Finger guns over finish

4/14/2025 7:23pm
Speaking of fun alternatives to finish line jump / victory lap celebrations.  I will never forget RJ throwing down Run DMCs (circa 1988):

Speaking of fun alternatives to finish line jump / victory lap celebrations.  I will never forget RJ throwing down Run DMCs (circa 1988):

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Stew doing The Sprinkler?

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There’s plenty of examples. There’s no doubt that Webb has a high racing IQ, but the mental gamesmanship seems to be restricted to when he’s winning. But...

There’s plenty of examples. There’s no doubt that Webb has a high racing IQ, but the mental gamesmanship seems to be restricted to when he’s winning. 
But when he’s not doing so well, it disappears from his repertoire. 
Remember when Mr “I get paid to race” had some bad results and chose to sit out the outdoors? 
If your mental game relies on winning, then that’s not mental toughness. How you handle losing is the real test.

Yeah some how his shouting at the other riders and finger guns goes away as soon as he knows that he can’t win.

Last SX season there was not much smack talk from him when he had to battle Jett for the title. 

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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.  I like chase.But before he tries to play head games with others, he needs to deal with the head games...

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. 

 

I like chase.

But before he tries to play head games with others, he needs to deal with the head games going on inside of his helmet. 

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That sums it up perfectly---  all that did was further motivate a guy that has the strongest mental game in the business . Sexton would have...

That sums it up perfectly---  all that did was further motivate a guy that has the strongest mental game in the business . Sexton would have served himself better to just keep his head down and try to stay focused on the task at hand ,and NOT pour race fuel on an already burning honey badger  !   

"A guy that has the strongest mental game in the business." Indoors. Outdoors, not so much

Cooper Webb has no game whatsoever outdoors. Mental or otherwise.

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Herr Lich wrote:

Cooper Webb has no game whatsoever outdoors. Mental or otherwise.

That's pretty much your history here. 

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Cooper Webb has no game whatsoever outdoors. Mental or otherwise.

That's pretty much your history here. 

Good on you Bridges. How about refuting the claim? Oh, that's right you can't.  Cooper Webb has one win outdoors in the 450 class in the mud in 2021. If he can even be arsed showing up this year he'll be a 10-10 guy every moto if all the heavy hitters are racing.

Jett, Eli, Chase, Hunter, Anderson, Prado, Ferrandis, AP, J-Coop.....tenth place, Cooper Webb. 

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Herr Lich wrote:

Cooper Webb has no game whatsoever outdoors. Mental or otherwise.

That's pretty much your history here. 

Herr Lich wrote:
Good on you Bridges. How about refuting the claim? Oh, that's right you can't.  Cooper Webb has one win outdoors in the 450 class in the...

Good on you Bridges. How about refuting the claim? Oh, that's right you can't.  Cooper Webb has one win outdoors in the 450 class in the mud in 2021. If he can even be arsed showing up this year he'll be a 10-10 guy every moto if all the heavy hitters are racing.

Jett, Eli, Chase, Hunter, Anderson, Prado, Ferrandis, AP, J-Coop.....tenth place, Cooper Webb. 

Webb after finding out he won't be able to get out of doing outdoors this year...

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I thought it was funny, Webb throw the guns at Sexton other week over finish, so Sexton "shot" them back at Webb this week and he's...

I thought it was funny, Webb throw the guns at Sexton other week over finish, so Sexton "shot" them back at Webb this week and he's all pissy about it on podium lol. I'm praying Sexton beats him next weekend too and says on podium he'll have to wait one more week to kick my ass lol

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Amen!  "We will kick his ass next week"......  Good one Paul.....  Without any help from the SX Gods, that isn't happening.  Coop has been "blessed" this...

Amen!  "We will kick his ass next week"......  

Good one Paul.....  Without any help from the SX Gods, that isn't happening.  Coop has been "blessed" this SX season, and  unless Chase can throw him a bone with a fall, mental fart, etc.....  Coop cannot touch Chase for a solid 20 plus laps and Coop knows it.    Yesterday literally proved it, and Webb got the hint, also  showing to the world what a real prick acts  like after he lost with that little comment.  Truthfully, add all the injured guys in this as if they were not hurt,  Paul himself would not even be in the top 3......  Tomac, and the HRC brothers alone could seal up that deal.  As for shooting the guns at the finish?  Simple!  Chase gave him back what he has been doing for ages, only problem is, when Coop does it, his competition watches him do it at the line.  Chase, was too far ahead.....  further pouring more salt on a stinger.  Good job Chase!!!!!

