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I am not really questioning the kid's choices, since by all accounts he was calculating, mature, polite, and fastidious with the rules. Brian Deegan is the grown man who wanted to do that one-on-one, which seems like a dumbass grown man choice.
I think we’ll know a LOT more from the dealership interview with ML.
The Yamaha pressure theory is now proven to be conjecture by Brennan (as I suspected). That doesn’t entirely mean Yamaha didnt apply pressure tho.
Im not even sure the meeting with Yamaha Donnie & Walker had done anything to hurt Brennan’s resolve at that point. Doesnt mean shenanigans didnt occur in that meeting. But they may have not been the seminal factor.
Would sure be something to find out it was dad that pulled the plug on the claim wouldnt it? Oh boy would the mob look stoopid.
I did find it interesting that Walker trains the son of the owner of the dealer who dropped Brennan…….
Not a surprise to you and me but boy did the mob take the bait.
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Is your name Daniel and do you have any affiliation with Star Yamaha? and/or the Deegans?
And chill out with the "i am so virtuous" crap
I also think the kid is lying about his motivations, I just dont care, he claimed it, he should have the bike.
Its such bullshit that after claiming the bike, anyone is allowed to start "negotiating" with him.
The fact that it went down like that proves that Star/the Deegans didnt want the bike to go. Brian Deegan said it himself, he didnt think it is fair that anyone can just benefit from all of the money and work put into it.... that is EXACTLY why the rule exists.
2. If I wanted to ride a Star bike I could just drive to North Florida and ask. And if they said no I’d accept that answer.
3. I’m not one to protest a competitor even when I know they’re cheating. I know it’s never worth the hassle unless you have some serious political clout.
4. I know what it’s like to invest too much time into testing and would never feel right taking someone’s LL bike.
5. If I did file a claim, I think y’all should know by now, Im stubborn enough to stick with it all the way thru.
I found Schofield to continue to be credible.
Cotter is a lifelong dedicated employee, and was honest in his admission that he should have had Schofield's dad in the room. I also feel he should have NEVER allowed Brian Deegan to talk to Schofield. They may it sounds reasonable, but the act of claiming is adversarial and putting Schofield in front of Brian was wrong. I have more of a problem with that than the minor/should have had dad present issue.
Looking forward to the rest. High drama.
It sure doesnt fit the mob’s narrative. LOL.
You must be one of my co-workers at Yamaha. Or do we work at Star? Or are we Haiden’s siblings? Or are you Walker and I am Cotter? Oh I know who we are, we’re “controlled opposition”!
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Oh wait, lying doesnt matter is what I’ve been told over & over. Nevermind. LOL.
If some of you remaining dick fucks can't put 2+2 together, then there ain't no hope for ya at this point.
This isn't rocket science. Walker is lying. Luce is lying. The Sponsor dealership is lying. I don't think Cotter lied in his interview, I'm just not convinced he didn't omit some things he knew in order to cover some things up. If Deegan had anything to do with it, it was very much behind the scenes (if he had anything at all to do with it).
I provided a really lengthy synopsis at hte end of page 4, but after hearing the MX Factory interviews, Part 1 & 2 of Vital interviews, and the PulpMX intervews (Weege, and the show tonight)....I won't assume I know exactly what happened, but you can tell pretty quickly who the shady characters are relative to the others.
Matt Walker - This dude has no credibility after hearing him first on Plup, and now in Part 2. Almost all other interviews allude to him being very aggressive in the meeting with Brenden/Motor Guy/Dad, yet he is absolutely insistent that he wasn't and that it was simply him trying to gently guide his rider to the right moral choice.
During his interview in Part 2, Matt is defensive the entire time when he's not being accused about anything. He did the same thing on PulpMX, where he was adding in all sorts of extraneous detail, trying to play up his credibility in the industry etc.
His mannerisms and dialect aren't doing him any favors either (I say that as a Southerner too). He just comes across like a guy you'd see on the First 48 trying to say he didn't stab somebody, when you've seen him on 5 different cameras stabbing somebody.
Lastly (and I said this in my earlier synopsis), if he has such a great relationship with Brenden & his family, then why are they citing his conduct, and terming the relationship? It makes no sense.
Donnie Luce - Sure seems like he was trying to make some deals after getting texted by Deegan. Not implying Deegan put him up to it (he could have just been complaining "can you believe this s***?" kind of thing), but it seems really odd to try and figure out more details about someone you've never heard of, and then 5 minutes later you're talking about giving them 2 motors, and floating the idea of trips out to ride Yamaha factory bikes. Yamaha runs a great amature racing program, but they aren't handing out free trips and multiple motors to everyone at races.
I doubt he was put up to it by corporate at all, probably just trying to handle it on the ground...but he wasn't negotiating ~$10k door prizes to anyone else. I wonder why that is?
Donnie doesn't seem nearly as sketchy as Matt, but it does seem like he's omitting some of what was discussed.
Deegan called/texted Donnie after learning of the claim for a reason though, and Donnie immediately sought additional information after receiving that contact. He wasn't going on the hunt to learn about a forlorn Yamaha riding amateur with two blown up practice bikes...that much I do know...can't say much else.
Let me be clear, it doesn't seem Deegan was all that involved. He might have just inadvertently set some of this in motion?
The Dealer - This guy is the wild card. If he's good buddies with Matt, then who the hell knows. I'm hooked, and I'll be watching tomorrow.
The claim rule exists, everyone thinks it's a good idea unless someone does a claim.
Donnie literally said he thinks it's a good rule. Yet he was in Matt Walkers pit trying to get the claim to go away.
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