Help me understand the Jett hate.

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It’s weird how emotional Aussies are getting over their messiah getting some heat. Normally you guys are chill like the rockies. What happened? It’s dirtbike racing...

It’s weird how emotional Aussies are getting over their messiah getting some heat. Normally you guys are chill like the rockies. What happened? It’s dirtbike racing, not cancer. It’s not that serious. 

I don't remember Chad Reed fan boys being this emotionally involved

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The funniest part to me are a percentage of Jett super-defenders who drive home the narrative of "it's so pathetic that grown men dislike a 20...

The funniest part to me are a percentage of Jett super-defenders who drive home the narrative of "it's so pathetic that grown men dislike a 20 year old that they don't even know personally - how pathetic".

Come on. Welcome to sports, buddy. People have their favorites, and people have their heels. There's nothing deeply personal or ill-contrived about rooting against a handful of athletes. Are Georgia football fans deeply fucked-up individuals for rooting against Alabama?

Being a super fan of a team is much different that being a fan of an individual. I'm a huge fan of the National Champion Michigan Wolverines and the Detroit Lions who went deep in the playoffs, but I'll be damned if I'm going to buy a jersey with another man's name on my back. 

I'm not sure if you are referring to me as a super defender but I was on record last year saying I was equal parts wanting him to go undefeated and to miss by one race. Either would have been a great story. 

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It’s weird how emotional Aussies are getting over their messiah getting some heat. Normally you guys are chill like the rockies. What happened? It’s dirtbike racing...

It’s weird how emotional Aussies are getting over their messiah getting some heat. Normally you guys are chill like the rockies. What happened? It’s dirtbike racing, not cancer. It’s not that serious. 

Ozy wrote:

I don't remember Chad Reed fan boys being this emotionally involved

For sure not

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Magoofan wrote:
    This subject has been beat to death. For the record, I do not hate Jett.   I was a fan from the point he crashed...

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This subject has been beat to death.

For the record, I do not hate Jett.   I was a fan from the point he crashed chasing Ferrandis years back...kid had/has heart and talent.    Though lately, he's harder to "like" because of some of his actions. One example: the Ando incident.   

What we hate is the over-exposure, 24/7 in your face coverage.....so we mock it.   

We're also fed up with the annoying over-bearing "super-fans"....so we mock them.

 

Hunter is another story...don't like the guy. 

 

How long have you known Hunter?

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I see more hate for the haters than is directed at Jett.

Imagine that.

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2/2/2024 10:46am
A 450 MX championship and one SX race constitutes an all timer? People are over it. They are sick of seeing nothing but Jett everywhere they...

A 450 MX championship and one SX race constitutes an all timer? People are over it. They are sick of seeing nothing but Jett everywhere they turn in the sport they love. No sane person actually hates Jett. They are just sick of him. 

“No sane person actually hates Jett. They are just sick of him.” This. This x100000 

No need for anymore Jett threads, those two sentences sum everything up. 

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It’s weird how emotional Aussies are getting over their messiah getting some heat. Normally you guys are chill like the rockies. What happened? It’s dirtbike racing...

It’s weird how emotional Aussies are getting over their messiah getting some heat. Normally you guys are chill like the rockies. What happened? It’s dirtbike racing, not cancer. It’s not that serious. 

To the point that the go to reason is "American's hate foreigners that win" narrative, to me I don't care where he comes from but only in how he handles his success and failures in the public eye. Hate is such an over used word that is used in the place of tired of...we are tired of the over exposure that for the majority was intentional and brought on by his management. We are tired of his super fans that were making insane claims so early in his career path. We are tired of some of the dumb shit he says and does, the KR incident, the MC comparison, the JA incident and the way he and his team handled (or didn't handle) it, his response regarding the mud race and how he disrespected his competitors with that comment...hopefully he is able to learn from this and correct the path he is on.  

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2/2/2024 10:53am
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I'm not a hater of the kid by any means, but the over saturation is a bit much - and that's all on Feld. I can't...

I'm not a hater of the kid by any means, but the over saturation is a bit much - and that's all on Feld. I can't recall a time in the sport's televised history where the broadcast went PiP during a race to show a rider either getting suited up, or picking their gate.

When they were showing Jett pick his gate, did you notice that Jason anderson was right beside him? Everytime they showed Jett picking his gate Jason was also right there.

It was the first time they were on camera together after the blow up . Can You remember a time were something like the exchange that they had blew up? I don't remember many relatively small misteps like that , that blew up like it did. They wanted to be there just in case something happened and show it live. With the crazy amount of interest in the incident , I think they did the right thing.   Just imagine if they started talking and things got heated again. But they totally missed it. People would be going nuts asking how could they not have had cameras on them. 

 

Now knowing nothing happened, it is easy to say they could have just recorded it and shown a playback or not at all. But put yourself in the place of the producers. They were trying to make sure they got the action.   

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It’s weird how emotional Aussies are getting over their messiah getting some heat. Normally you guys are chill like the rockies. What happened? It’s dirtbike racing...

