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Are you done with the ball washing?
rC great rider but a fucking idiot when it comes to being an analyst.
That is an example of the GOAT stuff if he has a chance to advertise 1 race.
What about RV, he seemed very natural when he did race day live. If he can keep up with RC during the week he could on the weekend. If everyone says Ricky sounds better with Ryan then just add him in like it’s a podcast.
Would you rather have Joe Buck who has never been on a bike or smelled 2 stroke or people like Stew who got rode home from being born on a motorcycle? Ricky was racing barely before he could walk or talk lol.
I would rather have someone that at least graduated high school before they were 40. I don’t care who it is as long as they can speak and analyze the racing.
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The majority of students these days are adult Ed. If you find someone and can do a show with decent sound or the stadium equipment in your garage or basement I will go ahead and call you my new hero and watch the race you put on instead.
If you know of a broadcaster you think is better than RC write a letter to them seeing if they are available and wiling or start a petition thread to get them hired as the new face and image of Supercross.
Or do like some who claim to debate watching the race on mute like they say they could instead of making their mouths duct taped that they post on here and you got yourself a new Saturday night for 3 hours of no dumbass comment concerns.
I commented that Ricky has contributed a lot maybe not the best thing that’s ever happened to me nut hugging but certainly deserves more credit for what he does than all the negativity about his speaking. I should probably play along and have fun with it too but he tries to make the sport better and put on a good show with what he’s got.
"If you know of a broadcaster you think is better than RC..."
They had one. His name was Daniel Blair.
I enjoy RC in the booth, and he is leaps and bounds over where he was years ago. Does he make mistakes, absolutely, but we all do and I can assure you none of us can do better….
With that said, the only thing I can not figure out is how he is not being told that “learning lesson” is not the sang….its “lesson learned”.
That’s the one that makes my skin crawl every time.
Like the Ghostbusters sponsor “who you gonna call” to get him back? Just hope Trump stays home or we don’t get another senile Alzheimer’s actor Ronald Regan or Bush Jr. Remember all the things they couldn’t say like Dan Quayle pronouncing major presidential words wrong? There must be a top 100 list somewhere of dumbass things presidents couldn’t say worse than Supercross announcers. I say RC for president.
His terminology about “learning lesson” may mean that they are in the process of learning lessons and maybe not all the way learned yet as opposed to “lesson learned” where it has already been completed and done. He could say “learning a lesson” to show they are in the process of learning a lesson and still working on it. I’ve heard him say stuff like go behind another rider and learn something.
The best people make others around them better and I believe that’s what Ricky has been offering. Similar to a lot of people in the industry.
Clearly you have met him, because I have no idea what you are talking about either 🤣
Nope never met him but he looks like he can easily break the ice and take the edge off in such a serious and competitive sport.
What I say about RC's performance is with the most respect possible. The people in RC's world who truly love him should tell him to stop the broadcast career immediately. He is forever tainting his image in a sport he is an icon in, and damaging the way people view the sport. That his performances are a solid laughing stock on social media is shameful and sad.
How would y’all like to see things different? Presentation is one thing but what are they missing he can’t offer? What should the sport look like?
Stew is a Rhodes scholar compared to rc yeah I know
All the guys complaining here like women like this, and I wouldn't complain about that either.
The problem isn’t that he wasn’t a great racer or doesn’t understand the sport. The problem is that he either doesn’t see the technical stuff going on or he can’t articulate it well.
In the last few years I’ve listened to RC, JS and DV in their various roles commenting on the technical stuff that’s going on with riders. Of the three, RC clearly comes across as the least capable of providing good technical analysis. My impression is that he just isn’t good at spotting, analysing and explaining to viewers things like bike setup, body position, line choice etc.
JS was excellent at that in the outdoors last year. As a hack rider I find that type of insight far more valuable during the commentary than another play-by-play commentator who just happened to be a great racer.
Yup, RC stumbles, but I think a lot of people commenting here really underestimate just how hard it is to talk for 3+hrs every week. Guys like Weege, GL and Daniel Blair are so good they make it look so much easier than it actually is.
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Stop posting the same dumb pictures
Stop posting the same dumb complaints.
The pic has nothing to do with anything. I just don't get it. It certainly isn't funny.
I've never heard of Travis Pastrana.
One point I keep hearing is to state the obvious words like “going inside, outside, anywhere he needs to go to make the pass” that is not making as much profound analysis but shows people around the track with the drone.
I can easily rip this shit to shreds but to think RC is above criticism as far as announcing is crazy , he needs to do better
Carmichael spent more time cutting laps on a track than what he spent in school.
He ain't a public speaker but he is the damn GOAT. Having one of the greatest riders ever in the booth is ok by me. I have the ability to just giggle when Carmichael fucks a sentence up.
He is a fucking Legend and it's awesome having him still involved in the Sport we all love.
Having a thread to bitch about his short comings in the booth ain't cool. Leave that for the whiners and the Karen's.
We are motoheads and for the most part we are stupid.
If that be the casec would ML or Lewis ever step it up and take on an announcing role?
Hey RC aka Moto Brapp, that's an interesting set of takes on yourself.
Lmao aka RC because I feel like I missed a lot of his career thinking back but they have good bar-to-bar videos. I can’t believe I used to watch baseball when it’s 4+ hours of footage of guys high-fiving each of their teammates every chance they get and the best they can come up with is “nice catch” when a fielder grabs a routine fly ball or for them to read to us some batting average that someone else has already figured out and posted on the screen I can watch as a deaf and dumb. It takes no announcing to see where the ball ends up with the camera or if the batter doesn’t end up standing on a base. What a wasted evening and people here complain.
Like I just realized if you want to pick on someone listen to one of the last 50 years of presidents.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p-r70jmDpEU
To some pioneering credit of talent if you think school matters 10 presidents never attended college.
I don’t think we’re underestimating it. It’s a difficult job which is why we’re scratching our heads that they would put someone in the position solely based on their racing results and not also for their skills in public speaking. In any successful workplace, you put the right employees in the right positions. If someone isn’t performing, you take the steps to be a better employee. RC has certainly gotten better since he started but it’s evident he struggles to say what he is thinking in a concise/clear and fast enough manner to keep up with what’s happening on screen.
I miss DC being a part of the broadcast. his knowledge of the riders and happenings in the sport and he knew everyone personally obviously and everything he did was good IMO. i know hes got bigger things to take care of but it wouldn't hurt my feelings to see him on broadcasts.
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