Showing Deference to Jeremy McGrath.

It’s always hard to predict success, we all thought James was gonna win everything and while he has a lot of race wins his title count is actually far below what was expected.

Jett has missed quite a few series to injury already, the gnarly thing about our sport is you never really know..

Hard to stack wins when you’re on the couch

I didn't realize he never missed a race. That is shocking.

Many reasons for the crown of King. Jeremy deserves it. He broke the mold in style, technique, consistency, poise on the podium, and Made the sport bigger in a good way. 

MC is such a badass 

For how incredible his technique is, thats a few costly injuries for Jett. This sport can be cruel, no matter how ‘perfect’ you are. Two seasons in a row, that sucks. Shows how good McGrath was, but same can be said about RC, Dungey, RV, Cooper Webb and Tomac (basically was injury free 2016-2023). 

Getting back from injuries get’s harder every time. I’ve seen the same with Herlings here in Europe. Hopefully Jett recovers well, that is the main goal now. Recover well and come back swinging 

Bout time to fire this gem back up:

https://www.vitalmx.com/forums/moto-related/why-mcgrath-king-current-er…

He did miss a race- when the lights went out in ‘95. 

Did he miss a race from his “playing pool” incident? I guess not.

Yea I hate to say it but this probably puts a nail in the coffin on jett beating 72. Thats just too many races to miss. It was already going to be hard to beat if he had stayed healthy every year but at this point those are years youre not going to get back. I gotta say I’m suprised how injury prone hes been on the 450, especially with such good technique that lets him ride well under his limit. Zacho is right these guys practice way too much compared to all other sports.

Jeremy hit on a magical formula that made him invincible for a long time. I do think the physics and speed involved in piloting a 450 at Jett's level on today's tracks is probably a factor in why Jett gets hurt more. The sport is at a different level than it was 30 years ago when Jeremy hit the big bike class, but yeah his abilities were practically superhuman. RC was also incredible in terms of not missing races.

I'm still waiting for the video or article where he stated he was going to beat MC's record. This phantom quote that people always bring up seems to be very elusive...

It's because no one has reading/listening comprehension. In the interview they asked him what his goals were and he said his goal was to be champion, and that was the goal every year. He then said if he won multiple championships his goal would be to beat Jeremy's record. He never claimed he was going to beat it or that he was focused on it.

I watched in person at the St Louis supercross in 06 as he cartwheeled head first into the whoops. I thought the dude is dead no doubt, then he slowly got up and went back to the truck, came out and won the lcq and then his shock collar broke on the first lap of the main. Wild night, but I could not believe that dude survived his crash. 

I'm assuming you're talking sx only because RV was hardly injury free for his career. He only raced 2 mx seasons on a 450. Everyone is always shocked when they see he only has 13 mx wins on a 450. That's why

Jeremy was on a 250 2-Stroke and injuries were not the same. 450 bikes hurt people more.

RC missed the 2004 SX season and that was it. Never missed an outdoor season ,winning them all. RC was tuff as nails. MC is the King of SX and RC is the GOAT.

Hey man go check out the 2003 SX season and see how many factory riders were hurt

It was literally brought up at media days again this year. 

When people started crowning Jett as the Goat/King in his rookie year, this was brought up. Many ppl didn't want to hear it though. But staying healthy and consistent is a huge part of what let Jeremy get those wins and earn the title of the King. It's when someone looks so good and has a hot start, people get so caught up in that and don't think about how hard it is to be at that level year after year. The performance is part of it, but also being healthy is a big part too. And it is silly to start talking about someone eclipsing the top guys in the sport, after just a year or so. It's in a way a bit disrespectful. Jett is going to be 1 of the best to do it regardless, but this sport is brutal. And he's missed some time now. It's hard not to though. Injuries are a very big part of it.

With SX tracks being a bit different in that era plus the difficulty in going fast consistently on a 2 stroke 250, nothing can be taken away from Mc or any of the other guys of that era. Personally I think with the inconsistencies of the track building then compared to now, the speeds would not be as fast on 450's for that reason.

He raced the heat race so he gets partial credit.

You know what is crazy is MC still left a handful of wins on the table. If you factor in a couple mechanicals and pretty much all of 97 he really probably could have gotten into the 80s win-wise

No credit! I was there, he just took a gate from someone else. The 250 race looked like a 50 race (Emig won) they shortened the 125 race, an it was like a "Death match"!

I wouldn't want to race in the dark either. They should've cancelled the race until Sunday.

I saw a video of Dazzy Lawrence regarding Jett chasing MC's record. Dazzy said that he told his kids to always aim high, and going after the record is something that he wants to chase. Had he of said he wanted 50 wins and a few titles then he'd be getting called out for having modest goals. 

Having lofty goals is one thing. Publicly telling the sport you want to dethrone The King at 20 is another.

This place flipped out when Stew said 72 was “Stewable”. Same deal. 

I think Jett’s career will be more comparable to stews than it will be MCs once the dust settles 

Sx means a lot more, plus it's the more dangerous of the two... mc will always be great than rc... and that's before you look at then as people...