It’s weird how emotional Aussies are getting over their messiah getting some heat. Normally you guys are chill like the rockies. What happened? It’s dirtbike racing, not cancer. It’s not that serious. 

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To the point that the go to reason is "American's hate foreigners that win" narrative, to me I don't care where he comes from but only...

To the point that the go to reason is "American's hate foreigners that win" narrative, to me I don't care where he comes from but only in how he handles his success and failures in the public eye. Hate is such an over used word that is used in the place of tired of...we are tired of the over exposure that for the majority was intentional and brought on by his management. We are tired of his super fans that were making insane claims so early in his career path. We are tired of some of the dumb shit he says and does, the KR incident, the MC comparison, the JA incident and the way he and his team handled (or didn't handle) it, his response regarding the mud race and how he disrespected his competitors with that comment...hopefully he is able to learn from this and correct the path he is on.  

Bingo ^^^^

 

Enough of this shit 

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The bird on the hand tat did it for me

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Lappers, The King, San Fran, Ando,...all staged by his fan zone publicists...  15 days, 5hrs, 43 minutes till Jett is officially the "underdog" again! lol.

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Would be interesting to se how many of the people who are fed up with Jett are none americans, because i sure don’t see many of the negative comments comming from people outside the US.

 

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2/2/2024 12:12pm
Magoofan wrote:
Bingo ^^^^   Enough of this shit   

Bingo ^^^^

 

Enough of this shit 

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I had written down a list of all the times they unnecessarily cut away to show a non-important clip of Jett @ A2... I barely got thru the 2nd 450 race and gave up. I wasted too much energy to show the people the truth and I got arm pump writing down all the incidents... about time someone else showed the over-saturation. Thank God. I love this.

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Tumic wrote:
Would be interesting to se how many of the people who are fed up with Jett are none americans, because i sure don’t see many of...

Would be interesting to se how many of the people who are fed up with Jett are none americans, because i sure don’t see many of the negative comments comming from people outside the US.

 

Will you guys stop it with this, good grief

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Magoofan wrote:
Bingo ^^^^   Enough of this shit   

Bingo ^^^^

 

Enough of this shit 

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HonDawg17 wrote:
I had written down a list of all the times they unnecessarily cut away to show a non-important clip of Jett @ A2... I barely got...

I had written down a list of all the times they unnecessarily cut away to show a non-important clip of Jett @ A2... I barely got thru the 2nd 450 race and gave up. I wasted too much energy to show the people the truth and I got arm pump writing down all the incidents... about time someone else showed the over-saturation. Thank God. I love this.

Nothing like letting Jett live rent free in your head. 

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The bird on the hand tat did it for me

I think Simoder has one too?

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Watching that little helmet grab, yell fest brought me back to mid-2000's Seattle(I think) when Chad grabbed James by the back of the neck after a little bar banging spat. And then they met and had more words on the podium and everyone wanted to know what they said to each other (Erin Bates was interviewing them). Only difference was they didn't have Twitter to chirp on after. 

This stuff happens in the heat of the battle, now Chad rides at the JS7 compound.

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2/2/2024 12:46pm
OleTex2 wrote:

Success breeds contempt 

Magoofan wrote:
Explain Dungey then,  Tomac,  Roczen etc....       Sure, you have people that don't like them.     ....but none of them were shoved down peoples throats...

Explain Dungey then,  Tomac,  Roczen etc....       Sure, you have people that don't like them.     ....but none of them were shoved down peoples throats 24/7.

Most of that shoving comes from the media, and broadcasting crew.

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2/2/2024 12:55pm Edited Date/Time 2/2/2024 12:56pm
A 450 MX championship and one SX race constitutes an all timer? People are over it. They are sick of seeing nothing but Jett everywhere they...

A 450 MX championship and one SX race constitutes an all timer? People are over it. They are sick of seeing nothing but Jett everywhere they turn in the sport they love. No sane person actually hates Jett. They are just sick of him. 

“No sane person actually hates Jett. They are just sick of him.” This. This x100000  No need for anymore Jett threads, those two sentences sum everything...

“No sane person actually hates Jett. They are just sick of him.” This. This x100000 

No need for anymore Jett threads, those two sentences sum everything up. 

You must not have been around for the James Bubba Stewart overload and hysteria that was going on every Motocross forum and MX magazine for the years he was active, it didn't seem to bother his fans much, but now that an Aussie has taken the AMA SX/MX world by storm, he's become Public Enemy #1

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A 450 MX championship and one SX race constitutes an all timer? People are over it. They are sick of seeing nothing but Jett everywhere they...

A 450 MX championship and one SX race constitutes an all timer? People are over it. They are sick of seeing nothing but Jett everywhere they turn in the sport they love. No sane person actually hates Jett. They are just sick of him. 

“No sane person actually hates Jett. They are just sick of him.” This. This x100000  No need for anymore Jett threads, those two sentences sum everything...

