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The technician who won everything with Hirscher spoke to the "Kronen Zeitung" a few days after receiving the assignment to revive a team in crisis.
Thursday 30 April 2020 3 minutes reading time
The men's Austria of the giant is back from a simply disastrous year and to revive Leitinger and his companions, after the first year without Marcel Hirscher in the ranks of the Wunderteam, the OESV chose the coach who lived at the alongside the champion of Annaberg the epic of the 8 consecutive World Cups, the world and Olympic titles and ... all the rest.
Mike Pircher, 44-year-old from Schladming, confided to Georg Kallinger of the "Kronen Zeitung" the ingredients to try to get up: a very simple recipe, as per his habit. “Taking a look at the starting position of our athletes will not be easy, but first of all we will work on everyone's weak points to improve and it will be essential to train for many days on the snow. Fortunately, as early as May we will have the opportunity to climb the glacier "(thanks to the agreement found with the government in recent days, ed.).
A foregone question, the one about the relationship with Hirscher, which Pircher considers a friend even before an athlete led on the roof of the world: “Your son and my little Ella were born only a few months apart, so we mainly talk about private matters and family. Now the national team must go further and make the most of it even without Marcel ”.
Starting also from some young people, which the Styrian coach monitored last season, the first since 2011/12 who has not lived on the track with Hirscher, being part of the European Cup scouting group giving support to the responsible coaches. "It was an opportunity to think outside the box and see guys who did well (in particular Patrick Feurstein, personally followed by Ferdinand Hirscher who, as known, will be on Pircher's staff) and we could often find in the Cup of the world. It will also take them to get back on track, but I am convinced that I have a good base. "
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