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I could name 50 sprint car guys that could drive circles around her, she is only there because she's marketable.
I don’t have anything against the Deegan family and am not jumping on any bandwagon hate clubs on here. Brian use to irritate me with his Mulisha BS attitude and didn’t carry himself well, IMO.
But he seems to be a good father and has changed his ways as far as I can tell.
Signed,
Izzy’s dad, Stroupe’s parents, and every other moto dad that regrets letting their son fall under the complete supervision of the very treacherous moto industry.
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If the accusations are true, I’ll agree Brian is a fraud and really fucked up. But in no way should he step away from his KID this early. There’s way too many pitfalls still to come that DAD needs to be there to protect him from. And as good of an environment as Star is, I still wouldn’t recommend Brian step aside and let them finish raising his boy.
I will say it sounded like Yamaha is trying to get their ducks in a row before they make a statement. Where there's smoke there's fire.
It's easy for Bobby Regan to say he was ok with it and only didn't want vendor names getting disclosed, he didn't lose the bike or motor so no one will ever know if that's the truth.
Also, Weege, go find that loudmouth Matt Walker and ask him why Brennan is no longer training at MotoX Compound.
Pit Row
Comments from those involved = plausible deniability. Get some lower level guys to make sure the bike stays without telling them directly what to do.
Bringing up SX global only shows why you keep trying to downplay this whole debacle. Maybe your concerns with them would be better served in the numerous SX Global threads.
I like Weege personally. Never would’ve expected him to go there. That’s nuclear by his standards.
From what I’ve seen personally, most do not make it out fine. The USA amateur moto scene produces a LOT of talent. Very little of it makes it thru to reach their potential in the 450 class. The reason is the 250 ranks is really young impressionable kids surrounded by a ton of people that have no business being around kids.
So for that reason I dont fault any moto dad for gripping tightly. And I know for a fact that Star appreciates having Brian closely involved. Most teams do not want the parents so involved - and I get that perspective also.
Its also interesting in DC's column on Claimgate that DC in his write up only stood up for Cotter and the other AMA official for "not bullying" Brennan. Said nothing about Deegan, just stated that Cotter and Burkeen didn't do it. The omission of leaving Deegan out of the discussion is very telling.
Seems like DC/MXsports is trying to distance themselves from this very carefully.
Sounds like Star is trying to distance themselves from this very carefully.
Will be interesting to see what Yamaha does on the matter.
Will be interesting to see what Deegan does on the matter - he hasn't gotten off to a good start.
I go back to a post in another thread about this.
What if Deegan had laughed this off with Brennan, told the kid "touche' for knowing the rule book and coming up with the cash" and said, "enjoy the bike". Then went and got a photo with him, and plastered the funny and cool response all over social media? Everyone would be giving Deegan all kinds of props for being so cool about it.
But alas he's been a douche so it seems. Seemed pretty reactive and uptight, almost like he's guilty of something.
If there was nothing to worry about, why worry? Again, it wasn't his bike, it wasn't his money. The only thing I could think of was the transmission rule Mav posted earlier in another thread where HDeegan could have been stripped of this title for it. But otherwise, why care? Why would Deegan go all "defame" mode?
He's acting guilty as fuck about something. Its telling.
1- The bike had cheater parts.
2- Brian Deegan’s a dickhead.
I can’t imagine Star risking that for an amateur title so…..
Cotter may or may not have leaned on the kid with Brian. That’s 100% possible and if so, unacceptable.
From there on out, MxSports did have the motor tagged and taped and bike guarded 24/7 until the kid came back. Unless someone from MxSports was coordinating the intimidation plan behind the scenes, I’m not sure how they could have been involved overtly with someone else involving Yamaha and it spiraling from there.
They (even if it was begrudgingly) take the bike in and secure it. Time passes and someone who doesn’t work for MxSports gets Yamaha corporate involved, and here we are.
Again, not giving MxSports a pass at all here, just listing some sterile facts amongst themselves. While they made missteps, they weren’t the one violating antitrust laws.
He’ll need ‘dad’ at home, for sure.
But ‘dad’ doesn’t belong in a professional environment.
Edit: this by no way means that Brian shouldn’t attend the races. It just means that he’s not there to ‘dad’ him, like he would be away from the workplace.
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