“No sane person actually hates Jett. They are just sick of him.” This. This x100000 

No need for anymore Jett threads, those two sentences sum everything up. 

You must not have been around for the James Bubba Stewart overload and hysteria that was going on every Motocross forum and MX magazine for the...

You must not have been around for the James Bubba Stewart overload and hysteria that was going on every Motocross forum and MX magazine for the years he was active, it didn't seem to bother his fans much, but now that an Aussie has taken the AMA SX/MX world by storm, he's become Public Enemy #1

I’d argue you weren’t around. When James said 72 wins was “stewable”, mototalk melted down. Or when his agent said we shouldn’t calm him Bubba, but Jmac. Same thing. 
 

short memories around here. 

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A 450 MX championship and one SX race constitutes an all timer? People are over it. They are sick of seeing nothing but Jett everywhere they...

A 450 MX championship and one SX race constitutes an all timer? People are over it. They are sick of seeing nothing but Jett everywhere they turn in the sport they love. No sane person actually hates Jett. They are just sick of him. 

“No sane person actually hates Jett. They are just sick of him.” This. This x100000  No need for anymore Jett threads, those two sentences sum everything...

“No sane person actually hates Jett. They are just sick of him.” This. This x100000 

No need for anymore Jett threads, those two sentences sum everything up. 

You must not have been around for the James Bubba Stewart overload and hysteria that was going on every Motocross forum and MX magazine for the...

You must not have been around for the James Bubba Stewart overload and hysteria that was going on every Motocross forum and MX magazine for the years he was active, it didn't seem to bother his fans much, but now that an Aussie has taken the AMA SX/MX world by storm, he's become Public Enemy #1

Go watch the podium interviews. James had a ton of respect for Ricky

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OleTex2 wrote:

Success breeds contempt 

Magoofan wrote:
Explain Dungey then,  Tomac,  Roczen etc....       Sure, you have people that don't like them.     ....but none of them were shoved down peoples throats...

Explain Dungey then,  Tomac,  Roczen etc....       Sure, you have people that don't like them.     ....but none of them were shoved down peoples throats 24/7.

Most of that shoving comes from the media, and broadcasting crew.

I would not argue that fact.  

 

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The funny thing in my opinion is having a goal of 72 should be an honor for Mcgrath. The people who should be pissed are Villopoto, Bubba, Tomac, Reed, RC and Dungey. Those guys are greats of the sport who have put in years at the top and they are just afterthoughts.  Hahaha

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The funny thing in my opinion is having a goal of 72 should be an honor for Mcgrath. The people who should be pissed are Villopoto...

The funny thing in my opinion is having a goal of 72 should be an honor for Mcgrath. The people who should be pissed are Villopoto, Bubba, Tomac, Reed, RC and Dungey. Those guys are greats of the sport who have put in years at the top and they are just afterthoughts.  Hahaha

I think you just answered your own question to the thread.  That's a long list of greats who according to you should be pissed at Jett, so hopefully you've helped yourself understand the Jett hate as you call it.

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McG194 wrote:
The funny thing in my opinion is having a goal of 72 should be an honor for Mcgrath. The people who should be pissed are Villopoto...

The funny thing in my opinion is having a goal of 72 should be an honor for Mcgrath. The people who should be pissed are Villopoto, Bubba, Tomac, Reed, RC and Dungey. Those guys are greats of the sport who have put in years at the top and they are just afterthoughts.  Hahaha

It is interesting that 72 is the goal, not 150.

Also interesting that wins are the goal and not beating 7 SX titles or 15 overall titles. 
 

You didn’t hear Jett saying “130 to go!” This summer or whatever the number is

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It is interesting that 72 is the goal, not 150. Also interesting that wins are the goal and not beating 7 SX titles or 15 overall...

It is interesting that 72 is the goal, not 150.

Also interesting that wins are the goal and not beating 7 SX titles or 15 overall titles. 
 

You didn’t hear Jett saying “130 to go!” This summer or whatever the number is

He did say his main goal was as many championships as possible. I got the vibe he was talking about a record.

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So…did Jett miss a second press day in a row?  I didn’t see him.  This isn’t helping.  It feels like he is being sheltered from questions about boos and Ando.  Face the questions.  Before the “they only go to so many press days” gets thrown out…missing two in a row is pretty rare.

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Magoofan wrote:
Bingo ^^^^   Enough of this shit   

Bingo ^^^^

 

Enough of this shit 

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HonDawg17 wrote:
I had written down a list of all the times they unnecessarily cut away to show a non-important clip of Jett @ A2... I barely got...

I had written down a list of all the times they unnecessarily cut away to show a non-important clip of Jett @ A2... I barely got thru the 2nd 450 race and gave up. I wasted too much energy to show the people the truth and I got arm pump writing down all the incidents... about time someone else showed the over-saturation. Thank God. I love this.

You actually wrote down how many times they mentioned Jett 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ 🍩boy is in your head😂😂

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