Should Thorpe Retire?

[Mister Wright]

Ian Thorpe will announce his decision tomorrow on whether he will continue to swim or retire from the sport.

Personally if I had the money he has at his age I'd have seriously consider retiring. Given the amount of work you have to put in to being a swimmer at the Olympic level I'm not surprised his thinking about retiring. He's done almost all there is to do in his sport. IMO the media should get off his back, and let him get on with his life.

 

[Burpey]

The media attention is his own fault, he asks for it with his pearls, perfumes, and own (failed) TV show. I say let him retire, he's an arrogant bastard who I've really tired of. It'll be good to see Grant Hackett get the accolades he truly deserves. Wins Olympic medals with a collapsed lung for crying out loud.

 

[pasag]

Put him out of his misery already. Unhappiest guy in sport. A swimmer gets treated like a rock star, obviously he's going to break down. Was always going to happen.

 

[Blewy]

The media attention is his own fault, he asks for it with his pearls, perfumes, and own (failed) TV show. I say let him retire, he's an arrogant bastard who I've really tired of. It'll be good to see Grant Hackett get the accolades he truly deserves. Wins Olympic medals with a collapsed lung for crying out loud.

Amen!!!

 

[Mister Wright]

The media attention is his own fault, he asks for it with his pearls, perfumes, and own (failed) TV show. I say let him retire, he's an arrogant bastard who I've really tired of. It'll be good to see Grant Hackett get the accolades he truly deserves. Wins Olympic medals with a collapsed lung for crying out loud.

Not everyone can be a tough man of sport, everyone has different personalitiles. While I agree I've been sick of the Thorpe Media Blitz in the past, I'm starting to feel a little sorry for him. I've always been a Hackett man, but the pressure being put on Thorpe to make this decision is just ridiculous.

 

[Burpey]

He's had 27 months to think about it...

 

[Blewy]

In all fairness he has bought it on himself.. He has been out of the sport for god knows how long and then comes back talking up a comeback, but then when the trials are just around the corner and he doesnt turnup to a meeting with the National head coach(without telling anyone including his own coach) what else does he expect???

I hope he retires, then falls into oblivion and lets the real man of Australian swimming Grant Hackett take the accolades he deserves!!!

 

[howardj]

Granted, the whole image thing, and the Thorpe media juggernaut can get on one's nerves. However, I don't mind Thorpie - he seems like a harmless enough person. Whatever he announces, he's a champion of the sport, and a decent sort of person.

 

[pasag]

Yeh, the problem with Thorpe imo, are the people around him, his baby-sitters, parents, mamangers and handlers. He's pretty much not a real person.

 

[Perm]

He's a good swimmer but I just can't like the bloke, he seems like such an arrogant bastard who thinks he is better than the rest of the swimmers. I hope he retires because I'm getting sick of him.

 

[Simon]

he should retire, he has nothing else to prove, he was at the top of the sport for 8 years thats more than most people can say. Most people will say 24 is too young to retire but when you consider what hes been through hes entitled to do whatever he wants...

 

[Buddhmaster]

When is he coming out? Seriously, the guy is as gay as a rainbow.

 

[Adamc]

He just retired. Would be nice to be able to retire at 24 years old, really. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20795172-2,00.html

 

[Johnners]

I feel sorry for him tbh. Sad to see an end to a great swimming career.

 

[Simon]

I feel sorry for him tbh. Sad to see an end to a great swimming career.

whats there to feel sorry for?
Hes been at the highest level of his sport for a decade, hes won olympic gold, been a multiple world recorder holder etc... Sure in the past two years hes had his set backs but he wouldnt have let them get in his way if he had the desire to keep on.

Retiring young as a swimmer isnt really unheard of, most swimmers peak in their late teens eraly 20's anyway.

 

[pasag]

Worst press conference ever.

 

[Perm]

Feeling slightly sorry he couldn't have a long an illustrious career but that feeling is overshadowed by gladness that he's finally left the sport and others will get some recognition. I agree with Buddhmaster thinking that he's gay.

 

[chaminda_00]

I don't know why you guys feel sorry for him, his just soft, he doesn't have the balls to put in the hard yards to get back on top. I guess he rather spend in his morning in some nightclub at the Cross.

The funniest thing about it is that i can see Australia only winning 1 gold medal next Olympics. Australia has absolutely no male swimmers coming through.

 

[Blewy]

When is he coming out? Seriously, the guy is as gay as a rainbow.

LOL i've been saying that for ages....

 

[Slow Love™]

When is he coming out? Seriously, the guy is as gay as a rainbow.

Haha.... He might be one of those guys that's totally camp but straight, though - I have known a few. Used to enjoy him on that Charlie's Angels show with Jackie O: "Hiiiiiiii Angels."

Anyhow, good luck to Thorpey, he's just about done everything. He's probably pretty financially comfortable with his endorsements etc, and given the fuss the media makes when he eats a freakin' pizza, I can see why he's probably had enough of it all.