Who's the big loser of the Js/JGR/Yamaha divorce?

Sherwood
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5/6/2012 5:38pm
Sorry about my auto-correct ladies. At least I know that Reed winning on a drastically different Yamaha means jack shit when referring to James.
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5/6/2012 5:53pm
BESTY #72 wrote:
Obviously James Stewart. He might comeback next year on Yosh Suzuki and prove something. - Unlikely. He might even win the SX championship that JGR wanted...
Obviously James Stewart.

He might comeback next year on Yosh Suzuki and prove something. - Unlikely.
He might even win the SX championship that JGR wanted. - Even more unlikely.

Meanwhile, JGR got rid of an under performing rider, who was never going to win the championship like he hyped about at the start of the year and saved a fat ton of cash.

Stewart was going into Nascar afterwards and pretty much had job security locked up. Now, he's embarrassed himself this season, he's lost support of his 'fans' and he's ride-less, with small chance of getting hired by anyone, unless he accepts a ridiculously low salary.

A common thing as of late..

JS is the loser.
Let see here...JS wipes his ass in a week with more $$ than you'll make in a lifetime, yet you have the courage to call him the loser.

Nice job bud.
5/6/2012 6:49pm
BESTY #72 wrote:
Obviously James Stewart. He might comeback next year on Yosh Suzuki and prove something. - Unlikely. He might even win the SX championship that JGR wanted...
Obviously James Stewart.

He might comeback next year on Yosh Suzuki and prove something. - Unlikely.
He might even win the SX championship that JGR wanted. - Even more unlikely.

Meanwhile, JGR got rid of an under performing rider, who was never going to win the championship like he hyped about at the start of the year and saved a fat ton of cash.

Stewart was going into Nascar afterwards and pretty much had job security locked up. Now, he's embarrassed himself this season, he's lost support of his 'fans' and he's ride-less, with small chance of getting hired by anyone, unless he accepts a ridiculously low salary.

A common thing as of late..

JS is the loser.
Let see here...JS wipes his ass in a week with more $$ than you'll make in a lifetime, yet you have the courage to call him...
Let see here...JS wipes his ass in a week with more $$ than you'll make in a lifetime, yet you have the courage to call him the loser.

Nice job bud.
He quits a very lucrative, fairy tale contract that would have seen him out to retirement because he's a racer . He still gets called a loser because he has no heart, no love for the sport.

WTF is with you people. Name another racer that takes his fans out to dinner, invites them to his personally training compound,Supports amateur nationals. The guy cannot win.
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5/6/2012 6:58pm
I should probably clarify that my title to this post we not meant to insinuate that someone is a "loser" in the figurative sense. I meant it in the literal sense as in who stands to lose the most.

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5/6/2012 7:45pm
No one could ever call JS a "Loser", that is a joke.

Please remember he is a multi-time Supercross & National champion. He will always be remembered in the record books.

It’s just a shame to see his career go out like this. Other riders at this stage of their careers adapted their riding style, training, and/or bike set-ups to continue winning. While some refuse to listen it’s been stated over and over that it’s his bike set-up that is the problem. He got away with it for years but he has grown older and it does not work now. He has always been a crasher, but in his younger days he got away with it enough to win races & titles. It seems by his results the last few years those days are behind him. He can blame it on one team or another, then the bike but at the heart of the issue is his refusal to change/adapt.

Maybe he is just won too much to listen to good advise anymore. Fame and success at such a young age, huge money, etc.
iro
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5/6/2012 7:54pm
Sherwood wrote:
Sorry about my auto-correct ladies. At least I know that Reed winning on a drastically different Yamaha means jack shit when referring to James.
AAAAAAANNNND that's my point. Comparing apples to oranges. Maybe we are on the same page?

Regardless, thanks for the personal attacks, I appreciate it. By the way, I'm not the one that made a big deal about the grammar. I noticed it but I knew what you meant and didn't feel the need to bring it up. My response defending myself was not a dig at you - maybe I needed the sarcasm emoticon SENSE umagumadog's reply had nothing to do with this topic.

Can we move on now?
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5/6/2012 8:47pm
The term "loser" is relative. In the grand scheme of things, Yamaha, Toyota, and JGR's "loss" financially equates to a rounding error when compared to the total advertising/racing budgets. Coy Gibb's little SX team was basically a hobby, not the organizations's primary focus. They will move on, and likely paid little attention after issuing the press release.

And while James has not "lost" (he will still pull in several million dollars), he seems to have developed the "Alessi Syndrome", where organizations have difficulty dealing with the star talent. James has a "nice guy" reputation, but going dark on your boss does not endear you to potential employers.

The pressure isn't on Yamaha, Toyota, or JGR; it's on James. His success on the next bike does not definitively prove that the Yamaha is a bad bike. (I'd be interested to understand his impact on total sales.). However, if James' SX performance continues in MX, then a multitude of eyebrows will raise in unison.
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5/6/2012 9:09pm
GuyB wrote:
Big losers? I think everyone loses. Toyota, Yamaha, James, JGR, etc.
Not everyone looses.The lawyers are winning...
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5/6/2012 9:11pm
GuyB wrote:
Big losers? I think everyone loses. Toyota, Yamaha, James, JGR, etc.
Big E wrote:
Not everyone looses.The lawyers are winning...
Actually, the term is "Released"...
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5/7/2012 2:10am Edited Date/Time 5/7/2012 2:11am
edgo897 wrote:
You mean Mety might end up like Milsaps?
Hahaha this, JS7 made Millsaps look even better than he is, and Millsaps is pretty damn good. So is Metty.

As for the OP's question, JS7 loses the most.
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5/7/2012 2:10am
gsxrcr28 wrote:
I don't think we know yet. James loses a lot of $ and a chance at Nascar. JGR loses a guy they thought could win a...
I don't think we know yet.

James loses a lot of $ and a chance at Nascar.
JGR loses a guy they thought could win a Championship at some point.
Yamaha could look bad to some people if James does better on a Suzuki.
^ whs
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5/7/2012 7:11am
The biggest loser is Vital because now we have to have another JS thread
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5/7/2012 10:39am
Yamaha just needs to fix the frame by moving some of that weight forward. Move the gas tank in front of the engine, move the engine forward... Just get some weight off the back tire!

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