday – said the head. – But before making an official announcement, we had to agree on all of its decisions by the Minister of Sport. And on Tuesday night, I reported Vitaly Mutko all our proposals on the qualitative composition of national teams.

– As Minister responded?

– OK. Vitaly L. our proposals with regard to the qualitative composition of the Russian national team coaching staff supported.

– a candidate for the head coaches was Alexander Kaspiarovich. Why stopped on his candidacy?

– Kaspiarovich – a professional who will cope with its administrative duties, the organizer. Working coach, he is also a wonderful manager. And from errors associated with certain moments of creative activity, no one is immune.

– In the list of coaches no German Rico Gross. The question is closed on it?

– I would not even comment on that point. Is reached mutual understanding of the parties, then there personalities as “Gross Rico».

– Senior trainers Padin and Konovalov – young professionals who first got the chance.

– You could say that they had not just chance, and carte blanche. But these professionals have already been seriously tested in the junior, youth teams. In addition, they already have experience with the basic composition.

– The division of the team into groups A and B based on some criteria?

– Shaping recaps, we will take into account the age, and the challenges that will face each group.

– That is, roughly speaking, group A – a World Cup, Group B – Cup IBU?

– I would not say so. I generally consider the groups A and B in the men’s and women make – interchangeably. The main objective in this case – to pull the youth emerged from junior age to the fact that you can move confidently in the direction of the Olympic Games in 2018.

– When will discuss training plans, lists of candidates?

– Experts have given the task to prepare training plans and lists of candidates.