Michelle is HOT, true, but...

jocose · Feb 13, 2006

OK, I dont mean to sound like a cynic or anything, but am I the only one who isnt impressed with Michelle Kwans noble decision to leave the Olympics? Did anyone really think that she should have gone to the Olympics in the first place? Did anyone really expect her to win the Gold this winter? I dont get it. Shouldnt she have been automatically disqualified since she failed to appear at the Nationals?

I understand that she is Americas favorite, and that she wants one last chance at the Gold, but seriously, Im not buying all of her crap about how she needs to put the sport first, and needs to put the team first. If she was truly concerned about Team USAs chances of winning why did she petition to be put on the Olympic team? If she was so concerned, she should have bowed out thenwhen I would have believed that she was putting the team and the sport before her own ambitions.

Please dont misunderstand, if she had appeared and qualified at the Nationals, I would have no problem with her being at the Olympics. But, I just feel that she manipulated her way onto Team USA, and she really didnt deserve to be there this year.

I also wonder if it was really her own decision to quit, or if the judges came to their senses and put some pressure on heror if she knew that she wouldnt even make Bronze. I guess its better to bail now than not even make Bronze. I just think I would have had more respect for her if at the Nationals she had said, you know what? I have this groin pull, I doubt seriously that Im gonna be able to be my best, and its not about me, but about the team and about the sport, and I think Im gonna sit this one out. Good luck Emily. Good Luck USA.

Now, Emily. I dont think she has a very good chance of getting Gold either, but had Michelle stayed, I think that she would have done a serious disservice to Miss Hughes, who deserved to go to the Olympics originally since she qualified at the Nationals. While I dont think Emily has much chance at Torino, I think if she keeps skating like she has, she will be serious competition in 2010.

Anyway, thats all. I just think that Michelle did the sport and herself a great disservice. She should have bailed out gracefully at the Nationals, and I would have believed the crap shes saying at these news conferences more.

woodsac · Feb 13, 2006

Figure skating, ice skating, skating period...can't watch it.
To be fair, I don't watch ballet either. And that's all this is, ballet on skates.

Maybe I need to get in touch with my feminine side? :er:

But while we're on it, why is ice skating always such a soap opera? These girls need to just admit it, they're past their prime, they failed at what they spent their entire life trying to achive, and now there is someone better out there than them. That's the facts of life. There are way better photogs here than me. That doesn't make me wanna stab you in your shutter finger :lol:

bace · Feb 13, 2006

Skating is for girly man dem poop.

i jest.

Rob · Feb 13, 2006

Bah! There are only two names in skating:

And there is only one name in skiing:

LOL

Rob

Jeff Canes · Feb 13, 2006

It not just skating, most athletes to stay pass they prime, very few go out on top

jocose · Feb 13, 2006

Ok, I feel that I need to clarify some things here.

1) I'm not a big figure skating fan, but I do watch the news often, so I'm up on it.
2) you have to admit that some of the skaters are hotties, and they wear those little mini skirts...sadly
3) Woody, you're right and it's really sad to say that Kwan is "past her prime" at 25. It's a sport of underage girls, which admittedly makes Jo Cose a little creapy when you read number 2.

As far as skating...if there are sticks, gloves and blood on the ice, I'm not really all that interested :lol:

Also, skating (imho) is one of the most corrupt sports there is.

woodsac · Feb 13, 2006

All valid points Jo!

Big Mike · Feb 13, 2006

I'm with Woodsac, I don't consider that a sport.

That's not to say that they aren't extremely talented and athletic...because they are...but it's just not what I consider a sport. I mean, look what happened last Olympics with Canadians, Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, getting screwed by crooked judges.

bace · Feb 13, 2006

I think some of the girls wear way too much rouge.

jocose · Feb 13, 2006

Big Mike said:
I'm with Woodsac, I don't consider that a sport.

That's not to say that they aren't extremely talented and athletic...because they are...but it's just not what I consider a sport. I mean, look what happened last Olympics with Canadians, Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, getting screwed by crooked judges.

Mikey, if that were true than football wouldn't be a sport either, cuz Seattle got screwed by crooked umps!

Seriously, though, the judges are crooked...that's why I said that skating is such a corrupt sport.

bace said:
I think some of the girls wear way too much rouge.

Bace, the problem is that they are putting on stage makeup...you need to overexagerate the makeup so it shows across the span from stage to the first thru last rows of the theatre...in the case of skaters, they are doing it for the judges and audience...not the camera which is right up in their face.

Now, this excuse doesn't work for Ms. Kwan who was wearing way too much makeup when taking to Katie Curick (SP). Michelle is hot, and she has beautiful skin tones, so she should NOT have used that much make-up...really questions NBC's makeup department :lmao:

bace · Feb 13, 2006

I know why they wear rouge I just think it looks stupid.

I mean, they look worse than women in beauty pagents.

Bleh.

ShutteredEye · Feb 13, 2006

Michelle is hot.

That is all.

Corry · Feb 13, 2006

Well, without having the time to go through every bit of this thread, I'm going to disagree with you. Michelle Kwan totally deserved to be at the olympics. She is more decorated than any other US skater ever. She's won 9national championships. That's more that Peggy Flemming and Dorothy Hammil combined. I feel quite sad that she's worked so hard and done so much, and she was never able to win gold, and now...her last chance to win gold, and she gets injured.

jocose · Feb 13, 2006

core_17 said:
Well, without having the time to go through every bit of this thread, I'm going to disagree with you. Michelle Kwan totally deserved to be at the olympics. She is more decorated than any other US skater ever. She's won 9national championships. That's more that Peggy Flemming and Dorothy Hammil combined. I feel quite sad that she's worked so hard and done so much, and she was never able to win gold, and now...her last chance to win gold, and she gets injured.

Corry, I agree with you that she is the most decorated, that she deserved the Gold, that it's sad that she got injured. I'm just saying that she knew damn well when she didn't attend the quals at the Nationsals, that there was no way she was gonna make Gold. She should have put her best face on then (sans all the makeup of course) and gracefully bowed out. It's that whole leave the crowd wanting more thing. If she had stepped down then, we all would have said, "wow...that takes a lot of balls to watch your dream pass you by. Good for her for putting the game and America's future skaters first." Instead, all I can think is that she threw a tantrum and got special attention just because she is Michelle Kwan (granted I guess I have to admit that she IS Michelle Kwan and I guess with that should come some favortisim). I'm having a hard time articulating my issue with this today.

It's just that I don't think she looks like the big martyr now. We all saw her fall 2x in practice. She would have looked like she was sacrificing if she had left at the Nationals.

Does that make sense?

'Daniel' · Feb 13, 2006

core_17 said:
Well, without having the time to go through every bit of this thread, I'm going to disagree with you. Michelle Kwan totally deserved to be at the olympics. She is more decorated than any other US skater ever. She's won 9national championships. That's more that Peggy Flemming and Dorothy Hammil combined. I feel quite sad that she's worked so hard and done so much, and she was never able to win gold, and now...her last chance to win gold, and she gets injured.

Have to disagree and I see it in alot of sports. Sentimentally you might have liked to have seen her there but it doesn't mean she should be. What if in 10 years noone had come close to what she has done and shes 35. Would she deserve to be there then.

This is a problem that occurs in both winter and summer olympic sports. people forget all the people who aren't stars yet who have rightfully got the spot.

I think the girl is just being selfish. Apparently this happened to her in the exact same circumstances when she would have gone to her first olympic games. If she had thought back to that and how she's making some young girl feel she should be ashamed. It's like she's revenge when she should be breaking the cycle.

Having said that I don't really like the winter olympics. The Skeleton is alright.