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I agree with most on here. Time to kick the Coombs clan to the curb. Whatever good they've done for the sport is essentially null at this point. And there's a 0% chance Yamaha will ever see a cent of my money after this.
“Everyone is equal” but some are more equal than others…”
This sucks….
Glad this world never intruded on my family's enjoyment of motocross and motorcycles.
Quick story...when I was 10 I was just coming back from a broken arm. I was walking the track (same place I broke my arm at) while my dad was signing me up. The dad of my one my rivals comes over and starts talking to me out of nowhere asking if my arm still bothers me, if it's going to freak me out every time I go over that jump that I could snap my arm again, if I'm worried about getting hurt again, just trying to psych me out. I told him something like it was good enough to whip his kids ass and sure enough I did.
At the time it was all just head games and part of the deal but when I look back at it now those kinda things actually amaze me.
* Wait until the desired factory motorcycle is lined up for THE last race
* Walk into the AMA office with cash in hand
* Ask the AMA official to take possession of the motorcycle as the rider exits the track
* Load up the bike of your dreams, strap it down tightly, kick the truck into gear and wave goodbye
* no drama, no interrogations, no motor swaps, no one losses a dealership, just a well-executed plan
It would have been much cooler for Star Racing to uncrate a stocker, set the sag and watch Haiden lay wood to his peers or even go 2-3-1 on a stocker. Afterward, raffle the bike off Bob Hannah style and donate the proceeds to a local charity helping the flood-ravaged locals. Haiden shows everyone he really is the man and all the hot chicks get to squeeze his moto buns while he collects trophies on the box.
Ironically, Haiden's father spent his early career sticking it to "The Man" and now he is "The Man".
All the LL classes should race stock-ish motorcycles. The results will be the same.
That’s how I feel about the Deegans, I want to like them. Hayden straight up has crazy talent and a good work ethic. Brian always says the right things about how they want to be and the things he wants his kids to work for. And they go and pull some crap like this. And you realize why people have a hard time cheering for them.
Pit Row
Did Brian ask the same questions everyone else would have asked if we were in his shoes? Did he cross a line and threaten the kid? Only one side to the story right now. Lots of people thought Jonny Depp was a horrible person until the defamation case went public. There are always two sides to the story, so far we only one side. Just because the Deegans and Star are mostly silent or tip toeing around it doesn’t mean everything the other side says is true.
As for Haiden, so he went to the other kids camp, I didn’t catch if he said anything to the other guy. Did he just go and look? Did he harass or threaten him? Again, if it was any of our bikes being claimed we would more than likely want to put a face to who is taking it, even if we never said a word to them.
So Brian cheated 20 years ago, does that have to mean his character is defined by that for the rest of his life? Are we all as individuals defined by a single choice we made years ago? Is he not allowed to change? Brian is not perfect but I’m proud of how he turned out compared to the person he portrayed when he was in full blown Mulisha mode at the height of his career. By all accounts he should be a statistic of how your life/relationships fall apart when you live a hard party life and make it your identity as he did as “The General” for so many years.
As for the kid claiming, he had every right to do it. He was not in the wrong to do it. However, life does have unwritten rules whether you like it or not and he learned the hard way. Breaking unwritten rules has consequences just like breaking the written ones. We don’t have to like it, but it’s true. Sometimes the unwritten rules are more real and important than the ones that are written down. Just look at the political landscape in this country for many many examples.
Even if Star doesn’t give the full details of their side of the story it would be a great gesture and probably a good PR move to give the guy a full GYTR bike as a sign of good faith. Essentially saying, things could have been handled better and we may agree to disagree but here is a sign of our humanity. We are not the cold hearted individuals that we are being portrayed as.
Use your own 'basic human psychology' argument from the standpoint of Schofield, a 17-year old kid that had officials (and Brian Deegan for some reason) grilling him without his parent anywhere around. Also, when Schofield left, how do you think he felt being followed by multiple other people (Haiden and his cronies)? Didn't he mention someone had to tell these guys to get out of Schofield's pit area?
Here's a kicker for you, why was Brian Deegan even allowed to talk to the Schofield about this? Does he have the pink slip for the bike? At the point the claim was initiated, there is no reason to have the opposing camp ask any questions, they should be given a rulebook and some reading glasses.
The point is, there is an AMA claiming rule.
The kid invoked that rule.
Deegan, Cotter, Luce...(and, it seems the AMA in its' lack of oversight of the claim) pressured the claimant. That is out of bounds. Not even speaking to the pressure on the kids sponsor etc.
Brian shouldn't be involved in the claim process, nor should Cotter or Luce.
All of the blather ace402 wrote is irrelevant.
Why do people have to make up shit to cover up facts? SMH.
By all accounts both Russia and the US should have crushed Afghanistan, yet the insurgents were able to repel the best armed forces in the world. The enemy always gets a vote. When you’re to arrogant to admit that you increase your odds of dying.
Star got their dick slapped for not thinking anyone had the stones to claim their bike.
The kid got a black eye for thinking he could claim it without consequence.
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