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Either way he sounds like a good guy, and great wrench and another team will scoop him up.
RV's too.
Again, "high-schoolishness" doesn't belong in Pro racing!
But then again, many in place don't belong there either!
Politics, go figure!
Out with the good, keep the bad!
Dave O.
Bummer deal for Jon for sure, especially mid-season. Most factory/top level teams are full and budgets set. And you know Throttle was looking forward to some good results from his boy RV, gunning for a championship, and getting some nice bonuses this summer
there are a lot of good, quality mechanics out there. Certainly more than there are "title contender" riders. So when a good mechanic lands a rider like RV, it's like winning the lottery! The disparity between pay for, say a top 15-20 rider 's mechanic on a privateer team, and that of a mechanic for a race winner like RV is huge! Just like the riders salaries are. It just really sucks that Jon got released from the rider he has been with since his PC 250F days and it was no fault of his own.
"offroadtoday wrote: Maybe it just came down to the success was not coming with him and a small change seems to have made a difference. This is not the first time Mike has stepped in a top riders shoes."
1st, get it right.
There's stepping in, filling in, etc., all good intentions!
Then there's stepping over & on, do the math.
It was also in the print of "2's" contract, the mechanic part.
Inventing reasons when none exist is what it is.
"HR Depts". are very good at following other peoples paperwork,
yet very bad at investigating such in the 1st place.
They act on what they're given or told, no more no less.
In other words passing the buck is job 1 for them.
Many times I question why there is even such!
Welcome to the work place!
Dave O.
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Dave O.
"I like how Dave tells it like it is, given that his identity is no secret on this board. Props to you Dave O. ".......
This isn't about me, but thanks just the same.
I'm the way I am, can't skate that.
People who've worked with me know I'm a die-hard!
I just hate the BS.
I just hate the scamers, liers, cheats, etc.
In this arena, I can smell it real quick.
Heck it's everywhere, every industry, like "smog"!
Can't skate that just about anywhere either, yet
for me, in Pro racing it's all about TEAM WORK. No more no less.
Others think there's an easy way.
Many are good, but at the same time they're bad.
Good programs have good people, through & through.
Again, don't always believe what you see!
Dave O.
"The good know it, & so do the bad..........
And Dave is right on this one too. Unfortunately, Jon never had a chance at Team Kawasaki. Some team politics and back-stabbing is a bad side of that team. A few of the guys have a track record of this.
Jon is a good guy and a great mechanic. This sucks for him. Once his Dad died, the vulchers on the team started circling, and they claimed yet another victim.
Let’s hope this turns out positive for Jon in the end somehow……….and let’s hope it turns out bad for the vulchers.
S
Pit Row
In other words, Why fuck with the arrangement if it has been working so well over the years, is the question?
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