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MXlarge: As far as the team, it’s a new team, run by Garibaldi, with Livia Lancelot as the team manager. They interviewed Livia on the weekend and she said she was stressed on the weekend because there is so much to do. How is the team until now?
Lawrence: For sure, its Livia’s first year, but she is doing really good, better than Stefan I think. She is taking in criticism and stuff like that.
Lawrence: For sure, its Livia’s first year, but she is doing really good, better than Stefan I think. She is taking in criticism and stuff like that.
Seems like Everts isnt good in rider management.
The Shop
I hope Livia rocks the men's motocross world. Maybe one day Suzuki will come back, and she'll run it right.
Not sure I'd want him as my team manager though. Same as RC the great riders often have big egos that doesn't always work when you're managing different types of personalities.
Can't argue with the results on the bike, but I don't think it was conducive to the easiest character off it. As with all management styles, it probably works for some but not for others.
However, when it switches to managing a team, the focus must be on everyone else and making sure they succeed. Very difficult and rarely successfully accomplished. Only a few can make that transition.
As a business owner I have seen very succesful salespeople try to transition into management and it doesn't always work well either. Same concept.
Pit Row
Great rider, one of the best, lousy team manager and rider coach.
2016: First season that Stefan is Team owner at Suzuki and he's working with Kevin Strijbos. KS22 hasn't a great season, but at the first heat in Round 7 or something like that in Italy he finished third. Stefan comes to him and starts: You can do much better if you've done this and that and ... No congratulations or anything. KS22 reacted like never before, put some xbombs in a sentence, took his pitbike and rode to his private camper to cool down.
Story about Lawrence and the Everts family. Because of Hunter Lawrence had some criticism on the training ways from Harry and Stefan. And he told them he felt drained and tiered working that way, they called him lazy and a unthankful sissy. So he had two options; man up and keep training with them or leave and find a other one. The kid left and start training in Germany with Ken Roczens dad and other German trainers.
And that are two stories that spring to mind, but there are probably even more. That Suzuki left is partly Stefan's fault. But Suzuki is thinking about leaving dirtbikes, we will know more in April when they have their yearly business meeting, so it's probably just a few things coming together.
As team manager I’d say 0-1
As a rider mentor with team I’d Say 0-1
As running a team i’d Say 0-1 (Team folded)
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