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Evan doesn't talk about his hip, but he does mention illness many times ... he was really ill at the olympics... but that became a big story after he blew past everyone in the long...
. Success has many mothers, failure is an orphan.
So true. I noticed that so much this year with Joubert. He struggled in the past two years a little, and boy was he bashed and trashed for it.
Hmmmm......don't know....I think if someone stuck a microphone in my face and basically, in front of the world, asked why I was making excuses I might be a little p.o.'d and a little defensive too. In no way was Johnny attacking Evan - he was simply making it clear that Peter and Co. don't ever seem to question the validity of any of Evan's injuries (including the withdrawal from the GPF) but Johnny tends to get plenty of grief for his.
Perhaps it's because Johnny seems to make so many excuses and they are often things that we, as fans, believe an elite athlete should be able to deal with because we see so many of them doing it.
Excuses?, jeez! Carruthers asks for a reason and when he gets it it's suddenly an excuse??? Not being able to even walk sounds like a pretty damn good "excuse" not to compete to me ... but then again I guess all skaters can't be Alexei the Great
is ridiculous.they are often things that we, as fans, believe an elite athlete should be able to deal with
That rationale didn't go for Brian Joubert, who everyone gave up on and now he is the leading contender for this coming Worlds.Let's see if this guy can win this US title. If he doesn't then will he be buried in the ground?
(In other words, will fans just completely give up on him and move on to someone else?)
And they also do so in figure skating. Kwan is the perfect example of toughing out the hip injury from 2002 and winning a World Championship along the way.I believe lots of athletes in many other sports tend to "tough out" injuries...unless they are so severe that it prevents them from playing at all (or playing with any effectiveness).
That rationale didn't go for Brian Joubert,
I believe lots of athletes in many other sports tend to "tough out" injuries...unless they are so severe that it prevents them from playing at all (or playing with any effectiveness).
Speaking for myself, my fear for Johnny was whether the USFS would cast him to the sharks as they did in his second US championship. I don't believe the USFS has any qualms about Evan.Johnny wasn't smearing Evan, he just wondered why his (Johnny's) injury was being questioned, and not Evan's, when the injuries and their effects were so similar.
Speaking for myself, my fear for Johnny was whether the USFS would cast him to the sharks as they did in his second US championship. I don't believe the USFS has any qualms about Evan.
Joe
Johnny was 6th in his first US Championship in 2001, 5th in his second, in 2002. He was in second place after the SP at Nationals 2003 when he fell and hurt himself, and had to withdraw. When did the USFS 'cast him to the sharks'?