Pourcel question

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How much money does he want? To quote the great matthes "with grant signing with honda, that sound you hear is another door slamming on Pourcel and his price tag. Hrd ktm doesn't want him either"

And if it's a rediculous amount, can he really expect that much after giving away the title?
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Shenzi 10/8/2010 12:41pm
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Is Pourcel really asking that much, is it really too much. I have been given, shown and asked some pretty high prices in the past 3 weeks by various riders and teams, I don't think Pourcel is as much out of the range as the press or some within the industry, teams, other agents, who knows, want to make it sound.

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KAWboy14 10/8/2010 12:42pm
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by not winning the outdoors.....i guarantee it is now half of what it was!
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KAWboy14 wrote:
by not winning the outdoors.....i guarantee it is now half of what it was!
Guarantee? You're an agent now? Smile

I think what any team who's seriously looking at him is thinking of is potential. It's not like they're buying a championship.
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KAWboy14 wrote:
by not winning the outdoors.....i guarantee it is now half of what it was!
you "guarantee" that it's half? or you "would tend to believe that it's half"? Wink

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How much could PC really have been paying him?
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KAWboy14 wrote:
by not winning the outdoors.....i guarantee it is now half of what it was!
GuyB wrote:
Guarantee? You're an agent now? :) I think what any team who's seriously looking at him is thinking of is potential. It's not like they're buying...
Guarantee? You're an agent now? Smile

I think what any team who's seriously looking at him is thinking of is potential. It's not like they're buying a championship.
purely from a business standpoint his physical conditioning was suspect after this year, if it wasn't before.
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KAWboy14 wrote:
by not winning the outdoors.....i guarantee it is now half of what it was!
GuyB wrote:
Guarantee? You're an agent now? :) I think what any team who's seriously looking at him is thinking of is potential. It's not like they're buying...
Guarantee? You're an agent now? Smile

I think what any team who's seriously looking at him is thinking of is potential. It's not like they're buying a championship.
At the same time they have to be thinking about how good and fast his Shoulder can heal.

He is super talented but Teams are running scared as far as putting money out purely on potential.
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Yeah, and it depends on whether or not he opts for surgery. The last time I checked, they were getting several opinions before proceeding in either direction.
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KAWboy14 wrote:
by not winning the outdoors.....i guarantee it is now half of what it was!
GuyB wrote:
Guarantee? You're an agent now? :) I think what any team who's seriously looking at him is thinking of is potential. It's not like they're buying...
Guarantee? You're an agent now? Smile

I think what any team who's seriously looking at him is thinking of is potential. It's not like they're buying a championship.
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At the same time they have to be thinking about how good and fast his Shoulder can heal. He is super talented but Teams are running...
At the same time they have to be thinking about how good and fast his Shoulder can heal.

He is super talented but Teams are running scared as far as putting money out purely on potential.
no real business man pays much for potential......they would sign a cheap deal with big incentives and tell him to go prove himself.


"hey sign that guy up for $3 mill a year.....i think he has potential! Well son why do you think he has so much potential? Well he ALMOST won 2 championships, he recovered from blowing out his back and even tho he just blew out his shoulder.....i really think he has potential........O.K. give him $3 mill gauranteed to ride for us!"
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KAWboy14 10/8/2010 12:56pm
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oh and for the record: i like pourcel!
brakkeman_ 10/8/2010 1:05pm
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CP has some bad luck haunting him, first that mechanical, now the crash this year.
Anyone who's not looking for him to add to their team is a fool.
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brakkeman_ wrote:
CP has some bad luck haunting him, first that mechanical, now the crash this year. Anyone who's not looking for him to add to their team...
CP has some bad luck haunting him, first that mechanical, now the crash this year.
Anyone who's not looking for him to add to their team is a fool.
we are not talking about the idea that people dont want him.....we are talking about how much they will pay him!
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NeWskoolmxer wrote:
How much could PC really have been paying him?
PC doesn't have to pay their riders a ton of money - you take the offer to be on the "best" bike. to be honest i've heard they don't pay much at all compared to less successful teams
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Is Paul Lindsey Pourcel's agent? (J/K)
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Reminds me too much of Ben Townley, if I was a Team Manager it would be an incentive deal.
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KAWboy14 wrote:
by not winning the outdoors.....i guarantee it is now half of what it was!
No way!!!! These teams care 100 times more about SX. Right now Pourcel is the 3rd or 4th best SX rider on the planet.

What happened at the last national means nothing!!

His value is whatever the highest bidder wants to pay. The kid is a winner and will be a force on the big bike.
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RMZ819 10/8/2010 1:24pm
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yanks_178 wrote:
Reminds me too much of Ben Townley, if I was a Team Manager it would be an incentive deal.
Townley is and never was a good as Pourcel is right now. Pourcel is the real deal. Townley built his legend off a exhibition race by staying close to RC.

That dude milked that 1 moto for 5 yrs. Not to shabby if you ask me.
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calimxer91 10/8/2010 1:47pm
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With RV being a 3 times lite champ and taking a huge paycut and CP with 0 championships outdoors,and demanding more than him, it could really get tense in those Kawi pits.

