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He doesn't even particularly like motocross - just the paycheck. His personal interests are 4-wheeled stuff and rock bands.
As a result, he is completely useless as far as understanding and relaying the nuances of supercross. Ralph cannot readily identify >80% of the field. And this year more than ever, he and Will Christen have determined they need to jam the show full of inane tidbits about riders - even during critical moments.
He has not improved in 15 bloody seasons.
Jason Weigandt is abundantly qualified and hands down the best candidate for this role, but has not played the political game as well as Ralph. Hoping his time comes soon.
That being said I would rather hear a hundred “must situations” and “set sails” with the odd weird choice of words here and there from someone I know for a fact could put the mic down and lay down a respectable lap time. That other wwe/let’s shout really hard and go mental guy that just makes things feel cheap and staged is just not it. But he won’t leave so we can just keep whining in vital to make ourselves feel better .
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The whole god damn show needs a massive overhaul. It's painful to watch if you have any experience in this kind of work.
Ralph? Not so much.
I don't understand how they seem to piss you guys off so damn much.
" I was walking my dog and lost my drivers license, then I get a phone call from Davalos and he says hey I found your drivers license, haha, so, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't have a drivers license, haha"
Also "hitting his marks" needs to be retired.
That said, Ricky has dramatically improved no doubt about it and im sure will be even better next season and beyond.
Ralph just plain sucks. We were so spoiled with Diffey the first few races.
Ralph: "If they finish like this, then (insert name, usually Tomac) is in trouble."
Ralph, on the other hand has glaring issues. I've always felt like he is not a true fan of motocross, which is a must have to call the races and make it believable to any real fan that isnt a non rider. The anecdotes arent bad, they are absurd. Absolutely ridiculous. Let's see, we have piano, woodworking, building generators, grocery shopping, restoring a bike with his daughter, During MAINS. That is unacceptable. I think I Ralph seems like a nice guy, it's nothing Personal, he just doesnt seem like the right fit. I'd be all for Fro and Ricky.
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Feld, if you are reading this thread....that means I don't hear any of the myriad of product/brand mentions. It means Ralph is driving away impressions.
I don't even care if it's the last fricken lap, the point totals mean nothing unitl the checkered flag waves.
We’ve had Ralph with Fro. We’ve had Ralph with Ricky. We’ve had Ralph with both. He’s good with some things like transitions from commercials or track reports but during the racing he just loses his focus and has to try to make a personal connection to it. That shit can be done at any other point, but not during the race action. That is 100% the problem with Ralph.
One theory is that the higher-ups at Feld think existing fans who can't stand Ralph will watch anyway -- so they're operating on the assumption that he'll attract casual fans from the other motorsports he announces, and this number of casuals is greater than the number of casuals he drives away. The small amount of hardcore fans who simply turn off the volume wouldn't move the needle one way or the other.
All in all, it might not be a bad theory -- if Ralph's obvious replacement wasn't also announcing a boatload of other motorsports, and two-wheeled motorsports to boot. Of course there's the apparent rivalry with the MX series Weege announces, and likely a bunch of other considerations none of us know much about. Hell, there may even be a segment of fans who buy live tickets just so they don't have to listen to Ralph on TV!
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