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Was that luck.....again....year's after??
MC flies and flew.
And can still run top 10.....and top 5 in heat races........in Dallas this week, if he wan'ts.
The only time he got lucky was maybe after the races.
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Anyway, Windham, Lusk and LaRocco were riders common to when MC was winning and when RC started winning. I'm trying to think of other guys who would have been considered better than them when RC started his string in SX. Until James came into the picture I'd say it was similar competition to when MC was winning.
If you want to teach a guy how to ride supercross.. show him a tape of McGrath he is the greatest supercross rider of all time and technically perfect.
Reed, Stewart and RC are not far behind and speedwise are right there.. Reed is the closest new fans will get to seeing Jeremy race imo.
I agree, RC = GOAT!
MC will always be the King of SX, even if his records are beaten.
That said, MC made a huge contribution to SX. He brought BMX techniques into it: Stay low on the jumps, conserve momentum...Check out older races before him. It is almost painful to watch compared to the flowing style you see today.
MC beat everyone with ease on pure talent alone! It took The GOAT to go into a boot camp style training regiment so that he could run fast laps the entire race just to beat him.
MC is the King of SX and I dont see anyone taking that away from him. At least in my lifetime.
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I honestly think that in 93, MC did get lucky but in a different way than alot think.
In 1993, MC was destined to be a factor, not the next champion. Bradshaw, Bayle, Stanton, Larocco, MXKeid, Cooper, Ward.... I could keep going... he was going to be up with those guys. Then, something happened, and imo, it is what sparked earlier, the domination we saw for almost a decade. imo he would have still dominated, just this accelerated it.
1993 hits. First race, everyone is buzzing about another Stanton/Bayle/Bradshaw war. That was the story. At no time was MC mentioned other than an up and coming rookie that could possibly be a factor. What happened? First 3 or 4 races, MC was up front, but not winning. Bayle was over it, he had road racing on his mind and was phoning it in. Stanton had went vegitarian and was not fit at all plus SX wasnt exactly his forte in terms of smooth. Bradshaw was literally in a very bad place mentally, almost to the point of suicidal.
MC was following Stanton, and in MC's own words, during the race he asked himself this question... "why am I following this guy?" He dives inside, nails a triple, passes Stanton. Then goes on to win that race, and the rest that season.
How is that lucky? Had he moved up in 92, when all 3 of them were at their peak, you would not have seen an MC domination that quickly. Would he have eventually gotten there, imo, yes. But catching things like that in 93 gave him a huge boost in confidence, as in confidence on steriods vs building it gradually. He caught the field when they were at their softest, got a much larger confidence boost faster, and imo it led to what we saw in the years that followed.
But, someone said that MC didn't beat anybody...yet, up until Reed showed up in doors the field was the same as when MC was racing and winning. Then there's outdoors. Tortelli, KW and Ferry were RC's main competition until James showed up.
MC raced out doors, he did good, he wasn't stellar like in SX, but really? Now he's inadequate in your eyes? Well I won't lose sleep over it and neither will MC, not the 10's of thousands of fans he has. There are only a handful of guys who can be put on a pedestal and MC is one of them, he is the King bar none.
MC had competition like the others did, he was just that much better, take away the factor (MC) and there were the rest of the field. I dislike your "if's", there are always riders coming down the pipeline. RC was next in line, I mean really Jeremy has 8 years on him, in MX years that's like 100. This is an opinion board yes, what you say is your opinion, but lay off the crack pipe dude and show some fucking respect to MC, so in stating the obvious, my opinion is you're a total tool.
He also met up with his competition at Lake Havasu, getting drunk etc. We all know his fiercest rival was caught with a weed bong.
RC still won when mx became somewhat professional. When the money, training and the sport i general grew to new levels.
I think of myself as a MC era fan, but to me no one is CLOSE to RC. He is the one and only GOAT. MC is the King of sx from the party era. Where hair color, earrings, nipple rings, and herpes gave you status
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