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Nobody could bait a word out of Cox for the longest time and all of the sudden it's like a dose of estrogen hit the board over Bobbym being himself ???
I see no reason why he couldn't inform his team, that has supported him since he signed his name on their contract, what his stomach issue is.
Actually, while we're discussing this, why the hell is Motocross so damn secretive?! It's really starting to piss me off. If I'm hurt, it's not some heavily guarded national secret. I might not disclose a few details, but I don't see any reason as to why I wouldn't let whoever asks know that something is wrong with me. Obviously I'm not a top pro, but I'm still not seeing what justifies the CIA like secrecy...
Even if the question is only slightly intrusive and is presented in a respectful manner, the MX reporter is constantly walking a tightrope. For every genuinely cool and down to earth racer he/she encounters there's another pampered, insecure personality that has spent their life free of obligation and consequences because of their talents.
Cross one of those guys, even if you dot your i's and cross your t's when it comes to the facts, and you'll face hell from your producer or editor.
I do notice a lot of stomach issues with racers. These racers should be eating 100% organic food, that's for sure- and never fast food crap. I read recently a hot rookie kid joking about how he guzzled a Coke right before his first pro moto. That is not what you want in your stomach.
He's not the same guy he was in 2004, when he definitely was a "pampered, insecure personality."
Honestly, if you think there are stories that aren't being told and should be, you should dig them up. Go ahead.
I just don't understand why someone at Suzuki isn't demanding a little more truth out of Chad. I like him and I'm not saying he's pampered or anything. Just seems like the people who write your checks have the right to know why you aren't riding your best.
I also wasn't aware opinions have to be true or false......
Just compare and contrast MX/SX reporting with MotoGP reporting in a issue of Cyclenews. The reporting/story telling of the MX/SX journalist is just like reading a PR (Steve Matthes reporting is a exception).
In the MotoGP, you get specific questions followed up by specific answers. With very topical issues being thoroughly discussed. Especially when it comes to technical issues. In MX/SX...yeah, not so much.
The MX/SX teams and riders are partly to blame. Why so dam secretive about technical topics? That shit just doesn't fly in MotoGP.
P.S. I think Cox and GuyB also do a reasonable job. Just my opinion.
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Personally I think you're talking apples and oranges with the dog weight analogy....and obviously missing VMXdude's point about who is the one that is owed an apology. My take is BobbyM gave you feedback on the interview which was his opinion and certainly didn't strike me as he thinks you suck at your job. How does he owe you an apology for having an opinion?
Grendel-No comment on Nerd's request for an apology, eh? Last time someone made a post about wanting an apology you seized on it like a dog on a bone.....why not now?
Personally I think you're talking apples and oranges with the dog weight analogy....and obviously missing VMXdude's point about who is the one that is owed an apology. My take is BobbyM gave you feedback on the interview which was his opinion and certainly didn't strike me as he thinks you suck at your job. How does he owe you an apology for having an opinion?
Grendel-No comment on Nerd's request for an apology, eh? Last time someone made a post about wanting an apology you seized on it like a dog on a bone.....why not now?
Rigdon, I honestly don't understand what your problem is.
He didn't comment on my interview, he commented on my interviewing ability. Can you tell the difference? And he's someone that I considered a friend prior to that.
So, what if a "friend" of yours went on this board and talked about how the products you sell are snake-oil and people shouldn't waste their time buying them? Would you take offense to that?
I think you probably would. Same thing here. And even worse, Bobby wasn't just talking about my product (the interview) he was talking about my ability to create said product. It's even worse.
And there are lots of people who think that because it's an opinion it can't be wrong. Some people have an opinion that we never landed on the moon, for example. They're plainly wrong. Just because it's "their opinion" (their traditional fall-back point) doesn't make it equally valid as the facts.
Also, Michael, please show me where I asked for an apology. I seem to have missed that.
Have you worked for the guy?
You may have noticed some of the last few interviews I did on the site with Jeff Stanton, Davi Millsaps, Chad Reed and Ryan Dungey, all of them tackled the question of the tracks, and they were all critical (except Dungey) of the tracks.
If I wasn't allowed to be critical of the sport, I would've not asked the question, or edited out the answer, because of DC's "investment" in the sport.
So, sorry, but I don't buy that I'm a shitty journalist at all, whether it's my fault or not.
As was pointed out, Bobby gave me two samples of questions he would've asked. One of them I basically did ask, and the other wouldn't have gone anywhere. That's my job as a journalist - to know when and where to pry.
And I do know that (most of the time).
That makes me a good journalist, not a bad one. There's always room for improvement, though.
The main point with Bobby was that he was supposedly a friend of mine and did this. If you did it, that's fine. But a friend wouldn't do something like that.
Can I get a copy of the special double secret decoder ring you're using to read all these messages?
Bobby must not have been that close a friend in the first place. I've never even met the guy and even I could have told you he'd ask you what he thought right here on this public forum, no matter what he thought.
You got your panties in a wad over nothing. I enjoyed the interview but I didn't learn anything I didn't already know. Isn't that the purpose? Or is it just to provide publicity for the latest winner?
No, the person I was responding to said that he HAD apologized. I simply pointed out that it was incorrect. He hadn't.
Why did you enjoy the interview if there was nothing you learned at all from it?
if i call you "gay" on a moto board you would just shrug it off because you know it isn't true...you'd laugh at it, but if i was to suggest you can ask harder questions sometimes you fucking fly off the handle like some psycho TFS wannabee. you showed yer cards dork...and they are plain as day. as usual...you can't argue with nerd. you can't reason with nerd, you can't point out anything with nerd because the fucker is ALWAYS RIGHT...ALWAYS. same ole nerd...same ole shit.
and nerd...why did you origially leave the mxbb's and why did you come back? you said you never read them when you were on hiatus but i know that wasn't true. talk about being true to yerself....wtf.
and i did apologize for butt hurting you on a public forum but you wouldn't accept it...so see above.
This isn't the third grade. The reality is that friends don't go on public forums and suggest that my interviews are messed up by my desire to not anger my interviewee.
There were many times in the past that you called me on the phone or IM'd me to tell me you thought something I said or did was wrong, but that was fine. That's not what you did here.
Secondly, tell us some more about how James Stewart dropped out of the SX championship because of his hatred of Monster Energy Drink, not because of his knee, and that he's not going to race the outdoors in 2008 either for the same reason.
So while you say "you're always right" as if that's an insult, perhaps you're just really upset that you refused to listen to reason back then and now you have to admit to YOURSELF that you were wrong, and it's hard, so it's easier to just blame me.
Go ahead.
Otherwise, have a good time with Jay. Maybe you two can dig up the REAL scoops like THAT one above, because at the time, you explicitly said that I wasn't doing my job because I wasn't reporting on this nonsense that you got from some mystery person who was full of crap.
It's not the first time I've heard it from you, it's just the first time I've heard it from you on a public forum, and that's when you crossed the line into Asshole-land.
Have fun digging up the real scoops, Bobby.
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