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Do you honestly think if anyone with a factory contract had all this negative stuff going on around them, they would still have a check coming?? All the clauses in contracts now, I'm sure there is one about not letting other people work on your bike.
I see Suzuki not re-newing Mike's contract in the same light as others before him. For whatever reason, he isn't gong back to Suzuki, they made the decision.
If you read Matthes' column, you would read that Alessi's burned the bridge at Honda. Did they really? If that bridge is burned, why give Jeff the try out last year?
There are holes in the story. I was just asking to have them filled in, that's all. The story was about Mike letting his dad go, basically blaming Tony for Mike failure to win a championship. I don't buy it, Mike has hard two bad injuries in the last two years, his dad has nothing to do with it.
Mike is about to burn through his fourth pro team in five seasons. Really? He's been on 4 pro teams in 5 years??
tony is a helluva father.
mike needs to fly on his own to make it to the next level, in racing and in life
tony, as a helluva father needs to help mike fly on his own.
these are bobbym's and bobbym's alone opinions.
now shit can this thread for fugg sakes....
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As for them not honoring a contract when it comes to the suspension and motor teardowns, look no further that the old Alloy press release to know they are capable of doing such things-
"Yorba Linda, California. August 24th 2004.
ALLOY MX announces that the company has ended their agreement with Mike
Alessi with immediate effect.
Neil Calvesbert commented, “This should have been a very difficult decision,
but ultimately it was not as it was forced upon us. ALLOY MX saw Mike Alessi
as the future; we made a large commitment to him and his brother Jeff. As a
young company we committed ourselves to these two riders for the long term,
no amateur rider has been supported or marketed as heavily as Mike Alessi
with ALLOY MX.
But at the end of the day, we have simply had enough of the situation and
working with Tony Alessi.”
Calvesbert continued “The backlash of the events leading up to and during
Millville have rocked us hard, people think ALLOY MX made those “Believe the
Hype” tee-shirts. That is simply not true; we had no involvement in
producing that tee-shirt. Tony Alessi asked us to make a bulls eye butt logo
for Mike’s pants for Millville, we pointed out the problems that may cause
or the message it might send but he insisted. We originally signed a 3-year
contract with both Mike and Jeff, which took us to the end of 2005; recently
Tony has wanted to make some changes to our original agreement which
included helmets and boots. We have always tried to accommodate his requests
and have gone over and beyond what the contract requires us to do. As we all
know, as the stakes and money get higher so do the responsibilities of the
athletes. Unfortunately some people chose not to respect the terms or
obligations of a contract; they want the money but don’t expect to work for
it”.
Ben Masek, President of ALLOY MX added “While we were left concerned after
Millville, we tried to soldier on but this week Tony told us that if we did
not allow Mike to wear the same color way as Millville for Steele City or
Glen Helen that he would pull Mike from those races? Various communications
went back and forth and today we decided to end the relationship, we just
cannot work productively under the constant threats from Tony Alessi”.
Calvesbert added, “There are so many riders out there who we respect, riders
who have won countless races and championships, they don’t wear ALLOY but as
athletes they have our full respect. Every rider that goes to the line each
week has our respect. There are many riders out there who would be excited
to get the support we have given Mike but it seems we just cannot do enough
to please Tony, we know Mike will win many races on whatever machinery he
secures for his future but ALLOY MX will not be a part of that future. "
That may be old, but as they say, old tendencies and behaviors die hard
Dumbgeon?
A positive person would say HOF.
But for the record I agree with you on this one.
I like Matthes writing style, he states very clearly that the Pulp MX stuff is his own opinion based on the people he speaks to and things he hears.
Reading any kind of opinion/editorial work at any level and asking the writer to always come clean with publicly named sources is the surest way to silence everything but the straight PR stories.
All the bs that went down with Alloy, wasn't Mike a minor at the time? It wasn't like Alloy didn't know the past with the family. They took a chance, it ended on a bad note. May of been more to that story too, as Alloy is no longer around.
So a small company is willing to fire the Alessi's after all they invested in them, but Suzuki wouldn't??
Oh and the bulleye butt patch was a great idea!!! Kinda like the J-Law Anarchy in AMA one.
Tony is "hard core" and when you truly believe you are doing the right thing for your son, than that is all that matters to him. I think that anyone who has hired Mike knew that Tony came with him. It's been a very successful package, and if it wasn't for a few crashes by Mike, perhaps this discussion would not be taking place. Mike's racing has been very successful, and the fact he hasn't won a championship is not really a surprise to me. When you have guys like RC, Stewart, Reed, and Villopoto among many other fast racers it is actually against the odds.
Personally I think lawrence and Villopoto have more natural talent and this is from observations all the way through amateurs. Villopoto also has the work ethic and burning desire to win just like Mike, and that makes Ryan an extremely tough competitor.
You can say for Alessi to start his own program, but he would definitely need assistance gathering sponsors and running the team, and who is Tony going to trust to do that?
So it all goes back to Tony letting Mike go, and having Mike be his own man. I know it is hard to let go, because they are always your kids no matter what age they are.
That was AWESOME!
Just wanted to post before it hit's the place where all 10+ pagers go.
Guy-b , you have my permission to flush this.
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You may actually get thanked some day.
Not anytime soon of course, but we are all liferzz with this great sport.
what the hell does that mean ? what is his job description exactly ? how do you make your money ?
can i hire you ? so if i want to bad mouth some one , or some product ,or some track , or some industry figure i can pay you and hide it in what would be called an opinion?
is this how it works? i just want to understand it honestly !
AAA
everyone is entitled to their opinion.
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