Ryan Dungey

Cobbler wrote:

Some men find enjoyment out of mowing the yard and grilling a burger.

Some men were born to be champions.  

 

Cobbler wrote:

Some men find enjoyment out of mowing the yard and grilling a burger.

Some men were born to be champions.  

 

lostboy819 wrote:

And you are neither.   

And you are neither. 

 

Cobbler wrote:

Some men find enjoyment out of mowing the yard and grilling a burger.

Some men were born to be champions.  

 

lostboy819 wrote:

And you are neither.   

And you are neither. 

 

Cobbler wrote:

Mower Man spotted

lostboy819 wrote:

And you are neither.   

And you are neither. 

 

Cobbler wrote:

Mower Man spotted

lostboy819 wrote:

You must be the third choice: whiny bitch on the internet 

Cobbler wrote:

Mower Man spotted

lostboy819 wrote:

You must be the third choice: whiny bitch on the internet 

Cobbler wrote:

Log off, boomer. I'm sure your husband has a chore list for you to get started on.

jjavaman wrote:

 You’re either never been married or a divorced bitter child 

 

lostboy819 wrote:

You must be the third choice: whiny bitch on the internet 

Cobbler wrote:

Log off, boomer. I'm sure your husband has a chore list for you to get started on.

lostboy819 wrote:

Lets play a game, What was some of your old user names before they were banned?  

SPYGUY wrote:

Dungey was definitely interested in racing in 2023.  In multiple interviews last year he spoke of trying to get things figured out logistically.  Then all of...

Dungey was definitely interested in racing in 2023.  In multiple interviews last year he spoke of trying to get things figured out logistically.  Then all of a sudden, he shut the idea down and said he was done at the end of the season.

If you're capable of reading between the lines, it's not hard to figure out what happened.

Cobbler wrote:

I'm not going back to watch and provide links but I recall him even leaning towards SX as well this year. Do you remember that too...

I'm not going back to watch and provide links but I recall him even leaning towards SX as well this year. Do you remember that too or did I take the interviews the wrong way? MX for sure.

Landonious217 wrote:

As a married person, I get it. But at the same time, it's 3.5 months of work a year. If he properly did testing we're talking...

As a married person, I get it. But at the same time, it's 3.5 months of work a year. If he properly did testing we're talking 6 months out of the year total (Just outdoors, not talking about SX). How fortunate of someone's life for their wife to be able to say 6 months of work a year is too much lol. Meanwhile the rest of us work 2,000+ hours a year to make 1 tenth of the salary doing a job we don't love. 

Cobbler wrote:

The biggest thing that bugs me about the RD comeback is his wife. You can tell she’s the one governing the entire program. I understand family...

The biggest thing that bugs me about the RD comeback is his wife. You can tell she’s the one governing the entire program. I understand family first but I can’t imagine that’ll age well when he’s 45 and still thinks back to summer 2022 and the 2023 dream (if he has it). 

Cobbler wrote:

The biggest thing that bugs me about the RD comeback is his wife. You can tell she’s the one governing the entire program. I understand family...

The biggest thing that bugs me about the RD comeback is his wife. You can tell she’s the one governing the entire program. I understand family first but I can’t imagine that’ll age well when he’s 45 and still thinks back to summer 2022 and the 2023 dream (if he has it). 

Peabody59 wrote:

It’s not like he has never won a championship and had to prove to himself that he could. Maybe when they married, he promised her that...

It’s not like he has never won a championship and had to prove to himself that he could. Maybe when they married, he promised her that he would only race so many more years or stop when the had children. It’s all speculation anyway. He wasn’t faster than Chase or Eli last year. Only he knows how hard he had to train to get where he was. Perhaps he just decided that if he couldn’t commit completely, it wasn’t fair to his team or his family to compete for 3rd, 4th, or 5th place. He’s accountable to all of them.

You make it sound like he’s whipped. Maybe he’s loves his wife and kids more than his ego.

Cobbler wrote:

The biggest thing that bugs me about the RD comeback is his wife. You can tell she’s the one governing the entire program. I understand family...

The biggest thing that bugs me about the RD comeback is his wife. You can tell she’s the one governing the entire program. I understand family first but I can’t imagine that’ll age well when he’s 45 and still thinks back to summer 2022 and the 2023 dream (if he has it). 

jjavaman wrote:

 You’re either never been married or a divorced bitter child 

 

mx4 wrote:

Are you married?

Cobbler wrote:

I see your edit. My initial point was and still Is that his wife is the one pumping the brakes on the deal and that Ryan...

I see your edit. My initial point was and still Is that his wife is the one pumping the brakes on the deal and that Ryan seems to have the drive and desire to step up to the plate and swing for greatness. Those of you who can’t see it probably can’t for a reason lol

Cobbler wrote:

I see your edit. My initial point was and still Is that his wife is the one pumping the brakes on the deal and that Ryan...

I see your edit. My initial point was and still Is that his wife is the one pumping the brakes on the deal and that Ryan seems to have the drive and desire to step up to the plate and swing for greatness. Those of you who can’t see it probably can’t for a reason lol

Cobbler wrote:

I see your edit. My initial point was and still Is that his wife is the one pumping the brakes on the deal and that Ryan...

I see your edit. My initial point was and still Is that his wife is the one pumping the brakes on the deal and that Ryan seems to have the drive and desire to step up to the plate and swing for greatness. Those of you who can’t see it probably can’t for a reason lol

Mcflurry98 wrote:

You're clearly only looking at it through one lense. There are many other variables that a grown family man has to take into consideration before just...

You're clearly only looking at it through one lense. There are many other variables that a grown family man has to take into consideration before just doing what he wants and "swinging for greatness." 