Cuss me all you want, I'm too old to give 2 shits......  unless some Metamucil is involved of course.  

You must forget Indy where coop gapped everyone. Including chase 

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The finger guns cost Ja Morant $70K in fines from the NBA. 

And Moronant has a history of associating with wannabe gangbangers. 

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Coop about to make a statement this weekend and put the icing on the cake. 

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4/15/2025 7:10am

Anyone catch AP7 apologizing to Webb after the race? Whiskeythrottle had it on instagram. Won’t let me link it. 

I must have missed it, did AP do something offensive to Webb last weekend?

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Anyone catch AP7 apologizing to Webb after the race? Whiskeythrottle had it on instagram. Won’t let me link it. 

I must have missed it, did AP do something offensive to Webb last weekend?

I was wondering the context of this also.

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Anyone catch AP7 apologizing to Webb after the race? Whiskeythrottle had it on instagram. Won’t let me link it. 

I must have missed it, did AP do something offensive to Webb last weekend?

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I was wondering the context of this also.

I believe he's apologizing for what happened during the start/first corner of the 450 main.

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Camp332 wrote:

The ultimate, would be a grenade toss 😆

 

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If he doesn’t bust out a two-handed bazooka over the finish line next race, what are we really even doing?

Take the finger guns one step farther and make it an Andy Irons style shotgun claim over the finish jump. 

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Dog shave that shit off already  

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Coop was pretty pissed on the podium. Getting fingerblasted by sexton might have rattled him a bit. Hard to say, but if sexton wins this championship that might be the turning point. Id probably say if he beats coop thatll turn his whole career around and hell have much more for jett in the future. My money would still be on coop, but its getting interesting.

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Pop Shmoke wrote:
Coop was pretty pissed on the podium. Getting fingerblasted by sexton might have rattled him a bit. Hard to say, but if sexton wins this championship...

Coop was pretty pissed on the podium. Getting fingerblasted by sexton might have rattled him a bit. Hard to say, but if sexton wins this championship that might be the turning point. Id probably say if he beats coop thatll turn his whole career around and hell have much more for jett in the future. My money would still be on coop, but its getting interesting.

Webb has pretty thick skin...and I just can't believe he'd be "rattled" by Sexton's gesture, especially seeing that he's pretty much the king of head games. There has to be a bigger story to this.

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Pop Shmoke wrote:
Coop was pretty pissed on the podium. Getting fingerblasted by sexton might have rattled him a bit. Hard to say, but if sexton wins this championship...

Coop was pretty pissed on the podium. Getting fingerblasted by sexton might have rattled him a bit. Hard to say, but if sexton wins this championship that might be the turning point. Id probably say if he beats coop thatll turn his whole career around and hell have much more for jett in the future. My money would still be on coop, but its getting interesting.

davistld01 wrote:
Webb has pretty thick skin...and I just can't believe he'd be "rattled" by Sexton's gesture, especially seeing that he's pretty much the king of head games...

Webb has pretty thick skin...and I just can't believe he'd be "rattled" by Sexton's gesture, especially seeing that he's pretty much the king of head games. There has to be a bigger story to this.

Webbs not rattled by Sexton.

What we have here is another case of....

 

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4/17/2025 9:02am
Pop Shmoke wrote:
Coop was pretty pissed on the podium. Getting fingerblasted by sexton might have rattled him a bit. Hard to say, but if sexton wins this championship...

Coop was pretty pissed on the podium. Getting fingerblasted by sexton might have rattled him a bit. Hard to say, but if sexton wins this championship that might be the turning point. Id probably say if he beats coop thatll turn his whole career around and hell have much more for jett in the future. My money would still be on coop, but its getting interesting.

davistld01 wrote:
Webb has pretty thick skin...and I just can't believe he'd be "rattled" by Sexton's gesture, especially seeing that he's pretty much the king of head games...

Webb has pretty thick skin...and I just can't believe he'd be "rattled" by Sexton's gesture, especially seeing that he's pretty much the king of head games. There has to be a bigger story to this.

