Gooonnnnee too soon
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@mn5 said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@pakman said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@bovidae said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
A no.8 that never fulfilled his potential was Isitolo Maka. The test in Durban in 1998 changed when he left the field, never to seen in black again.
Can remember thinking, The f*g dirty Boks!, only to find out it was a flying Robin Brooke elbow!
Why did he not make the 1999 squad? I remember the late Dylan Mika got a spot instead of him. The 'barnstorming' Taine Randall didn't quite have the same impact.
Pies and KFC.
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@cyclops said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
Joe Sullivan - retired from rowing at about 25 after winning gold in the 2012 London Olympics. Later a grinder for Team NZ though so didn't stay retired.
That's a good one - I suspect semi-professional sports are littered with examples.
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I would expect rowers and swimmers etc to retire about then? Maybe rowing is a a sport more suited to slightly older.
It's just the modern 'artificial ' state cash keeping some of the Olympic athletes in the sport longer?
When would a rower expect to retire pre 15 years ago?
If you're an absolute superstar like Phelps or Thorpe then there would be enough money to keep them going independently.
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@rapido Agree. Loader might have gone on to win at the next Olympics, but only at the cost of four years lost to his career. Doubtful it is worth it for a guy who has nothing to prove, because he's already got Olympic gold.
I was annoyed when he retired that people complained that he was depriving "us" of potential gold medals. Like "we" were doing the work.
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@chester-draws said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@rapido Agree. Loader might have gone on to win at the next Olympics, but only at the cost of four years lost to his career. Doubtful it is worth it for a guy who has nothing to prove, because he's already got Olympic gold.
I was annoyed when he retired that people complained that he was depriving "us" of potential gold medals. Like "we" were doing the work.
Yep I hate that shit. Kiwis are awesome at getting all over bandwagons. 'Us' when the team wins and 'them' when they lose.
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@mn5 said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@chester-draws said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@rapido Agree. Loader might have gone on to win at the next Olympics, but only at the cost of four years lost to his career. Doubtful it is worth it for a guy who has nothing to prove, because he's already got Olympic gold.
I was annoyed when he retired that people complained that he was depriving "us" of potential gold medals. Like "we" were doing the work.
Yep I hate that shit. Kiwis are awesome at getting all over bandwagons. 'Us' when the team wins and 'them' when they lose.
Haven’t travelled that much MN5? There are plenty of counties who share that mentality
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@act-crusader said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@mn5 said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@chester-draws said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@rapido Agree. Loader might have gone on to win at the next Olympics, but only at the cost of four years lost to his career. Doubtful it is worth it for a guy who has nothing to prove, because he's already got Olympic gold.
I was annoyed when he retired that people complained that he was depriving "us" of potential gold medals. Like "we" were doing the work.
Yep I hate that shit. Kiwis are awesome at getting all over bandwagons. 'Us' when the team wins and 'them' when they lose.
Haven’t travelled that much MN5? There are plenty of counties who share that mentality
I've travelled heaps and this is a NZ website. Just catering for my audience.
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@act-crusader said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@mn5 said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@chester-draws said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@rapido Agree. Loader might have gone on to win at the next Olympics, but only at the cost of four years lost to his career. Doubtful it is worth it for a guy who has nothing to prove, because he's already got Olympic gold.
I was annoyed when he retired that people complained that he was depriving "us" of potential gold medals. Like "we" were doing the work.
Yep I hate that shit. Kiwis are awesome at getting all over bandwagons. 'Us' when the team wins and 'them' when they lose.
Haven’t travelled that much MN5? There are plenty of counties who share that mentality
I’m just wondering if that was a typo. Counties. Did you mean countries? Or perhaps cunties?
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@mn5 said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@act-crusader said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@mn5 said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@chester-draws said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@rapido Agree. Loader might have gone on to win at the next Olympics, but only at the cost of four years lost to his career. Doubtful it is worth it for a guy who has nothing to prove, because he's already got Olympic gold.
I was annoyed when he retired that people complained that he was depriving "us" of potential gold medals. Like "we" were doing the work.
Yep I hate that shit. Kiwis are awesome at getting all over bandwagons. 'Us' when the team wins and 'them' when they lose.
Haven’t travelled that much MN5? There are plenty of counties who share that mentality
I've travelled heaps and this is a NZ website. Just catering for my audience.
Moving from Wellington to Lower Hutt doesn’t count as travelling
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@jegga said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@mn5 said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@act-crusader said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@mn5 said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@chester-draws said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@rapido Agree. Loader might have gone on to win at the next Olympics, but only at the cost of four years lost to his career. Doubtful it is worth it for a guy who has nothing to prove, because he's already got Olympic gold.
I was annoyed when he retired that people complained that he was depriving "us" of potential gold medals. Like "we" were doing the work.
Yep I hate that shit. Kiwis are awesome at getting all over bandwagons. 'Us' when the team wins and 'them' when they lose.
Haven’t travelled that much MN5? There are plenty of counties who share that mentality
I've travelled heaps and this is a NZ website. Just catering for my audience.
Moving from Wellington to Lower Hutt doesn’t count as travelling
That is VERY good from you Porirua boy
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@chester-draws said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@rapido Agree. Loader might have gone on to win at the next Olympics, but only at the cost of four years lost to his career. Doubtful it is worth it for a guy who has nothing to prove, because he's already got Olympic gold.
I was annoyed when he retired that people complained that he was depriving "us" of potential gold medals. Like "we" were doing the work.
No way he would have won gold anyway with the rise of Thorpe and that Dutchie.
