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Or openly threatened him, saying if he didn't have cameras at his shop you would break his face? I've said too much
Yes, I remember this. And I remember Jenny Taft telling Daniel that she thought he could do it; that the sky was the limit. I thought of this yesterday; look at the crap Jenny Taft has had to deal with with Skip Bayless, but she kept her eyes on the prize and is currently killing it on Fox still.
I’ve been watching SX since the days of Motormouth who was “entertaining”, Art was great IMO but in the last 15 years DB & Weege are as close to decent announcers as this sport has gotten. JT at least appears to make an effort to be professional but the rest are absolutely terrible.
I watch the F1 channel and comparing those guys to these guys is like comparing college professors to first graders.
You either didn't actually listen, or you're just really that delusional and arrogant. Based on your other posts, I'll go with the latter.
You realize that "I almost knocked him out" comment is based on they guy making a comment about Blair not being able to handle "something like a fatality"...
Listen to what else Blair mentioned about that. Ciarletta died on the track when Blair was on the gate, and Tiger Lacey also died (not moto related, but still relevant)...Blairs BEST FRIEND.
Corporate world or not, there is a line. Also looks like Blair was the mature one and didn't act on those impulses, yet you want to burn him for being honest about how he felt in that moment?
You're a clown.
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Ok you try knocking your boss out and see how that works out for you. Admitting you thought about it in a youtube video and thinking it are totally different things. I am not the one that listened? Hmm ok
I am sure I've thought about things at work lots of times in my career as a clown that I"ve never acted upon, I've also never released a youtube video telling people I thought about them,
Nobody asked what AI thought about the situation. Other than one goof apparently.
Lost a lot of respect for RC after this. Mainly him because he is the moto guy on there that has some leverage. Instead of backing Daniel , he not only threw him under the bus , he stabbed him in the back. And that video where he insults Daniel in front of all the VIP people....fucking disgraceful. RC deserves every bit of criticism here. Came across as a little douche bag! I am and always will be a fan of his as a racer , but as a person? Hard to respect a guy who does stuff like this. And Lee....the little respect I had for him is gone as well.
Did Blair try to knock his boss out? No. Your grasping at straws here dude.
Did I ever say he did? Nope. Just move on, dude—no one is "grasping at straws." This is a forum for open dialogue, and I simply shared my view that it was unwise for him to admit he once considered knocking out an executive at a company he worked for. You don’t have to agree with me—your opposing opinion is welcome—but resorting to name-calling and making bizarre statements isn’t getting us anywhere.
I didn't really pay attention to that all these times watching the video, but it is pretty funny. RC Is trying to yell at Daniel, and Daniel is filling in the blanks. 😄
Good to hear DB air the dirty laundry.
RC has always given me the impression he's a bit of a sociopath, now it seems clear that Leigh has those tendencies too. I dont get that from James.
The Daytona RDL thing is weird. DB never said what the terms were when he was asked to come on the show, he implies that he assumed he would be calling the action with AC and Bratton which just seems not very realistic unless they explicitly asked him to do that.
Wish DB a successful life and career going forward, I like hearing him on the Blair Matthes Project because his cohosts always annoyed me on Main Event Moto and I thought they held him back.
Well you implied it by saying ‘you try knocking your boss out’. I don’t think I called you any names either??
In the “tell all video”, Blair came off pretty entitled to me. A couple of times he referred to himself as ‘uniquely gifted’ in a few areas and it definitely didn’t appear that he had a lot of humility.
He definitely sounded overly sensitive when it came to his interactions with RC as well.
I hope Blair is able to get things back on track if he still intends to be an announcer, but this probably won’t help him. He just basically announced to any potential employer that he’s impatient and doesn’t much care about anyone else’s opinion about his performance but his own. Most of us have worked with people who have that sort of attitude and it hasn’t been great for the most part.
i agree. The whole thing is just curious. Way too many people in this industry who think they're far more important than they really are. I'm sure DB is a great guy and I wish him nothing but the best, but I cannot identify how this HELPS him in any way at all.
Everyone I know that actually has an above average IQ never brings it up, makes them uncomfortable talking about it actually...
I've been thinking about this whole situation now. To kind of expand on my prior posts, I think the dynamic in the booth was the big disconnect. I think it sort of comes down to how most of us view Daniel, and how he views himself, is not at all how NBC views him. We consider him the perfect balance of knowledge of the sport and ability to call the play by play. But I don't think NBC sees that or wants that. I feel like they want a polished announced (of their choice) and a star ex rider to add in the rider perspective. Leigh being their "main guy" as Daniel even said and RC (or JS) is the compliment to him. I don't think Daniel's racing career even weighs on them, since he is not a known name. So that whole side he brings, means nothing to them. They just want an announcer, so that RC (or JS etc) can be the perspective of the rider. I keep going back to Daniel talking about the Daytona meeting and how they essentially told him, no one wants to hear his racing experience, just call the race and let RC and JS talk from rider's perspective. And Daniel seems like a proud but emotional guy, so I think that was hard to swallow. And I respect him for how he went about it, but at the same time, that's just how business works sometimes. Just seems like a lot of drama and name-calling by everyone and it's really just basic corporate stuff that happens on a daily basis.
