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By not racing the 2011 AMA Nationals, James is passing up a great possible learning experience on how to handle the pressure racing with a group of guys just as fast, if not faster than him. Going practically your entire life being significantly quicker than your competition does have developmental downfalls: not being able to handle pressure from someone (or a group of riders) just as fast you.
Another benefit for James running the nationals could have been more experience learning how to cope with loses. Once again, this is something he does not have much experience with, and we all saw this year what seven loses can do to him by his podium reaction at St. Louis. Everyone else that is a threat to him next year has had their asses severely kicked, one way or another over the past five years, often from the same guys they were competing against for the 2011 Supercross Championship. And though I'm sure they all hated losing, they definitely did not seem as crippled by it, like James; because they all have experiences losing more than seven races in a row.
These two areas of possible improvement could greatly benefit James Stewart in next season's supercross series. I do not see how passing up the opportunity to become more humbled by your competitors, learn to ride comfortably when someone is on your back wheel, and most importantly, learn how to not panic when you are not winning, could be in any way detrimental to his 2012 Supercross Championship hopes (David Bailey once spoke on the last example, not me).
Who knows, maybe he will figure this stuff out sitting at home...
Another benefit for James running the nationals could have been more experience learning how to cope with loses. Once again, this is something he does not have much experience with, and we all saw this year what seven loses can do to him by his podium reaction at St. Louis. Everyone else that is a threat to him next year has had their asses severely kicked, one way or another over the past five years, often from the same guys they were competing against for the 2011 Supercross Championship. And though I'm sure they all hated losing, they definitely did not seem as crippled by it, like James; because they all have experiences losing more than seven races in a row.
These two areas of possible improvement could greatly benefit James Stewart in next season's supercross series. I do not see how passing up the opportunity to become more humbled by your competitors, learn to ride comfortably when someone is on your back wheel, and most importantly, learn how to not panic when you are not winning, could be in any way detrimental to his 2012 Supercross Championship hopes (David Bailey once spoke on the last example, not me).
Who knows, maybe he will figure this stuff out sitting at home...
@CRtwotwo @JasonWeigandt You're saying that JS no doubt has the money to go outdoors? Cause I agree, JP hinted no Yami bonuses is reason.
CRtwotwo Chad Reed
@pulpmx @JasonWeigandt when your salary is upwards of 4mil..I'd say yes! If he's as good as he claims as a team owner he can insure himself
CRtwotwo Chad Reed
@pulpmx @JasonWeigandt the upside to insuring himself is he could do 2-3mil bonus...let u figure the math vs outlay to race outdoor...
Sorry for hijack your topic.
The Shop
Fuck you, Hank
@WR5 grain of salt there, considering the source.
Slightly off topic but he needs a new team! I sure hope he didn't spend too much buying into this one because it sux! One of the highest profile teams in the sport cant set up a race bike and or gather enough sponsor funding in time to race? Seriously? Especially with a rider that can potentially go 24/0. Dumbfounded. Motoconcepts are able to have a bike ready in time for Pourcel. Can't blame the bike anyway.
He needs to watch Rocky III, hire Apollo Creed, and get the eye of the tiger back baby!
And that's if his program is broken and it would take longer than 2 weeks to fix right - I don't think starting out to go racing for a whole series with a broken program at that level would be a good thing to do, and could hurt him even more than not racing the nationals.
If James WANTED to the Race the Nationals...
He WOULD.
PERIOD.
Pit Row
James wasn't there yesterday to take pics of..lol
I have no argument with James talent-99.9% of the fans in this sport want to see him fill this incredible roster for the outdoor season. If he would have won the sx title this past season, he would have received full props for his determination-he put in some incredible rides.
Having said all this, are you suggesting that he would ride mx if he had more support, or do you think, like many others, that he doesn't want to go through all of the effort to do it? This is the crux of the issue. And he has also sent out many a mixed signal about his intentions. Of course this has been a bit of a lightening rod for criticism. Yes/no?
James has had a crazy year, struggled even, he's mentioned that in his most recent statement. I am sure he had all good intentions to race the selected 4 Nationals/ and or GP's he was scheduled to race, but somethings didn't go into his favor, so he takes off the next two months, get's his shit in order, maybe he hits the last 4 nationals?? Maybe he doesn't. His contract was SX only, he signed it, Regal signed it, people are saying Regal got other offers, maybe he did, maybe he didn't, he went with the best one, he thought, and now he's not racing the outdoors, who people say he does best at. And of course this is all JS7/LB's fault too, they held a gun to Regal's head and told him to sign that contract (sarcasm). I just think James is tired, his body hurts, his emotions have to be just jello too and he needs a break.
Little story, my brother, Marc, use to have the track Piru, he wadded there so bad, about broke the entire left side of his body, was in a hospital bed for over 2 months. Marc had never been injured like that, he said he's never ride a motorcycle again, I watched him struggle, it was bad. Ha like 2 weeks after he got out of that bed he wanted to ride, where is my motorcycle?? blah blah blah My point being, Last year James was healing when the Nationals started, he tried to come back it didn't work, this year he's not injured like he was, he's bruised up yes, but give it a month?? I would think he would go stir crazy, moto guys want to compete, they aren't couch potatoes, I think James will get tired of the vacation, maybe not now, maybe not in 3 weeks but I would think at some point when his emotions and body are in sync, he will be back, if not we will see him January for the 1st round of SX. Just let James lick his wounds, go over his fuck-ups this year and get on page with himself instead of us all belittling him and calling him names. He deserves a break.
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