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Matthes reporting RD got the whoops cut down and shortened.
BS IMO, so lame and the fact that Coop won on a night where there should have been a long gnarly set of whoops I’m sure is leaving the other teams a bit peeved.
No single team person should have that sort of influence over what is a standard SX obstacle.
https://twitter.com/pulpmx/status/1624639209385431041?s=46&t=RVx5qlnL73…
Roger has been doing this for years, nothing new
Riders group having representation to change something unsafe “yes”. Teams having power to change something that doesn’t suit their riders “no”. How is this any different than riders colluding to fix the results of a race?
So if the whoops were longer or bigger Sexton would not have crashed?
KTM Engineers: we need to improve the bike in the whoops!
Roger: Don’t worry boys, I‘ll handle that..
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Too much logic 😂
Meanwhile Cooper won in the whoops. Lel retard.
This is a decent topic if Cooper doesn’t win cause a non KTM rider crashes the lead away in the whoops hahaha
Yea because Sexton wouldn't have crashed with a longer whoop section 🤦♂️
He has. According to Stew, RC also used to do the same thing when they were racing together. Nothing wrong with riders or team personnel having a say in changes that make the track safer.
You know the opposite holds true right, he likely could have easily gone backwards and/or not been in a position to pressure Chase if they were how they should have been.
I guess we will never know. 🤷🏻
I agree that there’s nothing wrong with riders or teams having a say in track changes and things like that, but when it’s one guy from one team it’s pretty ridiculous.
Obviously we have no idea what all went on behind the scenes, but so far every time RD has been rumored to have done this we haven’t heard anything about other teams being brought into the conversation. If all teams were involved in the decision making for these changes, all is good! If it’s just Roger voicing his opinion and track changes are being made solely on his opinion, that’s a huge issue.
The whoops were pretty gnarly. Lots of people struggled with them in the main.
A lot of people wanted smaller and safer whoops before the season started. There was a thread about it.
Track changes were made to accommodate that and people still bitch about it.
For the record, I don't agree with it. Whoops are a big part of SX and I think they should be big and difficult. One of the only places to separate the guys. Commit to them or back it down/jump them if you feel they're not safe. That or get better at them.
It's the pro class and they're the elite of the sport.
Like clockwork..... when Webb is a threat, the haters come out of the wood work.
Webb has vastly improved in the whoops this year.
Yet another topic that our Moto media could actually cover and ask questions. But they won't
Walk the track and then say the whoops are small
I dont think webb would ask for them to get cut down. Thats just RD playing the game.
How coop saved that ill never know. Big ones
Also id bet RD sees ET as the title threat, not sexton so much, despite the recruiting rumors
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For the size that they were cooper was faster than Sexton on the dragons back and the whoop section. Sexton crashes no matter what obstacle he’s on so 🤷🏻♂️
Glad it wasn't Ping reporting rumors without checking with the presumed guilty party....
One team or team manager should not have the ability to get the track changed to favor increase the potential for thier rider to win.
It should be a collective vote from multiple riders teams.
Yeah! The last uninjured rider wins!
Not!
It's not clear that one team manager does wield that type of power since what is being claimed is speculative at this point. It also reflects poorly on those who choose to believe it since it takes away from the very solid, winning performance of Webb.
I also find it brackish of Matthes to throw this claim out there without telling his viewers which team it was. If Steve doesn't know which team it was, then it moves even further into the rumor category, that doesn't seem to carry much evidentiary weight to it.
My god you're sensitive when it comes to Webb. Can you point me to one "hater" in this thread?
Not every rider should be able to perfect every obstacle. It’s what created separation in the 90’s before “regulation” size obstacles came in. Remember when 125’s couldn’t do some triples or skim the whoops?Now we are at a point where everyone can do all the jumps and all the whoops. Not many places to separate. Not a fan of the sand typically but it does create an inconsistent obstacle to the track.
No, bigger longer whoops may have led Coop to being slower or crashing too. No doubt Chase made a mistake. Could have happened to Cooper as well. No way to know though, because the whoops got changed.
Riders need to use their heads.
Don't feel comfortable or don't want to risk going through them at full speed? Dial it down a notch for that section.
Whoops should be a separator.
There was a quad in Houston. Not every rider was doing it. Should they eliminate those to even the playing field?
Not hitting the quad is not as much of a time difference.
I'm not saying they should not be tough but continually making them tougher is ridiculous.
They pretty much have a template for every other obstacle.
Well, if hypotheticals are in play, Sexton crashes in the whoops but gets up leading, not under threat from Webb.
Or Sexton goes down collects Webb and both are injured and done.
“What if’s” are pointless, speculation with infinite variables. All opinion, not logic.
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