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I'd say having access to Blake's settings is a lot more than normal communication between racing teams. That tells me that the KTM teams stick together to a certain degree, even if they are competitors. Which also tells me Blake was more than willing to take the spot ahead of Cooper, but he wasn't going to pull a Justin Cooper to get there and dick up the championship points. Couple that with I'm sure its a pretty nice payday to get 2nd on the podium - better than not on the podium in the event of a crash.
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Eli finally talks and explains everything as to why he has been off at times this year.
New bike AND his crash, 'I missed all of December. It hurt my confidence. I broke my back! That gets in your head.'
It takes ALL riders a long time to get their speed back from a bad crash. He must have hit the ground hard.
Maybe he doesn't hear it that way, though.
He has TylerMx on speed dial
I think the fact of the matter is that most “industry” people really do care about what is said here...they brush off the negative stuff as “stupid keyboard warriors...vitards...forum experts” blah blah blah...but they still read it, so they care.
I can see when things get so uncivil and personal attacks ensue that stuff has to get flushed.
What gets me is this strange calculus that our journalists (not sure they're that, but what to classify them as?) go through to protect the status quo. They go to great lengths to protect the people in the industry (riders, team personnel, sanctioning body, etc.) from anything upsetting or negative.
At the end of the day, it's self-preservation. The sport is to small, too ineffective in governing itself, etc. to really allow any true investigative journalism that could hurt the teams to ever occur. So I don't so much blame Guy B...he doesn't have much of a choice...
I say the teams need the media far more than the media needs the teams...
I think this is backwards in this sport. The teams should be afraid of making the media mad not the other way around.
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It's one thing to do that to a specific person who is getting sideways, but another to do it to a large, unnamed group like in the Baggett question setup.
Did Blake also eventually (and cleanly) make his way by?
When I walked into their pit area, I heard about it from a couple people there. Blake and I also talked about it before I started recording. It was all in fun.
SX/MX is nowhere near the professional leagues of the NBA/NFL. The forums are about the only media coverage this sport gets.
If that interview rubbed you the wrong way, you're part of our problem.
So no, I would not expect them to ask about a forum comment on the podium, but its not even close to the same thing.
And also, you do realise that one of THE most popular viral trends over the last few years is INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTARS!!! reading mean tweets written by everyday people...
Its kind of not that dissimilar to this... so maybe if they had a panel type pre or post show on NBC, famous riders reading 'mean vital threads' might actually help build the sport.
There are a lot of “vitards” that come off as completely sideways and out of line with their posts within the racing community. However, there are many here that aren’t considered “vitards”. It’s kinda like immigration, the illegals ruin the perception for everyone. If riders or even GUYB called out specific posters could you imagine? There would be a mad dash in here to be an asshole just to get a mention from a rider.
The problem is, if you try to correct someone on here with reality and fact then you are usually labeled as a industry kiss ass or a know it all asshole. Years ago this place was full of industry and even riders posting. They have been ran off. Remember DV12? I remember him getting called an idiot, a know it all.
One thing I have noticed is if you make a generalization about the place without calling specific people out in a post or in an interview a lot of people that shouldn’t, get offended. Much like this thread.
Anyways, I think a lot of the people posting about this aren’t the ones GuyB and Blake are talking about.
I went away for a while, used to post a lot back in the day, I can tell you there are a lot of fresh people here that just seem angry and need a couch to lay on while spouting off their complaints and none sense.
Total access to the drivers of teams that allowed it, and you see the good, bad, and ugly. It allows a normal fan to see these drivers' true personalities and make an emotional connection (or develop a disdain for them - whatever).
It occurs to me that this is a huge missing piece in our sport. We basically have to rely on little snippets from IG to formulate that connection with the riders...
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