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Deano is a hard worker with lots of bad luck. He gets injured so much but keeps working and claws his way back to the top time and time again. He has twice now, without blinking, decided to privateer it up at the start of a season to earn his way back to a factory ride, and he succeeded both times. He´s a working class hero if I ever saw one.
Justin Hill is a super talent with the natural ability to be a great champion, but is just so unfocused and blind to the effort that is needed of him to be a top guy. All i hear is just whining and this and that and the "I need to be better, I need to be stronger" type of statements over and over but he doesnt do jack shit about it. He´s still that guy who skips the night show because of injury but later goes to clubs in the evening, playing his music or whatever.
They are miles apart in my book and I´d hire a hard worker like Deano any day over a "slacker" like Justin.
I got the impression that JGR was a fat salary ($500k?) with small performance bonuses. Hill seems to be the kind of rider that needs a tiny salary with HUGE bonuses to keep him motivated.
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People like hill, hansen, jlaw, bogle, are what I want to see more of. It’s a job dude. 5 days work, clock out and enjoy 2 off. Hit a bar after mid week practice, play guitar, whatever. I can’t believe he gets so much crap for having a separate hobby. He still puts up good results. I don’t think any sport is as demanding as Moto. It’s sad.
The reason why teams are looking after Hill because he is a past champion with allot of raw speed. They hope to get that speed back on track and when it does, you have a race like Tampa 450. Thats where there shopping/hoping for. And some Top10/15 results are not that bad for a team like MCR.
Let him do his West Coast thing and he will be more then allright
In this case, Davalos could most likely put in the same kind of results that Hill has been putting in for less money. In my opinion, that would be a better signing.
For everyone saying, oh man he should be able to have a life and be a pro racer. Well, it ain't the 90s anymore. The top guys take this sport 100% all the time. Hill was being paid like a top guy (to some degree) and giving it 75% effort. Either he sacks up and does the work, or he is out of a ride by 2021. Plenty of other guys willing to do the work, show up on race day ready to go, and represent the sponsor better than what Hill is giving them.
Look up Hills results outdoors in 18 when he moved up to 450s after starting on the 250 (from High Point on I think?). He hovered in the 4-8 place range
Regardless, I think MCR is his best (and only) option moving forward. Unless he does the Deano route, goes privateer and hopes for a fill-in.
Last in every shootout, nah can't be anything to do with the bike.
It's also the same bike Dungey won on, and RC. And it hasn't changed a bit, and JGR has a bad rap for setup.
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"Why are you guys harshing so bad on a young guy who has a life outside of Moto.... this is what is so wrong with the sport. The Ricky’s, Eli’s, etc ruined it. These young dudes literally have to be on the job 24/7 and god forbid they go to a bar and it gets posted.
People like hill, hansen, jlaw, bogle, are what I want to see more of. It’s a job dude. 5 days work, clock out and enjoy 2 off. Hit a bar after mid week practice, play guitar, whatever. I can’t believe he gets so much crap for having a separate hobby. He still puts up good results. I don’t think any sport is as demanding as Moto. It’s sad."
My point is the level of dedication has moved the sport beyond this. If a rider wants to enjoy life outside of moto then probably he should not be expecting to be paid like a top guy, or expect the same results as a top guy. Aldon's guys, Tomac, the Reynard crew, the Goat farm....it's not really about fun. It's about maximizing your earnings during a very short career.
As for why Deano got pulled into this, someone commented about "we can work with speed". This was always the tagline with Deano, and while he and Hill are in no way similar I am only pointing out that "we can work with speed" only gets you so far, and gets you so many chances in this sport. Hill's qualifying laps and brief romance at Tampa 2018 don't offer much on the market. I mean he and Savatgy are both going for the same rides and I think any manager would be 100% taking Joey.
When other riders have found themselves in a situation where they didn’t have a ride, what have the riders that went on to find success and land on a team again do? They got a bike and raced to prove that they have that drive and desire to race. If he isn’t willing to go race on his own and prove his worth, I think that goes to show where his effort and desire level really is. If you want to prove yourself, go do it!
What you’ve done so far in your career has landed you where you at, it’s not by coincidence. If you aren’t willing to prove yourself by racing, then that says a lot about your confidence.
He has had his fair share of chances.
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