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Ya, the racing is always better when the best rider leavesGood riddance.
Or you notice the other fish when the big fish leaves the small pond. If it where Rossi Racing the AMA I would say the same thing. Now I might give a crap if Mladin bothered to step up and face the best in the world, but he didn't so I won't miss him at all.Ya, the racing is always better when the best rider leaves
As the talent bleeds out of the AMA.......
Heh.Ya, the racing is always better when the best rider leaves......
And that is the point of a national level "feeder" series. The REALLY good ones move on, while the best of the rest stay. it's fine to prove you are the bestand move on, but there is something sad about staying around while the best move on.Heh.
I know you're being sarcastic, but the racing has actually been pretty good with Spies gone. Now that the 2nd best rider is leaving, too, maybe the racing will be even better!
So if some one offered you less money for a "promotion" you would take it? Alot of people forget that Mladin reached for the brass ring early and missed. As far as I can tell by the time other opportunities came about he was comfortable where he was and decided it wasnt worth the effort.And that is the point of a national level "feeder" series. The REALLY good ones move on, while the best of the rest stay. it's fine to prove you are the bestand move on, but there is something sad about staying around while the best move on.
Different philosophies I guess. More Bens would be nice but there has not been anyone who has made enough of an impact in the last while for the factories to invest in them. Why replace a mediocre known quantity with a potentially mediocre prospect. I believe Spies would have risen to the top regardless if he was on a Yosh bike or a lower budget effort. The big thing is he showed huge ability and lived up to expectations through hard work and superior riding. That would have been apparent on any bike. I have trouble blaming the racers that have the factory rides as they showed more potential than any of the up and comers.Maybe.
But what if the opening of some factory rides allows some new talent to develop? How many potential stars from the last 15 years never got the chance to show what they could do, because every factory seat in the US has been occupied by Mladin, DuHamel, the Bostroms, the Haydens, Hacking and Yates - year after year after year...
Ben Spies was that rare exception who was lucky enough to be discovered right when a factory seat happened to be available. How many others haven't been so lucky?
I'll be happy when the entire group of them has retired and made room in the sandbox for the new kids to play. This isn't to take anything away from those guys and what they've accomplished, but clearly none of them are moving on to bigger things, and we need to develop young talent. We need more Ben Spies and less Mat Mladin...
Curious. I wonder what you would be more proud of, one world championship or fifteen national championships? Who is the winningest rider in the BSB or Australian superbike championship? Do you know without googleing it, because I don't. At the end of the day racing is about being the best, not about how much money you accumulate. It doesn't say anything about you when you stay and race the same guys you always beat and those that are caplable of winning move on. I have so much more respect for guys like Spies and Hayden who won and moved on then I ever will Mladin, because at the end of the day they want to be the best.So if some one offered you less money for a "promotion" you would take it? Alot of people forget that Mladin reached for the brass ring early and missed. As far as I can tell by the time other opportunities came about he was comfortable where he was and decided it wasnt worth the effort.
All that will happen without Mladin is the bar will be lower and young talent (like Spies) will have noone to gun for. The racing wont be better. Just slower and closer. Kinda like club racing.............
I agree with you 110%So if some one offered you less money for a "promotion" you would take it? Alot of people forget that Mladin reached for the brass ring early and missed. As far as I can tell by the time other opportunities came about he was comfortable where he was and decided it wasnt worth the effort.
All that will happen without Mladin is the bar will be lower and young talent (like Spies) will have noone to gun for. The racing wont be better. Just slower and closer. Kinda like club racing.............
Curious. I wonder what you would be more proud of, one world championship or fifteen national championships? Who is the winningest rider in the BSB or Australian superbike championship? Do you know without googleing it, because I don't. At the end of the day racing is about being the best, not about how much money you accumulate. It doesn't say anything about you when you stay and race the same guys you always beat and those that are caplable of winning move on. I have so much more respect for guys like Spies and Hayden who won and moved on then I ever will Mladin, because at the end of the day they want to be the best.
You know what is most telling to me is the fact Mladin had opportunities to go to world superbike and didn't, I guess it is better to win by proxy based on Spies performance rather than actually having to prove yourself.
I see your a Hayden fan????Good riddance.
I agree 120%Ya, the racing is always better when the best rider leaves
As the talent bleeds out of the AMA.......
hmmm I guess that is one way of looking at it.. I kinda think that the AMA should focus on being the best racing series that it could be which mean bringing in the best talent it can find. Sure world level series are going to pull the cream of the crop because its a bigger market with more money. I just dont think its the AMA's job to feed the bigger series.. Its thier job to promote racing in the US.