Has Johnny done all he is capable of for figure skating? Has he lost his love of the sport? This had been a disasterous season for him and I wonder how much longer he'll go on.
I'm not sure why we're suddenly predicting doom for Johnny. He's certainly not the only skater having troubles, and the season is NOT over yet. I haven't heard Johnny say that he wants to quit. If anything, he's seemed more determined since Torino. And from watching him at Marshalls, it certainly doesn't look to me like he's sick of skating. An injured hip at the GPF doesn't exactly spell the end to a career.
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You've given me hope. Nothing would make me happier than to be WRONG on this issue. But it's difficult with the results that I've been seeing. And it's disturbing to see Johnny looking so "down" at times. A person can only take so much disappointment.
I adore Johnny. He's the only reason I ever got into this insane sport and I think he has the most natural talent of any current male skater. But, I've read both him, Priscilla (his coach) and Marina (his choreo.) say that he hasn't trained like he should. I'm not going to stay blindly loyal to a skater if they can't find the time to train.
:agree: :agree: :agree:He should then never use Annissina to choregraph for him again and he should run straight back to TT as early as possible to get two new programs for him with plenty of time to get into them and then kick *** next season.
I don't know where you read that, but I never heard that from them. They never said he didn't train hard enough, they said he wasn't ready yet/not in shape because of the tour and inability to catch up, not due to the lack of effort.
If you have a reference for quotes of them saying otherwise, I wish you'd share a link.