I believe you made a reference in an earlier post that men get a small window in life to cement their legacy and then they spend the rest of it doing for others. In a way, I agree with you on that. I think where we differ is that once you have kids you have lost the right to prioritize yourself, your goals, and your pursuit of a personal legacy. Fathers have a responsibility to provide economic opportunities to their children. Ryan has that box checked. But Fathers also have a responsibility to provide wisdom, guidance, emotional health, and to help their children pursue their dreams as well. Remember, Ryan got to where he is at because he had very involved parents. Maybe he wants to be the same kind of father that his father was to him? 

Our children are our legacy as well. And those of us that are fathers can likely agree that we also only get a small window to cement that legacy, too. 

 

Cobbler wrote:

Lot of people missing the point. Women get their entire lives to be wives, mothers, grandmothers, homemakers, and so on. Men get the front end of...

Lot of people missing the point. Women get their entire lives to be wives, mothers, grandmothers, homemakers, and so on. Men get the front end of their lives to cement their destiny and then they (if they're good men) serve those around them basically until their death. 

I said she clearly is the one pumping the brakes and I think that's kind of one-sided. You could see the drive in Ryan's eyes last summer, we'll never know what could have been this summer.

Cobbler wrote:

I see your edit. My initial point was and still Is that his wife is the one pumping the brakes on the deal and that Ryan...

I see your edit. My initial point was and still Is that his wife is the one pumping the brakes on the deal and that Ryan seems to have the drive and desire to step up to the plate and swing for greatness. Those of you who can’t see it probably can’t for a reason lol

Mcflurry98 wrote:

You're clearly only looking at it through one lense. There are many other variables that a grown family man has to take into consideration before just...

You're clearly only looking at it through one lense. There are many other variables that a grown family man has to take into consideration before just doing what he wants and "swinging for greatness." 

I believe you made a reference in an earlier post that men get a small window in life to cement their legacy and then they spend the rest of it doing for others. In a way, I agree with you on that. I think where we differ is that once you have kids you have lost the right to prioritize yourself, your goals, and your pursuit of a personal legacy. Fathers have a responsibility to provide economic opportunities to their children. Ryan has that box checked. But Fathers also have a responsibility to provide wisdom, guidance, emotional health, and to help their children pursue their dreams as well. Remember, Ryan got to where he is at because he had very involved parents. Maybe he wants to be the same kind of father that his father was to him? 

Our children are our legacy as well. And those of us that are fathers can likely agree that we also only get a small window to cement that legacy, too. 

 

Cobbler wrote:

I see your edit. My initial point was and still Is that his wife is the one pumping the brakes on the deal and that Ryan...

I see your edit. My initial point was and still Is that his wife is the one pumping the brakes on the deal and that Ryan seems to have the drive and desire to step up to the plate and swing for greatness. Those of you who can’t see it probably can’t for a reason lol

Mcflurry98 wrote:

You're clearly only looking at it through one lense. There are many other variables that a grown family man has to take into consideration before just...

You're clearly only looking at it through one lense. There are many other variables that a grown family man has to take into consideration before just doing what he wants and "swinging for greatness." 

I believe you made a reference in an earlier post that men get a small window in life to cement their legacy and then they spend the rest of it doing for others. In a way, I agree with you on that. I think where we differ is that once you have kids you have lost the right to prioritize yourself, your goals, and your pursuit of a personal legacy. Fathers have a responsibility to provide economic opportunities to their children. Ryan has that box checked. But Fathers also have a responsibility to provide wisdom, guidance, emotional health, and to help their children pursue their dreams as well. Remember, Ryan got to where he is at because he had very involved parents. Maybe he wants to be the same kind of father that his father was to him? 

Our children are our legacy as well. And those of us that are fathers can likely agree that we also only get a small window to cement that legacy, too. 

 

Cobbler wrote:

Just because what you said is true doesn't also nullify what I'm saying. Again you speak as if it requires you to be gone on an...

Just because what you said is true doesn't also nullify what I'm saying. Again you speak as if it requires you to be gone on an oil rig. They're at the practice track with him playing in the sand while he's riding. You're just off here. I don't even care either so lets move on lol

Cobbler wrote:

The biggest thing that bugs me about the RD comeback is his wife. You can tell she’s the one governing the entire program. I understand family...

The biggest thing that bugs me about the RD comeback is his wife. You can tell she’s the one governing the entire program. I understand family first but I can’t imagine that’ll age well when he’s 45 and still thinks back to summer 2022 and the 2023 dream (if he has it). 

Peabody59 wrote:

It’s not like he has never won a championship and had to prove to himself that he could. Maybe when they married, he promised her that...

It’s not like he has never won a championship and had to prove to himself that he could. Maybe when they married, he promised her that he would only race so many more years or stop when the had children. It’s all speculation anyway. He wasn’t faster than Chase or Eli last year. Only he knows how hard he had to train to get where he was. Perhaps he just decided that if he couldn’t commit completely, it wasn’t fair to his team or his family to compete for 3rd, 4th, or 5th place. He’s accountable to all of them.

You make it sound like he’s whipped. Maybe he’s loves his wife and kids more than his ego.

Cobbler wrote:

Bro just stop. Nobody said that. If you think professional athletics is about ego you got a 2 digit IQ too.  

crmx105 wrote:

Think RC and maybe JS mentioned that Ryan Dungey had more of a sit down "old school" style compared to the stand through the turns style...

Think RC and maybe JS mentioned that Ryan Dungey had more of a sit down "old school" style compared to the stand through the turns style adopted  by the top guys today. Maybe at this point he wasn't willing to reinvent himself to gain that little bit of extra? He was hauling the mail last year but a tick off of the top guys. Maybe it would just take is more prep time than he had last year so who knows? Just a thought.