Posts
4054
Joined
12/10/2012
Location
Bremen, OH
US
downard254
3/17/2013 7:21am
3/17/2013 7:21am
Edited Date/Time
3/21/2013 10:38pm
Got home late last night from Indy and this a.m. watched the race again. Kept the show running to watch the interviews and I started to thinking. There is A LOT of two sided opinions about RV on this site, maybe three sides. The Luvas, the haters, and everyone else. While I don't consider myself to be an RV fan, I do find myself rooting for just about everyone else to beat him. After listening to him on the podium last night, I have to say, he's very respectful to other riders in his speeches, and is all around a very nice guy. It seems he's always been that way. I remember rooting for him when he was up and coming, but I believe he has contracted the MC syndrome. The majority doesn't want to see the same guy always winning. It tends to make the racing a bit of a yawner, and that spawns a little resentment towards him. Not RV's fault, he want's to win so good on him.
I think us middle of the roaders, tend to get swayed more to one side or the other in our opinions of him when his biggest fans go a little overboard in their praise of him (ATTENTION: This is not a slap at his fans, you are entitled to praise you boy). It's just that sometimes you can get to beating a dead horse which tends to strike a nerve with us middle men, and absolutely fuel the fire of the haters. Same goes for the haters, they'll beat on him so hard sometimes, the big RV fans feel the need to retaliate and again, those of us in the middle get swayed to defend an unnecessary attack on him.
I guess the point of this long winded post is just to say that I think most of us respect RV for being the champion he is and that he is a straight up nice guy....win, lose, or draw.
All of this is purely my humble opinion and is just something I wanted to get off my chest. Oh, and by the way, I've been rooting for the Millsaps Cindarella story this year.
All right, commence conversation, but don't bash me too hard.
I think us middle of the roaders, tend to get swayed more to one side or the other in our opinions of him when his biggest fans go a little overboard in their praise of him (ATTENTION: This is not a slap at his fans, you are entitled to praise you boy). It's just that sometimes you can get to beating a dead horse which tends to strike a nerve with us middle men, and absolutely fuel the fire of the haters. Same goes for the haters, they'll beat on him so hard sometimes, the big RV fans feel the need to retaliate and again, those of us in the middle get swayed to defend an unnecessary attack on him.
I guess the point of this long winded post is just to say that I think most of us respect RV for being the champion he is and that he is a straight up nice guy....win, lose, or draw.
All of this is purely my humble opinion and is just something I wanted to get off my chest. Oh, and by the way, I've been rooting for the Millsaps Cindarella story this year.
All right, commence conversation, but don't bash me too hard.
It's all just entertainment to me....nothing more.
The Shop
Ryan has had some terrible injuries. He is a badass.
I'm joking of course!
Ok.
What I like most about Ryan is his drive, it's exciting to watch him destroy berm's, whoops, sections and unfortunately sometimes himself. He hangs it out, rides the edge and does so purely for the win, the championship. That's also one of the things that makes it not as fun to root for him. He's too workman like, not so much doing it for the love of the sport that we're all twitterpated over. I think that's why I and many pull for guys like Canard, Reed, Stewart to get their wins.
I know since a rookie to present, RV has had the greatest of respect for the Dung, because he knows he's the guy that will always be there because of that same work ethic. RV hates the workouts, RD seems to enjoy them. RV just happens to also want to win as much as anyone ever has in this sport and with all the tools that he's essembled it's lethal, at least until that cartwheel.
There is no reason not to respect that, if not cheer for them. RV certainly does with arguably his greatest adversary RD. Fanboys everywhere should also.
I really don't get all the haters and luvva's........why can't we all just be happy to have another competitor out there on the track healthy? I think it's cool seeing him , RD , Stewart , Reed , Davi , Canard , barcia......all of em'.....out there dicing it up.
Never understood the full on "fan-boyisim" towards certain riders......nor do I understand the hate towards others. It's like junior high stuff.
First, I already like RV.
Second, probably one reason Stewart haters hate is because james wrecks ALL THE TIME, or was for a while there, giving up heaps of wins in the process and giving the impression that he has no control and that basically he just pins it and prays, and still his fans lavish him with praise and Oh, he's the fastest, and Oh, he's the best. For the most part RV earns his adoration (back-to-back SX titles in two of the deepest fields ever and on his way to a third, punctuated with plenty of wins along the way to make it a true statement...you know, like the goat would).
Third, my attitude toward Dungey ain't too kind these days, and I must admit his fans probably put some of that contempt into me. Of course he's one of the best ever and deserves all the respect that comes with that (and his ride last night was defo phat), but it ticks me right off when Dunge fans say RV is no better than him, because I just don't believe it to be true.
If HA7ERS can hate because James is fast and a heat-race hero and wins lots of races but few titles, then I see no reason why HATER5 can't hate because Dungey's too timid and wins titles with machinelike consistency but few races (when he actually has worthy challengers). They're two sides of the same coin.
Not that I'm a hater ; )
Pit Row
To those who say he is not remarkable, I say look in the mirror. See anything remarkable? If not, get help before it's too late.
Go RV!!! Can't wait to see you in Seattle.
I've seen people in all forms of racing boo champions because they "win too much."
For sprint car guys, ever seen an "Anyone but Kinser" t-shirt? NASCAR guys, ever hear Jeff Gordon get booed during driver introductions? It's like that.
Post a reply to: Love and Backlash towards RV