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If the rumours about James leaving are all true what does it mean for JGR?
They have spent a few years building the Team up to a point where they can hire a title contender. They get arguably the biggest name, but certain contender, yet it all goes pear shaped. Moving forward and short term all the other contenders are in contracts or probably dont want a piece of the blue turd.
Do they get demoralised and say fuck it, i aint wasting any more of my money on this shit, or do they stick around until the next wave of fast kids arrive and try to bag one of them?
I hope they stick around, a team of their calibre does not come around often.
They have spent a few years building the Team up to a point where they can hire a title contender. They get arguably the biggest name, but certain contender, yet it all goes pear shaped. Moving forward and short term all the other contenders are in contracts or probably dont want a piece of the blue turd.
Do they get demoralised and say fuck it, i aint wasting any more of my money on this shit, or do they stick around until the next wave of fast kids arrive and try to bag one of them?
I hope they stick around, a team of their calibre does not come around often.
And once Yamaha dumps the current bike, JGR should have no trouble attracting another ELITE level guy and make another run at a title.
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Nobody's probably more puzzled than Coy and Coach Gibbs.
But being the exNFL guy the elder Gibbs is, I'm sure he inserted an out
for the team and Stewart.
Something's up with James. Not sure I can put my finger on any one thing.
I mean, here you have a guy that'll pull off moves on a track that no one else will,
and give himself an immed 2 sec advantage and then pull a boner like something
I'd do and crash himself out of the race. He's had his share of get offs like everyone else,
but not to this degree. Something's going on with James Stewart, outside of the fact the
comp has gotten faster and stronger.
Maybe it's time to follow Reed in his own team ownership??
Because from what I've witnessed this season....I'd be very hesitant
to sign Stewart to a ride. Is his star falling?
Shame....his skills & talent, James should have half a dozen titles by now.
signing that 3 year deal might be a big issue moving forward... but then again the toyota thing might make it hard to go anywhere but kawi and they seem pretty happy where they are...
Yes, I'm a huge JS7 fan...I always have been.
As I watched the season unfold last year I jumped on the POS Yamaha theory and shouted from the highest mountain with everybody else that it was the bikes fault. At A1 this year I felt somewhat vindicated by JGR's struggles with the bike...it had to be the bike!
Then a strange thing happened...the bike improved at the second round, and the third round and by the 4th round they were on the top of the box. The team and the bike looked tremendously better after only 4 weeks into the series.
In my opinion to have that obvious of a turn around in how well the motorcycle performs is a huge testement to the success and of a team in their behind-the-scenes work and progress. I'm not sure I've seen or heard of a team making that much progress within the couse of a season. Kaw had a similar result last summer in the outdoors but, that was a result of changing models years of bikes.
Despite their main rider not reaching the expectations they had at the beginning of the year the work of JGR has been no less than exceptional. James will be back when he's ready. They will put a run together and all the rumors and discontent will evaporate. The end result will be what we all ask for...success based not only on talent but also diligent effort and hard work. The team effort.
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I honestly think that James is at a troubled time in his career and he doesn't have the confidence in himself. It's mentality tough to go from easily besting the field, to fighting for a top five position. In fact, it's demoralizing, and he's looking for something that can fix that.
I hope he finds what he's looking for, but I don't believe the biggest problem is his choice of bikes.
I remember watching an interview the Coy Gibbs and he said they had to pony up quite a bit for James and it was a stressful contract negotiation.
On Pulpmx Jbone said to his surprise it was never about $ with James and he never tried to negotiate for more.
Stewart wanted a three year deal and thought JGR could get the bike to work better for him.
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