It's so interesting to see how people are still living in denial. Johnny would have never given the bye if he missed US Nationals. Given, his condition and competition didn't influence any of Abbott's, Mroz' and Lysacek's performances, they probably could have delivered a similarly stellar performance each in his absence too. And in that case, nobody would have been nuts to even consider it for a second to put Weir on time and leave one of the medalists at home.
If Johnny would have backed out of the competition, he would have gotten even more awful comments from the press and the fans, everybody would be saying excuses, excuses, excuses all over again. Instead, he decided to compete and not even give chance to such comments. He fought for it as hard he was able to, and finished where he finished. And what is he getting? "Excuses, excuses" and "he is so unsportsmanlike" bla bla bla. So am I right to assume that somebody, who comes back from such severe sickness, trains hard and tries hard to compete, is a sore looser, instead of some kind of small hero, somebody one could look up to and say, "geez, what a hard working young man, maybe we should be a little more proud of him"...?
and collective eyerolles at some folks here. :disagree:
If Johnny would have backed out of the competition, he would have gotten even more awful comments from the press and the fans, everybody would be saying excuses, excuses, excuses all over again. Instead, he decided to compete and not even give chance to such comments. He fought for it as hard he was able to, and finished where he finished. And what is he getting? "Excuses, excuses" and "he is so unsportsmanlike" bla bla bla. So am I right to assume that somebody, who comes back from such severe sickness, trains hard and tries hard to compete, is a sore looser, instead of some kind of small hero, somebody one could look up to and say, "geez, what a hard working young man, maybe we should be a little more proud of him"...?
and collective eyerolles at some folks here. :disagree: