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- Just give it time - I guarantee when that number 4 is getting ready to go up for grabs RC will be coming out to get his 25 points and if I had to guess- I'll be on a plane to my 1st southwick race!
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Because of his mental toughness, when he went to the line he could look at 39 other guys, and he KNEW he had them covered,, very few guys ever have that.
RC at 30 after retirement for 4 years is still able to run with the top guys today in our minds (with some training) while James is all done at 25 because we have seen him lose a step or two. Funny how our minds work.
These days, you can't win races on pure god given talent, you have to eat sleep and breathe everything moto 24/7, so its just busting your ass and putting in the hours in the week that make you a champion these days......RC is the one who made it that way ..... IMO he would still be teaching them how its done outdoors and I don't doubt that for a second.
Watching that little red headed elf ride southwick was just in-human. Everything about how he rode that track, how he was built with the little hobbit legs, just said "no way he is going fast here".....about 70 minutes later and lapping into the top 10 he proved otherwise.
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If he would come back now, I don't think he could show up and dominate.
His legacy has been set, and it should stay that way.
Look at others before him, Schumacher, Jordan, etc.
Be thankful to have ever witnessed such an athlete, I doubt you will see anyone dominate like he has.
I don't see anyone right now taking on RC.
Reed
Stewart
Dungey
RV
too many injuries, lack of raw speed have kept them back.
I think if MC retired at 27 or 28 while on top, we would have thought he would still whip RC in SX come 2001 and on. After all, a few years earlier he did. It's just how we think.
"....he doesn't look like a world champion motocross rider anymore"
( i think he'd still win it all )
Same goes with James, he isn't getting slower, the young guns are getting faster. They all scrub like James, they all can blitz the wools like James, they can all hit timing sections as fast as James and they all carry crazy corner speed like James, and most importantly, they arn't scared of James. Its called evolution and all the young Guy who watched and learned from James have evolved his style into their own
Wait till the next group moves up, they will all be even more intense and faster,pushing the pace even further. Guys like Eli, BamBam and Roczen will push the pace even further when they come up. Mosquin, Herrlings and even 14 year old Adam Cincerillo will raise the bar when he eventually gets here.
So you see gentleman, its not that James is slowing, its that everyone is getting faster. RC looked so dominant back then because only one Guy thought he could run With him, now there are 5 guys who think that, and that's the difference.
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