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GuyB wrote:
Yeah, and it depends on whether or not he opts for surgery. The last time I checked, they were getting several opinions before proceeding in either...
Yeah, and it depends on whether or not he opts for surgery. The last time I checked, they were getting several opinions before proceeding in either direction.
He did have surgery in France and, apparently, it went well.
Still heavy stuff, not sure how long it'll take him.
Bad timing for sure but, along with Reed, he remains the best potential 450SX talent $$$ can buy right now on the market.
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yanks_178 wrote:
Reminds me too much of Ben Townley, if I was a Team Manager it would be an incentive deal.
RMZ819 wrote:
Townley is and never was a good as Pourcel is right now. Pourcel is the real deal. Townley built his legend off a exhibition race by...
Townley is and never was a good as Pourcel is right now. Pourcel is the real deal. Townley built his legend off a exhibition race by staying close to RC.

That dude milked that 1 moto for 5 yrs. Not to shabby if you ask me.
U funny man.

I think Townley did pretty well on the Pro Circuit bike also.Wink
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yanks_178 wrote:
Reminds me too much of Ben Townley, if I was a Team Manager it would be an incentive deal.
RMZ819 wrote:
Townley is and never was a good as Pourcel is right now. Pourcel is the real deal. Townley built his legend off a exhibition race by...
Townley is and never was a good as Pourcel is right now. Pourcel is the real deal. Townley built his legend off a exhibition race by staying close to RC.

That dude milked that 1 moto for 5 yrs. Not to shabby if you ask me.
wrong. 2007 AMA Motocross Lites Results
Hangtown: Sacramento, CA

Moto 1 Moto 2 Points
1 Ben Townley (Kawasaki) 2 1 47
2 Ryan Villopoto (Kawasaki) 1 2 47
3 Ryan Dungey (Suzuki) 3 3 40

go RV

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KAWboy14 wrote:
by not winning the outdoors.....i guarantee it is now half of what it was!
RMZ819 wrote:
No way!!!! These teams care 100 times more about SX. Right now Pourcel is the 3rd or 4th best SX rider on the planet.What happened at...
No way!!!! These teams care 100 times more about SX. Right now Pourcel is the 3rd or 4th best SX rider on the planet.

What happened at the last national means nothing!!

His value is whatever the highest bidder wants to pay. The kid is a winner and will be a force on the big bike.
Do you actually believe yourself when you talk?
knowitalloveragainnovice 10/8/2010 6:11pm
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Pourcel will have a fine bike undeneath him, room service and nice sheets.

And he'll bank more than a million this year.

Mathes hates all riders, not just Pourcel so don't put too much weight in to his stories, observations or opinions.
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KAWboy14 wrote:
by not winning the outdoors.....i guarantee it is now half of what it was!
GuyB wrote:
Guarantee? You're an agent now? :) I think what any team who's seriously looking at him is thinking of is potential. It's not like they're buying...
Guarantee? You're an agent now? Smile

I think what any team who's seriously looking at him is thinking of is potential. It's not like they're buying a championship.
Hope he's not Pourcel's agent.
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KAWboy14 wrote:
by not winning the outdoors.....i guarantee it is now half of what it was!
pulpmx show, NYK27 & watson were saying he wanted 1.5mil plus his own gear deal.
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RMZ819 wrote:
Townley is and never was a good as Pourcel is right now. Pourcel is the real deal. Townley built his legend off a exhibition race by...
Townley is and never was a good as Pourcel is right now. Pourcel is the real deal. Townley built his legend off a exhibition race by staying close to RC.

That dude milked that 1 moto for 5 yrs. Not to shabby if you ask me.
What color is the sky, in your world?????
UpTiTe 10/8/2010 8:11pm
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He is asking for 1.5, which I doubt he will get. He was making 350k plus bonus's.
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RMZ819 wrote:
No way!!!! These teams care 100 times more about SX. Right now Pourcel is the 3rd or 4th best SX rider on the planet.What happened at...
No way!!!! These teams care 100 times more about SX. Right now Pourcel is the 3rd or 4th best SX rider on the planet.

What happened at the last national means nothing!!

His value is whatever the highest bidder wants to pay. The kid is a winner and will be a force on the big bike.
RMZ proving once again that his head is deep into his ass and that he needs a prince albert to actually breathe through 2 nostrils. Right now, CP can't ride a freakin oval track with one shoulder, nevermind an SX track. To say what happened at the last national means nothing, shows how clueless you are. Teams could be doubting his ability to be and STAY healthy come SX, would you invest top dollar knowing he might not be 100%? Vital members should be paying top dollar to vote you out of here and send you to ronron or something.
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yanks_178 wrote:
Reminds me too much of Ben Townley, if I was a Team Manager it would be an incentive deal.
RMZ819 wrote:
Townley is and never was a good as Pourcel is right now. Pourcel is the real deal. Townley built his legend off a exhibition race by...
Townley is and never was a good as Pourcel is right now. Pourcel is the real deal. Townley built his legend off a exhibition race by staying close to RC.

That dude milked that 1 moto for 5 yrs. Not to shabby if you ask me.
WTF are you talking about?? I think you write this stuff to get a rise out of people cause, no one can be that stupid to make comments like that!!
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yanks_178 wrote:
Reminds me too much of Ben Townley, if I was a Team Manager it would be an incentive deal.
Sorry but he's gonna ruin Townley and he can rip supercoss too. He's any teams dream. And fitness wise he's only improving from the pelvis injury. He will be on the podium

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