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I might believe he's a good guy if his team had a PR person who knew what they were doing...that way I'd just get the good spin stuff on all things San Manuel. As it is though, I only see LB get himself into one jam after another and come out looking like a tool. Just ONE example...who else could repeatedly WHINE about DeCoster and Suzuki "crying" on a national tv broadcast ?
good point. you might be on to something there.
His world would be a lot better off if he avoided all interviews and mx forums.
He gets up and finishes the race and comes riding off the track with blood and a smile on his face. With the plastic glasses and blood all over his face he looked like the motocross version of one of the Hanson Brothers from slapshot. He may not be the best PR guy but hes OK in my book and has more heart than his rider James Stewart.
But for what it;'s worth......LB has been in the game a long time and knows what the hell he's doing.
I think alot of the stupid shit that comes out of the Stewart camp....is from Stewart....Not Larry.
And like someone mentioned above......he did just fine with MC and Reed when they were in his stable.
I think some people think "in their own minds".....that it makes them look cool to start an argument with an industry type person. Like.........."LOOK AT ME........look how cool I am!!
I aint pointing that remark at anyone in this thread.....just saying it's happened before in different threads.
He's very competitive and sometimes that gets the best of him but he's one of the best managers in the sport in my opinion. And ive been a few teams in my time.
You're as wrong about this as you are about your crappy flyers.
Wish the best for Josh. He put in some great rides last year. Not my place to judge anyone elses decisions. Hope he heals up and can come back. SX or MX. The sport is better with Josh on the line.
"Try going stiffer" sincerely Lar.
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I am not sure Brooks wants to sell that setup!!!! Shit like that needs to be kept in house.
george holland had the easiest championship in 88 of all time. kehoe was twice as fast as him and cooper....but those hondas were like 250's compared to poor erics piece of shit factory suzuki. parity didn't exist then in bikes!! kehoe got fucked...so did donny schmidt.
Then there are people that bag on me because of things I have said, on TV and/or in person. But again, you have no idea why I said what I said. Let me just tell you this, there are many things that go on behind seine that the race fan don't know about, you never hear about and you never will. So when you hear someone say something that you might not agree with, you think why did that guy say that, what a jerk or something might not make since to you while you're watching the television broadcast in you're living room, most likely there were things that went on that you weren't privilege to hear about or know about. But I will say this, I'm not going to let anybody say things about me or my team that isn't true or if they're trying to verbally attack us behind closed doors in the political part of the sport. Actually, protecting my team is part of my job too, when it comes down to reading the fine print.
I'm in no way trying to hurt the sport, it's actually the opposite. I do everything in my power to help the sport and improve it if and when I can. Just because you don't agree with my team doing Supercross only, all I can say is that it's your opinion and everyone has one, just like another part of your anatomy that dumps sewage out of your body. So when someone vocal about their opinion of a rider doing Supercross only their most likely selfish because they don't get to see their favorite rider racing outdoors, living in the past and thinking team's have done SX and MX for years so every team has to race both series or your just looking for something to complain about.
Now to speak about Josh Hill. Yes, Josh is still on Team San Manuel and yes, Josh did do a great job for the team this year. He's actually a really good kid, fun to be around, happy all the time and a dam good rider. His contract runs out next month or so, but at this time he is still on the team. Most people don't know this, but Josh was hurt much worst then has been publicized. At this point, Josh won't be riding a motorcycle anytime soon. He was trying to do something that he thought was going to very cool and that was doing a backflip on a 75 foot jump and let me tell you, I saw the video of the crash and it was bad. Anyway, the best thing to do if your reading this is to say a prayer for him. Pray that he gets back on his feet again and that he'll be able to ride a motorcycle again after this is all over with. I'm not in a position to discuss what's going with his injuries, but trust me I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy and his injury has hit really close to home with me. Just pray for him.
To finish this up, lostboy819 must have been at the Colorado National in 1987. That was a fun race and those were great times. I was sending it into that down hill turn (the next turn after where the 1st turn is today on that same track) and I was passing a guy a lap there. Just that one lap where I hit that braking bump and it sent me over the bars. My open face helmet didn't offer too much protection and it broke my nose. Dang it! But I did get up and pass my way back up toward the front, good enough for 2nd overall that day and that made all the pain worth it, to me.
I would have to say the Colorado track is much better these days. Do you remember how hard packed and dusty it use to be? Now that's the way some tracks were back then and we were just happy to be racing. I would have to guess riders won't even line up at the start gate if the track conditions were like that these days. But then, we were just happy to be racing.
I hope I was able to answer a few of your questions and shed some light on some comments. But as usual, some people will be cool and others are going to bash me and call me names. I guess that's the way it is. Oh and by the way, LB is short for Larry Brooks, not some shady internet name. I'm sure you'll be able to figure out who I am.
When Brooks takes a young up and coming rider and makes him a Champ then he should be considered a great team manager but until then he is just a douchbag who is nothing but bad for this sport.
This ain't Loretta Lynn's.
Maybe he don't want to deal with the freakin' whining kids. And their parent's that
live their lives thru their sons eyes.
No, if he can give a rider that has paid his dues a ton of coin at the end of his career and still win, not a bad dude imo.
If you can't think straight without Stewart on the track it might be time to get a life of one's own.
no other majorteam manager does...so just enjoy it.
that being said...he could reflect on those 88 kx's that were soooo fucking slow. just for fun..lol. my dad paid cash fotr a 88 cr 125 as i was getting free kawai;s up here in canada. my ol man was no mini dad...but he just bought the thing...sent it to pc....and when it got back, i was kiling everybody. like i said earlier...there was no parity, that yr, holand and coop were on 450's compared to 250's...kehoe should have had goerges title that yr...no question.
people in the know to this day wii admit that the 88 cr 125 was the best bike of all time...let alone factory to coop and george. eric and donny...and tiechnor were just screwed.
Thanks for taking the time to post an answer.
In my view, on-track motocross wars pale in comparison to the dedication, tenacity and vision it takes to run a stable full of young stallions. You are correct, critics abound but few can stand the heat long enough to secure a major championship for the team.
You seem to be well on your way to becoming one of the ex-racers that becomes one of those wise ambassadors of the sport. A real heavy weight like Keith or Roger.
What is the relationship between San Manuel, Yamaha and your team? How are the duties and responsibilities separated and why? I suspect that Yamaha would want to separate out liability or tax issues.
have you noticed that his team is the joke of mx right now,,,,and whenever he posts it just takes the team even further into the ghetto??
san manuel is the laughing fodder of all that is pro mx right now.
One point he makes that a lot of people here may not consider is that the teams and riders no longer feel compelled to do both SX and Outdoors. That's hard for a lot of people to still accept, even though MacGrath was doing it long before Bubs started doing it.
Things change.
Brook's hired one guy that cares more about his gay MTV show and sitting in his Lambo than moto and refuses to race outdoors, and another great talent that went and fuckered his moto career away by doing a 75 back flip!
How is that wise and successful?
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