Stanton's take on Reed

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Adam43 4/14/2011 7:38pm
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These guys are public figures so its not unreasonable for people to be curious about their true private lives.

It doesn't need to get dragged out. Its no secret that 2008 was a wild year for Reed.
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Stanton is an early version of Carmichael. Not a lot of Lechien-like talent, so he made up for it with hard work and committment. I remember reading a story about one of the SX races that was running at the same time as the LA riots. Stanton was seen going for a run near the stadium and from what I read, the stadium was pretty close to the riot scene.
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WhKnuckle wrote:
I'm sorry, but that's kind of indiscrete for Jeff to talk about things like that. He should have kept his mouth shut.
DownSouth wrote:
If Jeff is referring to what I think, Chad has spoken about it openly himself. (the 2008 season)
what happened so bad in the 08 season??
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Adam43 wrote:
These guys are public figures so its not unreasonable for people to be curious about their true private lives. It doesn't need to get dragged out...
These guys are public figures so its not unreasonable for people to be curious about their true private lives.

It doesn't need to get dragged out. Its no secret that 2008 was a wild year for Reed.
So when an ex champion is being interviewed, and he's ask the question about what he thinks about the great year Chad is having, the proper response is to go back two years and drag out some dirty laundry?

That all depends on whether you are a true champion, or a bitter ex champion.

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Stanford wrote:
Stanton is an early version of Carmichael. Not a lot of Lechien-like talent, so he made up for it with hard work and committment. I remember...
Stanton is an early version of Carmichael. Not a lot of Lechien-like talent, so he made up for it with hard work and committment. I remember reading a story about one of the SX races that was running at the same time as the LA riots. Stanton was seen going for a run near the stadium and from what I read, the stadium was pretty close to the riot scene.
Hard working, yes. An early version of RC? Not even close.

RC could pull things off on a bike that others couldn't. Not so with Stanton.
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WhKnuckle wrote:
I'm sorry, but that's kind of indiscrete for Jeff to talk about things like that. He should have kept his mouth shut.
DownSouth wrote:
If Jeff is referring to what I think, Chad has spoken about it openly himself. (the 2008 season)
Aussie_power_sports wrote:
what happened so bad in the 08 season??
Nothing that isn't the norm for 80% of the other riders.

Chad should have been working the fields at the farm. Wink
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Adam43 wrote:
These guys are public figures so its not unreasonable for people to be curious about their true private lives. It doesn't need to get dragged out...
These guys are public figures so its not unreasonable for people to be curious about their true private lives.

It doesn't need to get dragged out. Its no secret that 2008 was a wild year for Reed.
jmar wrote:
So when an ex champion is being interviewed, and he's ask the question about what he thinks about the great year Chad is having, the proper...
So when an ex champion is being interviewed, and he's ask the question about what he thinks about the great year Chad is having, the proper response is to go back two years and drag out some dirty laundry?

That all depends on whether you are a true champion, or a bitter ex champion.
I'm a little in the dark, I guess.

What IS Chad's dirty laundry in 08? I have never heard of any off track antics from the 22.
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Adam43 wrote:
These guys are public figures so its not unreasonable for people to be curious about their true private lives. It doesn't need to get dragged out...
These guys are public figures so its not unreasonable for people to be curious about their true private lives.

It doesn't need to get dragged out. Its no secret that 2008 was a wild year for Reed.
jmar wrote:
So when an ex champion is being interviewed, and he's ask the question about what he thinks about the great year Chad is having, the proper...
So when an ex champion is being interviewed, and he's ask the question about what he thinks about the great year Chad is having, the proper response is to go back two years and drag out some dirty laundry?

That all depends on whether you are a true champion, or a bitter ex champion.
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I'm a little in the dark, I guess. What IS Chad's dirty laundry in 08? I have never heard of any off track antics from the...
I'm a little in the dark, I guess.

What IS Chad's dirty laundry in 08? I have never heard of any off track antics from the 22.
It's really overblown personal stuff.

That's what's so chicken shit about the whole thing.
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Adam43 wrote:
These guys are public figures so its not unreasonable for people to be curious about their true private lives. It doesn't need to get dragged out...
These guys are public figures so its not unreasonable for people to be curious about their true private lives.

It doesn't need to get dragged out. Its no secret that 2008 was a wild year for Reed.
jmar wrote:
So when an ex champion is being interviewed, and he's ask the question about what he thinks about the great year Chad is having, the proper...
So when an ex champion is being interviewed, and he's ask the question about what he thinks about the great year Chad is having, the proper response is to go back two years and drag out some dirty laundry?

That all depends on whether you are a true champion, or a bitter ex champion.
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I'm a little in the dark, I guess. What IS Chad's dirty laundry in 08? I have never heard of any off track antics from the...
I'm a little in the dark, I guess.

What IS Chad's dirty laundry in 08? I have never heard of any off track antics from the 22.
He spanked it to "the View" and got caught... we don't talk about it.
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If we're talking about relationship issues with between Chad and his missus than thats nobody's business. To bring it up in a public forum without Chad having the opportunity to talk about it is way off base.

Lets face it we're not talking about him rolling a rental car, pulling over off duty cops or getting busted with drugs. Let these guys have a personal life, Chad speaks honestly enough as it is, i personally have no desire to know anything further about his life than what he already puts out there.

Stanton has no right to bring anything like that up, he was approached to talk about the season so far and he took it there without any prompting from the interviewer. Pussy move on his part.
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jmar 4/14/2011 8:23pm
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he took it there without any prompting from the interviewer.

Exactly.
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jmar wrote:
he took it there without any prompting from the interviewer.

