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Didn't Stew say something along the lines of Chase was listening to his dad more than Stew when they were working together and because of that James decided to not work with him anymore as not to get between father and son?
I heard a different story, what I head was that big James would show up when Chase was expecting to work with JS7. This tracks with JS7 not paying his podcast producer(confirmed by producer) and the rumor that Mookie never got his win bonus from Seven after Tampa.
Chase has no shortage of talent. The problem lies between his ears.
Or how about there’s no problem… the dude is better than 20/22 of the top guys every season no question for years right? What’s everyone else’s problem?
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There is obviously a problem, lack of consistency
Such a lack that he has how many ama pro titles?
Stew seems so likeable, it’s such a bummer to hear that..especially not paying Cole
Chase fan here but never realised the way he left honda??......Lars seems like a cool dude and all?
a little immature for mine?
he will end up riding for more teams than CHAD at this rate!!!!!
Would that be the reason he went to FXR? Damn I didn't hear that yet, he carried Seven for a long time
We also don’t know about practice crashes. We only see what gets televised.
Great point.
Good byes are awkward. Everybody acts like buddies all of a sudden. You always get that wolf of Wall Street feeling “ I’m not f**kin leaving!*
It’s best to avoid those emotional rollercoasters and focus on what’s next (at least when it comes to your career)
HEADCASE CHASE!
In the world of finance, the minute you submit your resignation (or even a rumor you are leaving the firm) HR and security come for your badge/laptop/etc. and escort you from the building. There are no hugs. No handshakes. No dinners. But, funny thing, these guys will pass in and out of the same firms throughout their careers. Why? Because it’s all about the Benjamin’s and if a banker can score big M&A deals who gives a shit how many firms he has worked for….
I don’t think Eli himself ever said anything bad about Kawasaki. It took his dad doing a podcast with Matthes to find out that they kind of butted heads when it came to setup and they wouldn’t always give him what he wanted.
So ET is going to his 4th team and nobody says a word. But Chase is on his 3rd team and some people are all over him for it. Almost every fast rider over the years has switched teams at least twice, and more than a few, 3 times. Sticking with one team is becoming more rare.
Sometimes riders switch for the money. Who coud blame them. Pro athletes do it all the time. Especially in pro mx and sx where most retire in their early 30's.
I'm an ET fan and I like Chase. I think both are good for the sport.
It's not the switching of teams that is controversial, it's how they are switching teams(as indicated by thread title).
I don't see a lot of difference between the 2. Didn't ET switch from Honda to Kawi to Yamaha for about the same reasons as Chase and the same way? I would guess money had a lot to do with both riders switching brands as well.
I just don't see Chase doing anything that much different than many riders have done in the past.
Pit Row
Pretty sad to screw over your brother, especially one that seems as nice as Mookie. Although it looks like James and Big James have spent plenty of money so maybe there isn’t as much laying around as there should be if they lived a little less of a lavish lifestyle
Ummm - I don't think Tomac wanted to leave Yamaha. Just not much budget after paying Webb SX championship salary and Danger coming up. Chase wanted to leave KTM and he is also much earlier in his career. But I don't have any problem with it at all. You may believe the "tuck the front end" on Honda was a Chase not a Honda problem (maybe I do to), but some really weird stuff happened on that KTM. And that probably wasn't the reason for the switch - $$$$ likely was. Still he rode his butt off for KTM and had the most epic comeback of all time at Hangtown last year.
I heard Chase’s KTM offer was incredibly good so I don’t think it’s entirely money related. Also if I’m correct, Tomac hasn’t switched teams at the end of each contract ala Sexton, so there’s definitely a difference as to how they’ve gone about things, also Chase is more transparent (kind of, the end of this year was a shit show in terms of people knowing what’s going on with Chase) which I believe in most cases unfairly results in him getting extra criticism, he also gets praised for it though at the same time, so I guess it works both ways.
After this year, I think Prado possibly might be in the same category as Chase. The minute the results and wins are not happening, they both are very vocal that everything else is wrong but them. Chase turns his back on Honda and now KTM and maybe it is not the bike and team. Chase has been on a 450 since 2020 and only won one title in 2023 SX because of Eli's blown his achilles. He hits the ground more than anyone, yet all the Sexton fans now think Kawi will be the answer to him beating the Lawrence brothers who have not changed teams and are crazy comfortable already on their Hondas. There are many greats in this sport that have changes teams and still win championships (MC, RC, Stewart, Tomac, Dungey, etc), so I think he really needs to work on himself. My opinion.
Think Chase will do fine on the green bike. Time will tell.
2x 250 sx titles 1x 450 sx title 1x 450 Mx title
How many active riders have more titles than that? Eli, Webb, Jett, andddd? Kenny?
I misinterpreted your post then.
I don't claim to be the one most plugged in to all the podcast and everything, but as an outsider it seems there has been a little more controversy around chase then tomac.
Tomac leaving Honda, as far as I can remember on good terms.
Tomac leaving kawi, his dad stated they were frustrated by the lack of freedom on the bike setup on a podcast. Nothing super crazy but maybe could have been more amicable.
Tomac leaving star seems to be on good terms.
Chase leaving Honda, Packs up his stuff and goes, no goodbyes other than Instagram post. Lars has been public over his disappointment about the way the split went.
Chase leaving KTM, has weird vague injury statements for why missing races. Contradicts own team's manager Ian Harris. The backwards hat thing. Nothing on its own super blunt, but a pattern of oddities.
Fwiw I'm a fan of both riders, but I perceive a difference.
Hasn’t tomac been pro 5 years longer than chase? And I was under the impression tomac wasn’t choosing to leave star
Weird stuff... yeah, there was. And Chases comment about us not knowing about stuff going on behind the scenes (paraphrased) and Tom's comment about the shock issues leads me to believe that there really was more to the story.
I think he'll be fine on the Kawi.
Not even close to the same riders.. Chase rides his ass off all the time. Prado quits and throws the entire team under the bus. Huge difference.
Chase also made his decision(we assume) earlier in the year when KTM was going through their financial issues. It looks better now, but you wouldn't be a fool to take equal or even potentially less money on a deal if you thought that the future of said deal was more secure.
That is very true, I’ve already sort of started to forget all the pandemonium surrounding KTM in supercross, and whether or not they’d even make it through the rest of the year, so that’s a valid point
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