I think the "bigger story" is getting beat straight up when he was nearly within striking distance from the get go. Since the beginning half of the season, there hasn't been a race that Chase and Coop have had the opportunity to go head to head for the entirety of the main event with Coop not besting Chase. In most cases, they've been separated, or Chase has made a mistake that allowed Coop to beat him.  

Webb has been the better guy in the latter half of the season and his mentality appears to have shifted in that direction as well. This was a big blow to straight up get out ridden by his championship rival. 

To wrap back around to the point, I think you're right. I don't think Coop is rattled by Chase fingerblasting him, he's rattled because he got straight up beat. 

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Pop Shmoke wrote:
Coop was pretty pissed on the podium. Getting fingerblasted by sexton might have rattled him a bit. Hard to say, but if sexton wins this championship...

Coop was pretty pissed on the podium. Getting fingerblasted by sexton might have rattled him a bit. Hard to say, but if sexton wins this championship that might be the turning point. Id probably say if he beats coop thatll turn his whole career around and hell have much more for jett in the future. My money would still be on coop, but its getting interesting.

davistld01 wrote:
Webb has pretty thick skin...and I just can't believe he'd be "rattled" by Sexton's gesture, especially seeing that he's pretty much the king of head games...

Webb has pretty thick skin...and I just can't believe he'd be "rattled" by Sexton's gesture, especially seeing that he's pretty much the king of head games. There has to be a bigger story to this.

I think the "bigger story" is getting beat straight up when he was nearly within striking distance from the get go. Since the beginning half of...

I think the "bigger story" is getting beat straight up when he was nearly within striking distance from the get go. Since the beginning half of the season, there hasn't been a race that Chase and Coop have had the opportunity to go head to head for the entirety of the main event with Coop not besting Chase. In most cases, they've been separated, or Chase has made a mistake that allowed Coop to beat him.  

Webb has been the better guy in the latter half of the season and his mentality appears to have shifted in that direction as well. This was a big blow to straight up get out ridden by his championship rival. 

To wrap back around to the point, I think you're right. I don't think Coop is rattled by Chase fingerblasting him, he's rattled because he got straight up beat. 

Hmm yea good point. He was for sure pissed on the podium.

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Pop Shmoke wrote:
Coop was pretty pissed on the podium. Getting fingerblasted by sexton might have rattled him a bit. Hard to say, but if sexton wins this championship...

Coop was pretty pissed on the podium. Getting fingerblasted by sexton might have rattled him a bit. Hard to say, but if sexton wins this championship that might be the turning point. Id probably say if he beats coop thatll turn his whole career around and hell have much more for jett in the future. My money would still be on coop, but its getting interesting.

davistld01 wrote:
Webb has pretty thick skin...and I just can't believe he'd be "rattled" by Sexton's gesture, especially seeing that he's pretty much the king of head games...

Webb has pretty thick skin...and I just can't believe he'd be "rattled" by Sexton's gesture, especially seeing that he's pretty much the king of head games. There has to be a bigger story to this.

I think the "bigger story" is getting beat straight up when he was nearly within striking distance from the get go. Since the beginning half of...

I think the "bigger story" is getting beat straight up when he was nearly within striking distance from the get go. Since the beginning half of the season, there hasn't been a race that Chase and Coop have had the opportunity to go head to head for the entirety of the main event with Coop not besting Chase. In most cases, they've been separated, or Chase has made a mistake that allowed Coop to beat him.  

Webb has been the better guy in the latter half of the season and his mentality appears to have shifted in that direction as well. This was a big blow to straight up get out ridden by his championship rival. 

To wrap back around to the point, I think you're right. I don't think Coop is rattled by Chase fingerblasting him, he's rattled because he got straight up beat. 

You're right on. If Jett or Tomac had beat him in this manner, I don't think it would've bothered Webb as much, because I think he views them as speed freaks that require gamesmanship and a little luck to beat. On the other hand, I think he views himself as straight-up the superior SX rider to Sexton, so it bothered him that he got bested.

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Rumor has it Jett has been working on that exact move 

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And just like that Webb is humble again. 

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Shot him last week and the ghost showed up this week. 

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Gator724 wrote:

Coop about to make a statement this weekend and put the icing on the cake. 

Yeah this didn’t age well!

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