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There isn't any mental issues or lack of speed. no different to any other year. The field has just gotten faster.
people call out his bad starts.. but 2010-2020, Tomac sits 6th for most holeshots. Only current racer ahead of him in 4th is Roczen.
Most of us can accept that it could be either option. You on the other hand seem to think the answer is definitive and that it is what you want to believe it is. I will try to be open minded and leave it up for debate, but at the moment I will go with the majority in believing somethings up with Eli. Maybe he doesnt want to hang it out that extra bit anymore.
Not feeling it in SX early on for whatever reason (standard), bled a heap of points, maybe more than expected. Now that it appears that the title is out of reach, mail in SX, go after another outdoor title.
Another, nother theory:
Burnt/still burnt from a big 2020, SX title hangover ala Jason Anderson 2019, or slow start first half of 2020 like Webb, and goes on a tear in the second half of the season.
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Look I dont know if he is burnt out or whatever (perhaps you know him personally?), but to say that is the only reason why he hasnt been winning is a slap in the face to those who are beating him
The eye test tells a different story, it's always been mental for him and the best example of that is when chased down Dungey in points because there was a carrot on a stick, he would beat the field by 8+ seconds for like 7 races in a row and the last race he needed to do the same thing to beat Dungey in the championship he melted like butter. That series of events tells everything you need to know about Tomac and his riding, if he's not mentally feeling it he's a top 10 guy when he is no one can beat him.
That same Tomac is out there today, if he gets his head screwed on right once again he will wax the field it doesn't matter how fast Kenny or Webb are going he will beat them, problem is when is he going to start to charge? it's getting late.
He has GOAT speed but he doesn't have the mental sharpness of RC, RV, JS, CR, CW or RD.
We've seen it all of his Kawi career, there is no urgency, I've never seen a rider so slow to get back on his bike after a front wheel wash out then fade from there onwards.
Go watch Daytona 2011, JS almost kills himself gets back up on a broken bike and broken body and starts putting in fastest lap times, you just don't see shit like that anymore.
Anyway, soon enough he will prove my theory an demolish the whole field when he decides he wants to feel it, people really don't look at the mental sides of things in this sport i swear, it's no surprise that the two mentality strongest riders are leading the championship.
I don’t think it’s a coincidence the guys that have been doing really well have had significant time off the bike in the last year.
Tomac has been relatively healthy since his shoulder injury in 2015? Or 16? The body can only train so much before it starts getting over taxed and he basically hasn’t been able to relax for over a year now.
I don’t know him. But just watching him ride I don’t see the same level of aggression and consistency for 20 min in his riding style. He just needs a reset to recharge the batteries is all I think.
Then what were these other riders doing the last 5-7 off seasons while Tomac was King of the class?
After Daytona we should start to see how this is going to play out.
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He has said for seasons now he needs to stop getting him self in a hole from the start
I recall last yr he struggled passing 2 riders esrly in the season, if you guessed Barcia and Webb you would be correct.
I think Barcia had a small tip over that allowed Eli by last yr and Webb got bogged down in a sandy section that allowed Eli to get passed him.
I have Eli 3rd for RM fantasy this yr.
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