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I bet the team will find something in his locker and be forced to respond.
Yea framing someone as a cheater and taking away their career seems rational
Think of how bad a look that is for a second elite rider wanting out of his Factory Kawi deal? Who's going to want to ride for them in the future? Yeah, RJ or Malcolm would sign with them in a second. But I'm talking getting a Jett, Hunter, Deegan, even a prospect like Davies would probably give it pause.
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It is a bad look but high paying factory rides are hard to come by. Someone will always be willing to take the paycheck.
And that is why both Dan and Bruce have to go…they have allowed this team to be a dysfunctional mess with everyone pointing fingers at everyone…They are the ones that should be held accountable for this dumpster fire of a team…Is Chase difficult to deal with, apparently yes, but these to morans have made the team the laughing stock of the paddock….
I vote Tickle to Team Manager...
They should get rid of nearly everyone associated with running the team and bike development.
The optics of Prado dropping out of his deal and Chase maybe following his lead are so bad! They can't win. We all agree Chase is a flake but Kawi still comes out looking bad
Not an insider, and I maybe wrong, but I feel like the opinion of Chase burning bridges isn't 100% accurate. Yes, he's been somewhat critical of his bikes but I felt like him leaving Honda had more to do with the Lawrence's moving into the premier class than the bike. In fact I thought Honda made him an offer for 2024. KTM had some shock and brake issues with multiple riders calling it out but leaving had more to do with personalities clashing between Chase and some team members. This Kawasak thing seems to be the status quo, due to their history with riders and bike set up issues dating back to Weimer. I'm not condoning ghost riding his bike at all but I'm just questioning what bridges he's actually burned. With premier titles at both Honda and KTM I find it hard to image they wouldn't rehire him if they needed riders. The problem is that they are full for the foreseeable future. Maybe a Husky deal on his own?
It's also been reported that he left both teams in basically Irish Goodbye fashion, no thanks, no handshakes. Just peaced at the last race and they never heard from him again. Is that a crime? No, but it shows a lack of maturity and is kind of odd.
Got it and i agree. Not sure how i missed that part.
That's not a bad idea. The Sextons can take the Team 22 route and start their own team on rented Husky's
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Why did AI have to drag Mitchell Harrison into it?
He left honda when jett smoked him and he said it was because the front of the bike kept knifing causing him to crash, lol.
Between the Chase situation and Kawasaki's reliability issues with Stew Baylor in GNCC they have had a rough couple years.
Stew seemed pretty frustrated after yesterdays race, he was last off the line with the bike not starting and having no clutch for almost the whole race. Reading between the lines in his interview it sounds like he is relying on some guys on the OEM side to help with these issues and it isn't happening.
That being said he got 3rd and his brother won the race on the same bike.
Interview at 3:38:16 mark
I feel like Chase on Suzuki would probably be the best option for him. The platform doesn't change, so assuming he can find a setting he likes, he can just copy paste each year and take the bike out of the equation. A Chase that's focused solely on racing and not the bike would be amazing for these title fights.
Didn't predict a ghost ride.... Mid week, no photo/video practice injury should have him "banged up" in the very near future...
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I really don't get it. how does his clutch go to the bar off the start for 3 years? Clutches really are not that complicated.
Give this a listen and form your own opinion, from April 24, 2024.
Steve Matthes Show - Podcast with Keir Sexton
Joe
Kawasaki needs to turn the team over to Pro Circuit. Mitch will get the team on track.
Oscar
somewhat bad vibes so far. doesnt sound like a bad guy, just annoying and lacking a little humility.
i heard "he still rides the bike like hes a small guy". fair enough good insight there, but he needs to recognize that there is literally a built-in evolved mechanism where sons stop listening to their dads and pay more attention to other tribe members.
id want to tell this guy to shut the fuck up somewhere around week 2 and find a professional riding coach. he takes too much pride in this shit. i could tolerate john tomac all day. this guy....nope. terrible communicator.
Remember him stalling his KTM and it fucking up his race multiple times during his battle with Webb in '25? Imagine the Zook and him having to kick it over. Food for thought
I think that Kier's attitude and negative reinforcement coaching style is what has caused Chase to become the head case that he is. Kier has always been the first to blame the bike and the team and say "well it's not my kid he's perfect". So every moto when Chase pulls off and the first thing he hears is "you look like shit the bike looks like shit your set up is off we're never going to beat the Lawerence's like that" eventually that is beaten into your head... I don't have any inside information to base this off of besides just paying attention to the moto media for the duration of Chase's 450 career. There's always been rumors about Kier and Chase fighting and butting heads and Kier having bad relationships with team personnel at Honda and KTM.
I could be fully wrong. But I've been saying Chase needs to get away from his dad for a long time. I think STAR or PMG and finally cutting the leash from dad would be the last thing to try. After that, if that don't work, time to go across the pond and hop on the Honda in Europe...
Yeah, Pro Circuit have just been overwhelmed with titles...
100% there's such a huge difference in conditioned mental narrative between "youre dropping anchor in that corner son wtf" and "hey i think there's room to carry another gear through here if you try X"
huge huge. life changing. and you carry that voice with you for life if you don't make a conscious effort to overwrite it.
Idk, doesnt matter what bike Chase is on, he will not be a threat for the top step or two, or 3 now with Deegan.
You have Ferrandes getting 4th on a brand new bike with not much historical data?
I could maybe rationalize with Chase riding one of the new manufacturers but complaining about the Honda, Ktm or now Kawi doesn't add up.
I truly believe this is all the Brothers Lawrences fault, Eli’s and now Deegans fault. If those riders backed it down 10-15 percent we would see a happy Chase. Some people reach their peak and regress at different ages. The tucking the front is a rider issue.
Watch Hunter at the last race, there was a left hander that more than once he had to chase the front as it was washing out. Hunter was in control the entire time.
Not saying this is #4’s chief complaint though.
Prado's bike hand grenades and within hours we have a video with team manager discussing the issue...but we can't get a single comment from a Kawi staff member over what happened? Another PR disaster. They KNOW this is all over the web, they could just say "Oh, it was nothing. He came in to the pit, was exhausted and frustrated he fell, leaned the bike a bit and it fell over."
Instead...crickets.
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