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9/30/2014 6:05am
9/30/2014 6:05am
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9/30/2014 10:22am
Saying that any team "LOST"... If a team finished 2nd, they didn't LOSE...they finished 2nd and in front of a lot of other teams.
I hate that when these idiots say that a rider loses when he doesn't get first.
In stick and ball sports, teams "lose" because it's just them against another team. In the Red Bull race, a ride will lose, because it's just 2 racers going head to head..... when you have 40 guys on the line and you finish 5th....you didn't lose shit! You beat 34 other riders!
I hate that when these idiots say that a rider loses when he doesn't get first.
In stick and ball sports, teams "lose" because it's just them against another team. In the Red Bull race, a ride will lose, because it's just 2 racers going head to head..... when you have 40 guys on the line and you finish 5th....you didn't lose shit! You beat 34 other riders!
You hear that Team USA 'lost' the MXdN a lot, but as far as Im concerned while one team can win it, the other teams don't lose it.
Huck is part of the problem in America.....learning to grade on a curve! :0)
The Shop
So in a race, is there 1 winner and 39 losers and some of them are just bigger losers than others?
That said, you can be happy with a hard fought 2nd or 5th or whatever.
Think DeCoster is consoling the team and congratulating them on who they did beat and for trying their best?? Doubt it..
This sounds like another excuse thread.
USA went and did their best. They should hold their heads high. They beat a lot of good teams....
Pit Row
Nobody including them expected to be tied for 3rd.....it was a let down for sure.
Especially from the standpoint that France and Germany didn't have their best guys there.
"Quitting may make you a quitter, but NOT WINNING a race doesn't make you a loser."
Loser: noun
1) a person, team, nation etc. that loses.
"The visiting team was the loser in the series"
Winner: noun
1) a person or thing that wins, victor.
This kinda helps clear it all up
"We didn't actually lose, we are all winners in my heart!"
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