I like DB, but I also don't really care about the broadcast team. I like racing and could give two shits about who's presenting, some of you get worked up over the silliest things. This sounds like normal corporate America life and very short sighted by DB to burn this bridge. Not only with NBC, but other possible partners will look at this and think twice about doing business with DB. I've been in these situations and find it's better to approach the affected parties and work it out behind closed doors than to blow them out. I was told long ago that under qualified/performing individuals usually dig their own holes and everything works out in the end. DB could have worked it out and eventually came back to the broadcast, now he's probably out indefinitely. Guess it gets "cool outsider" points and clicks for his social media.
RC is getting his ass lit up on his IG, every picture he has posted is littered with negative comments not even about the picture posted.
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Malin would never have a long winded story about what some rider or team manager said to him last week while the race was happening
And his ego is so big he probably doesn’t even understand where all the hate is coming from or what’s even going on. When you are a super winner like that, and get your ass kissed at every turn, it’s hard to notice a bunch of pea ants complaining. The whole, lion doesn’t concern himself with the opinions of sheep.
That being said, Blair wears his heart on his sleeve. This wasn’t him throwing a fit about not getting his way, or being over sensitive. The downright degrading, talking down to, making him feel so small and insignificant was the epitome of uncalled for and the opposite of what Blair thought he was associating himself with. He is so passionate about the sport, he wants everyone to kick ass, Lee, Todd, himself, Ricky, everyone. But the politics and the ego and disrespect was truly unreal. I’m glad he pulled back the cover on this.
we already know Steve and JT weren’t gonna say a goddamn thing about it because they can’t, but we don’t need their opinion, we heard it straight from the horse’s mouth
Don’t think you called him any names? We need to get AI to do a investigation to really know for sure. 🤣
JT and Steve spent 15 minutes talking about it last night.
For sure, dog. Similar to all these assholes driving around in cars. Instead of just walking with their own legs. Pussies.
JT's career and Blair's are pretty similar. He was nothing more than a 15-20 place lapper. Comparing the two I'd rather listen to Daniel.
THIS. Our entire broadcast wants to focus on story telling, lets just focus on calling the race. I feel like its 20% calling the race and 80% stories.
Hilarious! 🤣
Yup. Of course, the story telling comes from the fact that they have so many people on the broadcast, they need to give them something to do. They can’t all just call the race action. So they obsess over a narrative and cram it down our throats.
Does anyone know roughly the time period they talk about it on the podcast?
It was hard to watch that video. You could see how hard it was for him to make. The raw emotion. I mean these things as compliments. I wonder if Blair had tried talking with RC and telling him how he pictured things, if that might have helped? Or maybe he did. I could have missed it, but he never really called out RC. hinted around it. And perhaps RC was the driving force. But I have to believe that people around RC and above RC were as much to blame , or even hold more of the blame. They allowed RC to impact the decisions the way he did. He could have been booted just as easily. For whatever reason, RC has more value to NBC.
I feel bad for Blair. I love his work, and have been a fan of his for years. I'm VERY glad he put that video out to clear things up. I hope that its as much of the full truth as he can say without saying peoples names. I really hope that he keeps growing his channel and reports on the sport in a truly unbiased way. I hope he doesn't turn into a Cooksie , who is just constantly putting everything on one big bad guy. From the sounds of things, NBC is really the bad guy in this deal. Feld wanted him. MX Sports , who knows. He was working with their podcast network so I doubt they would have pushed back. I could see Blair building his Youtube channel into something really big. And making more $$ than a TV deal might have. If He went a similar way of Gypsy Tales and tried to bring on guests from outside the MX industry . He has a voice for it, and is a great talent.
My mother was in radio , doing talk shows in the 80's90's and early 2000's . Started out at a smaller station and worked up to one of the biggest in NE. Tucker Carlson was one of her interns at one point. She auditioned for some MTV and VH1 TV rolls. She was able to do a lot of positive things for the local community on her way up. But grew tired of things being a more of who you know, rather than how good You were. With ratings factoring in too. But unless You were somebody like Howard Stern level of popularity , and even then You could get fired and replaced by somebodies buddy . She loved helping people , and went on to work at assisted living facilities as a CNA for years until retiring.
All of the BS that Blair talks about is not unique to the coverage of this sport. It is a common thing in the entertainment world. Yes it sucks. But its not moto specific. So many people in the entertainment industry would sell their mothers soul to get ahead.
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