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2007 Horrific crash
2009 and 2010 Heartbreaking outdoor defeats
2011 not getting a factory ride
2012 Bad Crash at Bercy
That guy has faced a lot of shit in his career and yet he's pulled himself back up to win races again just like he did after all of those other incidents. I really feel that it's time that the industry gives him a little respect and picks him up for a good ride next year so he can finally get some positive momentum going in his career.
2009 and 2010 Heartbreaking outdoor defeats
2011 not getting a factory ride
2012 Bad Crash at Bercy
That guy has faced a lot of shit in his career and yet he's pulled himself back up to win races again just like he did after all of those other incidents. I really feel that it's time that the industry gives him a little respect and picks him up for a good ride next year so he can finally get some positive momentum going in his career.
Many championships.
Stamp it.
CP is a talent, a big talent. As fans, we are fortunate to witness his craft. I agree with Tbteam and titles projection.
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all we know is what the media has told us, which to be honest, the media has never really been too kind regarding Pourcel.
look at anything Matthes has said about him recently, especially AFTER winning the overall at Unadilla.
that's my opinion, that's all.
Btw I am sick of Matthes being such a dick towards him and throwing back hand comments. What if every time the name Matthes got brought up and fat joke coincided. Wouldn't be nice would it
Glad for him (and us) his career is back on track.
But still, his crash at 2007 was a game changer to say at least.
C'mon man, Pourcel got a ton of bad advice from his agent and along with his own distrust/dislike of media and/or other people. His agent was telling him the American media didn't want him to win and didn't like him. So he started to really think that.
He sat out his first 450 year because he and his agent misjudged the market and he wouldn't take what was being offered. Bad move. Managers in this sport all got the same phone calls with the same crazy demands.
Then he chose the money of MCR over GEICO Honda or Valli Yamaha (both of which he rode and liked)..he didn't ride the MCR bike but they had the biggest check. He chose that. Bad move.
His career (and lack of results) is of his own doing and decisions. The media has nothing to do with it. Results trump all-Ted Bundy could be on a factory team if he could win.
Saying that Pourcel has had a career that lacked results is laughable.
When has Pourcel not been able to win? Therefore he should be on a factory team
Pit Row
He hadn't raced for almost two years before Glen Helen and when he came back he wasn't ready for the intensity. It's been a slow climb back to race form
i do think that the media has not been as forgiving with him as they have with others.
sorry to ruffle your undies Steve, i still dig the show i just get tired of the constant jabs from the TV broadcast and the pulp show. the guys on the broadcast make it sound like Pourcel should collect his Oakley award, holeshot money, and go back to the trailer. God forbid the guy try to keep another racer behind him.
to tell you the truth, it just gets old. it doesn't offend me and it doesn't seem like it offends him, but what do i know. i'm definitely not in your shoes.
carry on
However likable Weimer is, he hasn't delivered for what, 4 seasons? How many other factory team have carried a rider that long with nothing to show for?
Matthes, what's your beef with 377 besides the fact that he doesn't want to get on your show? I don't think that is personal. I remember watching somebody trying to interview him in France, and he said "what's the point, you are going to make up stuff and print whatever you want anyway"
So obviously some bad blood with the media in general. That said, I don't have a subscription to LeBig, but they seem to have pretty good access to him. I'm don't work in the media business, but I'm thinking disrespecting somebody isn't the ideal way to get them to work with you...
The MC deal, I don't know what happened, but I find it pretty telling that DV came here to say they sent him a training bike when in fact they had put a shipping hold on it and he never got to use it. Whatever happened, I have a hard time thinking one side carries all the blame.
How is it Millsaps get the rides he does and positive press after his 450 career has been one injury plagued season after another, and then doing what he just did to KTM and the rockstar team. he's completed 1, exactly 1 450 outdoor series 8 years ago In 2006 he got 3rd. Yes, he was runner up in SX twice and has won some races. How is it he did what he just did to his rockstar KTM team, even after he had a hand in choosing the bike, but then flat out refused to ride it, then say he's not riding because injuries, then people see he's out racing / riding mountain bikes, then he's miraculously released from KTM rockstar and released by his doctors to ride and riding his new factory kawi all on the same day??? how is it DM doesn't get a fraction of the shit CP got for the whole moto concepts deal? A deal he walked away from with nothing, no money, no bike, no rides, no nothing, he returned everything, and there were promises made to him that weren't honored....but he's still the bad guy? I hear no one talk about Millsaps the way people were talking about CP...
Let's face it . Mathis and others bag on Pourcel because he is french . Its a cheap shot way to gain popularity amongst the redneck fans .
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