Exactly.
Aussie_power_sports wrote:
link?
Link to?
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kong0036 4/14/2011 8:32pm
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haydos25 wrote:
If we're talking about relationship issues with between Chad and his missus than thats nobody's business. To bring it up in a public forum without Chad...
If we're talking about relationship issues with between Chad and his missus than thats nobody's business. To bring it up in a public forum without Chad having the opportunity to talk about it is way off base.

Lets face it we're not talking about him rolling a rental car, pulling over off duty cops or getting busted with drugs. Let these guys have a personal life, Chad speaks honestly enough as it is, i personally have no desire to know anything further about his life than what he already puts out there.

Stanton has no right to bring anything like that up, he was approached to talk about the season so far and he took it there without any prompting from the interviewer. Pussy move on his part.
It is part of the season . He was saying excactly what Chad has had to go thru in the last years and to where he is now is such a great acheivment . He is praising Reed for it not having a dig SHIT get over it .
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It is part of the season . He was saying excactly what Chad has had to go thru in the last years and to where he...
It is part of the season . He was saying excactly what Chad has had to go thru in the last years and to where he is now is such a great acheivment . He is praising Reed for it not having a dig SHIT get over it .
Why not talk about how hard it was to set his team up with no industry support at the last minute. About how he was written off by everyone and leave it at that. I just dont see how his personal circumstances are relevant in this case. We're talking 3 years and 3 bike brands ago now. No reason to bring it into the public now, Reed never mentioned it, why should Stanton go off his own bat and bring it up?

I just think it was uncalled for, but then i also don't need to know about everything these guys do and think they deserve some privacy even though they are semi public figures.
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After listening to Stanton comment on Milsaps last year, I've come to the conclusion that he can be an arrogant idiot.

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Antipodean 4/14/2011 9:05pm
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"... he was involved in a whole bunch of crap ... he was at the bottom of the barrel ... doing things he shouldn’t have been doing... He makes a recovery, he’s back strong ... There was just so much adversity, and he’s overcome it all."

Some will say it's the power of magic rocks. Others will say it's the power of self-belief. Only Chad knows the truth.
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[b][i]"... he was involved in a whole bunch of crap ... he was at the bottom of the barrel ... doing things he shouldn’t have been...
"... he was involved in a whole bunch of crap ... he was at the bottom of the barrel ... doing things he shouldn’t have been doing... He makes a recovery, he’s back strong ... There was just so much adversity, and he’s overcome it all."

Some will say it's the power of magic rocks. Others will say it's the power of self-belief. Only Chad knows the truth.
bottom of the barrel implies to me someone like Gobert.......mugging dudes for drug money on the goldy....or smokin crack...can't see chad in that space at all.........no business of anyone if chads pumpin pit tootsies......


Don't really understand stanton's motives , maybe he was such a dudley do right that "bottom of the barrel" was eatin at mcdonalds or not going to church every week..............
Antipodean 4/14/2011 10:44pm
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Yep. It's all relative, isn't it.
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I like his honesty, whether some of you like it or not it's his opinion and he can speak his mind.
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Antipodean wrote:
[b][i]"... he was involved in a whole bunch of crap ... he was at the bottom of the barrel ... doing things he shouldn’t have been...
"... he was involved in a whole bunch of crap ... he was at the bottom of the barrel ... doing things he shouldn’t have been doing... He makes a recovery, he’s back strong ... There was just so much adversity, and he’s overcome it all."

Some will say it's the power of magic rocks. Others will say it's the power of self-belief. Only Chad knows the truth.
I like it
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Davey762 wrote:
I like his honesty, whether some of you like it or not it's his opinion and he can speak his mind.
This ^

People who react to such candor probably have a closet full themselves. Or maybe Jeff reminds them of someone they don't like.
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cason402 4/15/2011 4:25am
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Jeff was a hell of a racer, but it's bull poop to say he wasn't talented... he simply had a boring style to watch, he was plenty fast out of the womb.

I lost respect for Stanton in a Motoworld interview when he retired. Larry Miers floated the softball question of "who do you see out there among the young riders to watch..". and Stanton actually replied, in his strait-faced no-emotion way "nobody".

The guy had just had his ass handed to him for a year and half by the man who'd go on to become one of the most noted icon's of our sport and Stanton couldn't just give it up to him and say McGrath is a hell of rider.

So crap like this doesn't even really fall in the Bob Hannah category, it's just plain having no appreciation for other great riders.
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WhKnuckle wrote:
I'm sorry, but that's kind of indiscrete for Jeff to talk about things like that. He should have kept his mouth shut.
DownSouth wrote:
If Jeff is referring to what I think, Chad has spoken about it openly himself. (the 2008 season)
Aussie_power_sports wrote:
what happened so bad in the 08 season??
08 and 09 he was going through a lot of personal stuff mostly brought on by himself.

I really dont think it was up to Stanton to talk about it.
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Sounds like to Me that Jeff and Larry Brooks are pretty close judging by his comment about js7 losing Larry , even though it's obvious that James got rid of Larry. So with that being said, there is no telling what bad mouthing Larry did on reed to justify him hiring James over reed. Just what I take out of the interview....
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Several hypocrits on here - saying that Stanton shouldn't be talking about certain things while I'm sure if we took the time to dig, these same people have posted comments about Stewart, Lawrence, Hill etc. And to badmouth Stanton as a champion just goes to show how much some people know about the sport.
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"You know on the pre season show we did on TV, everyone picked Dungey except me. A few weeks ago I was looking like the hero. But now between Jeremy, Ricky and Fro, they may end up being right"

Didnt Stanton pick Canard?

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