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What's really going on with JS,Jeremy tells it like it is.
Good job by Kit Palmer over at Cycle News
http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/supercross_motocross/2012/04/25/interview-jgrmx-s-team-manager-jeremy-albrecht/
Good job by Kit Palmer over at Cycle News
http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/supercross_motocross/2012/04/25/interview-jgrmx-s-team-manager-jeremy-albrecht/
Thanks for posting that.
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As for James, he's got a bad case of the F$CK it's in my opinion. He doesn't need the money and there is no fire in the belly. He's playing the victim card about as bad as anyone I've ever seen. Looks to me like he's making every excuse to not race and yet he's still trying to hang on to that FMOTP title and wring it for every penny he can. Funny how he can go make a commercial, but not go ride/practice. I'll tell ya what his problem is. He can't (or couldn't) hang week in and week out with RV, RD, CR, and TC. It hurt his ego and he can't handle it. He used to be able to come through a not-as-fast pack of riders by comparison like Ferry, Milsaps, Shorty, Windam, et al and win races even with a bad start. His main and only competition was Chad Reed. Now days with RD, CR (at a high level), TC (at times), and RV riding, if he doesn't get a start he can't do what he used to. And now he's all butt-hurt over it. The main thing that is bruised his is ego.
And just for those of you that think I hate JS7, I don't. In fact, I like the guy - I've said it many times on here. I think he brings a great level of excitement to the sport and is great for the competition. I also have a mixed race family, so keep the racist comments to yourself. He just needs to sack up and stop making excuses. If he doesn't like the YZ, get a new team and new bike. But quit making excuses. This sport needs James Stewart in my opinion, but one that races consistently.
Sorry for the rant.
Being paid huge sums of money by somebody and he doesn't have the common courtesy/respect to answer their phone calls/emails/texts or however they're trying to contact him.
Stay classy James, stay classy.
Could you imagine being a TEAM Owner/Manager, looking to hire James, and reading that interview?! It reads like a career bomb. And this is thrown out there by Albrecht, someone who has been very helpful/instrumental in James career and is more like a friend to James. OUCH!
James could have told them, the bike is a POS. And JGR with the shop they have, could have in-turn said we can fix it and make the bike how ever you would like it.
Both sides have worked very hard on a setup and both have put in time and effort to make changes to the bike. If it doesn't suit him and they have both tried everything they could why continue? Make the necessary changes now so both sides could move on. Chad and the Kawi didn't mesh well. But then RV could go out and win on it. So who is to say the same cant be said about the JGR bike?
If that didn't happen then he was told something that was misleading. Either way, both sides aren't happy and that's how life goes.
Coach Gibbs is used to these types of situations. He dealt with it in one of the biggest sports we all know. Except he had 52 egos to deal with.
Pit Row
Always be very careful when you get into a power struggle with someone who has more money than you.
With all JGR has to offer and they still cant get it set up. People will look at all those resources and say if they cant set it up who the hell can.
Yamaha should really go back to the drawing board with that bike. I really fell bad for JGR, they have a multi-year deal with Yamaha and if they don't do anything to help JGR with the bike its a lose lose for JGR.
Hope everything works out for the best. Albrecht has been around a long time and has seen a lot. I'm tending to agree with his summation of the situation.
The competition has undoubtedly gotten tougher, whereby a poor start equals a top 5. Not a win. I also think it's true that James hasn't been as physically or as mentally as well prepared this year as he has in times past. Doing the reality TV show, being away from the racing - it's very much the same as having an injury. You're going to lose a certain amount from being out of the loop. It's inevitable.
Finally there's no doubt that James just doesn't like the bike. Forget about whether so and so can make it work, or whether it really does have a problem or is just a set-up issue etc. It's irrelevant now. Right or wrong James just doesn't get on with it and is (I'm guessing) so firmly set against the thing.... it'll probably never work now anyway. Once you get to that point with a bike it's usually best just to move on because you'll never stop thinking that the grass is greener on the other side. We've all been there in regards to that one.
sidenote - the Yamaha seems to work fine for Millsaps as with many other riders, rider bike combo plain and simple.
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