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No one is saying anything about MC and RC's relationship and they don't work together. It's a totally different dynamic.
Blair literally said his and RC relationship soured and that video provides a glimpse into it. It would be interesting to know the details but I suspect we wont get any for a long time if ever. I don't know why your dying on this hill.
"The fact so many people disagree with me proves I'm right" LOL that's pretty rich dude.
People almost always complain about the sideline women. I do seem to remember Georgia being well liked with the accent. The people talking do not really bother me but I guess it bothers a lot of other people.
For some reason I just don't seem to really noticed them as I'm honed in on seeing the race and lap times, which sucks now as it seems to lag about a minute behind real time racing.
Ah yes, now is the point in the meltdown where we bring up down votes and call every one else vitards. Straight from the magoober/mxattic play book.
Late to the topic, but I saw the Gypsy Tales clip a few days ago and was like okay relationships whether they be friendly or business related sometimes do "fracture" and didn't think much of it after. HOWEVER. Watching this interaction between Daniel and Ricky was ROUGH. That was real distain from Ricky toward Daniel. You can see after the Bassflug clip DB moves over to A: get out of the VIP tours way and B: to make sure Ricky's chat with the group doesn't get picked up on the handheld mic. Ricky could have walked right past DB and continued his tour, but decided right then and there finally pick that bone a little to interrupt and ruin the piece DB is in the middle of. Then from there jabs are thrown. You can tell it wasn't playful jabs from Ricky either, he basically said F off right out of the gate.
From there he kept trying to walk all over DB as he either was trying to make light of or joke of what was being said. I truly believe when DB signals to the camera to cut [i.e. dont],as RC tells people to look at DBs past racing career, it really was a sign to cut the footage. How this footage managed to see the light of day is beyond me. DB saying "what just happened here" might have been the start of DB realizing him and Ricky aren't as close "as friends or co-workers" as he thought. Note this was Week 7 of the season, so MAYBE he had an inkling by that point, but this was probably the true tell.
Again as someone who works within the broadcast production world, if ANY major production had an on air talent interrupt another talents segment like that unscripted and acted like Ricky did, higher ups would get involved and have a "wtf do you think you are doing" conversation. I know Ricky isn't the greatest in the booth, but that was the definition of an unprofessional act.
This whole thing makes me view Ricky in a different light now. :/
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Am I the only one thinks this church fella is either Ricky or a great troll?
COB, I feel that RC's nuts must be stretched and dragging on the ground after all the swinging you've been doing.
All ball busting, and nut swinging aside, do you honestly think RC does a good job commentating?
I was going to suggest that COB was RC, but COB can actually string a sentence together.
Blair should have loosened RC’s teeth right in front of his group
I didn't see any sentences that included how he "seent" it, so no.
Keep busting out the rationalizations and defences! RC will come up soon to your little attic room in his house to give you one of his special bedtime relaxation sessions. Get preperated!
Imagine how awkward it would have been to be in that VIP group. Yikes.
"I'm just gonna go over here..."
trips over tuff block and falls off the side of the track
I didn't think of this before, but it's wild that this clip even exists. They could have refilmed it and no one would be the wiser. Yet the person in charge of editing this video chose to include it, either thinking it was "a funny interaction", not being able to read the room or just straight up didn't give a F. Unless this was a live segment?
Also, RC is the racing goat, and is personally sponsored by Monster, who just happens to be the naming rights sponsor of the series. As terrible as he is in the booth and speculative as him being a douche, he's definitely not going anywhere. There's a lot of tie ins keeping him there for a long time, regardless of performance. Blair never stood a chance
This made me lol
Definitely. That was not friendly banter at all. To be in a job like that, at that stage of life and act like that in front of a tour group and on camera, Blair either did something real bad or RC has a screw loose.
Put yourself in Blair’s shoes in that moment..
An irrelevant question followed by a irrelevant statement doesn't answer the question I asked, though; why do you feel the need to defend RC so hard? By your own admission, you don't know him, so why do you jump into every thread that criticizes him like you're on the payroll? For the record, he doesn't really bother me. He says some goofy shit, but I don't want him kicked out of the booth, most of the shit just makes me laugh.
Even if you are a GOAT you can still step in a pile off shit.
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Seriously tho... Be super interested to hear both sides of the story.
We all respect DBs capabilities and like his character but we don't really know why Ricky went off at him.
Are we all really that convinced it was a purely a jealousy thing?
I dunno. It's odd.
This is interesting regarding Carmichael I wonder if it’s true ?
If it is :- Why would you be so keen to cling on to a job that you are absolutely hideous at and are made fun of about just because you can ?
Would any of you guys line up at every national if you could barely get around the track and were getting lapped 3 laps in just because they let you ?
No of course not.
Really interesting how Carmichael’s mind is working here, again if all our speculations are true .
Maybe he's delusional enough to think all the people criticizing him are wrong? When NBC or whoever else continues to renew your contract, and pay your salary, maybe it's easy to just convince yourself the "hate" is all wrong and obviously you're good at your job.
As for the whole comparison to racing and being lapped, it's just not the same. That's an objective outcome, you're either winning or you're not. Not a lot of "opinion" going on there as far as race results.
RC has been pretty successful in everything he's ever done, so maybe that has something to do with his frustration now that so many people are saying he's not good at this. Even when he got boo'd in racing he could always just point to the scoreboard.
Just random opinions, so calm TF down ChurchofCrap, I'm not bullying your precious RC.
Has RC ever made a comment on the subject?
I think you got a glimpse of the "Real RC" in that video and I have no doubt he blackballed DB with NBC. RC is hard core competitor and saw DB as competition.
If you watched the video what could he possibly say that would not make it worse?
One reason, ego
Great analysis and sharing that video. I'm at a loss for words after watching that video. It made me appreciate DB even more and lost a lot of respect for Ricky for how he belittled DB on camera. I wonder what it was like off-camera for DB.
Bad enough to make him quit his job?
Ricky's got a BIG ego. Needs to take a step back and realize his accomplishments riding dirtbikes do not translate to the booth. DB is better than him in front of the camera and Ricky is clearly a man in fight or flight mode when it comes to DB. Can't be better than him straight up, so he takes shots when he feels vulnerable. He's done the same thing with Emig in the past. He's been disrespectful multiple times to people on record. I can't imagine how he acts when there isn't a microphone.
Beyond that, I'm sure he wouldn't stick up for DB if he was ever asked for his opinion from NBC, which wouldn't be unlikely considering Ricky has been working with them longer. He would probably even stir the pot...Speculation, but I would not be surprised.
Watch this from 32:24 - in an interview with Webb, RC seems to make it about him, kinda a weird move, you can see he is a little fragile and needs his ego stroked.
Armchair psych trigger warning...
he's got some npd or significant narcissism. Grew up with a mother that busted his ass on the daily and provided very conditional praise only. He self worth was directly tied to how he rode. That's been his whole life. Always had a chip on his shoulder despite being the best from early on. It's different when it's the mother busting your ass and not the father. You need that maternal support.
I don't know what happened in his marriage, but it failed. This is another sign he never healed that mother wound (or just married the wrong person because of it). Going off podcasts, He doesn't relate to people as friends like Blair and Matthes do. Everyone is an object or a competitor. He tries like hell to get around it, but the dynamics are pretty clear to me. It's a fucked up deal. He probably feels like all he has is this gig from an identity standpoint and he ain't gonna let some slick talking arenacross hack finesse him out of it. He can't just go race cars or bikes or be a family man, because his sense of self worth and identity come from the outside, he needs to be watched and praised to feel whole
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