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No doubt this guy builds champions but at what cost? Seems like he burns out every rider who he works with to the point they retire early or takes the fun out of it.
No doubt this sport at this level you have to be amazingly physically fit. We all know how exhausting it is to ride a dirt bike and to do it for 20 to 35 minutes at full speed is limited to just a few riders.
What are your thoughts on his training? Good or bad or we don’t have enough info?
No doubt this sport at this level you have to be amazingly physically fit. We all know how exhausting it is to ride a dirt bike and to do it for 20 to 35 minutes at full speed is limited to just a few riders.
What are your thoughts on his training? Good or bad or we don’t have enough info?
If you could make tens of millions by working your ass off for 10 years, then retire, I'd rather that than be second tier and stretch it out for much longer. That's somewhat of a false choice for many riders, but what about the uber-talented guys that squander their prime?
The Shop
Didn't teach him how to ride or go fast.
Didn't teach him how to train or be in shape.
Cooper needed a change. New motivation. It's like back when Lechien, RJ, Bailey, Omara were on Hondas.
You knew you had the winning shit. And so you did. That's what I see.
Osbourne same thing. He won a Championship overseas, maybe some other stuff.
Dungey. Same thing.
Roczen same thing.
1) 3 time Champion with $15,000,000.00 in the bank, cruises happily thru the rest of his life!
2) 0 Championships, never above 47th fastest in the World, has $38.00 in the bank when he retires (but isn’t burnt out on moto), digs ditches the rest of his life and becomes burnt out on life and digging ditches.....
Yep definitely 2 different paths and yep both lead to burn out of some kind!
He's seen more laps thrown down then any trainer in the sport right now!
There is a saying we had when I was racing thoroughbreds, Any trainer can train a good horse but a great trainer will take that horse to the next level and get the full potential from that horse.
Same as here.
No doubt some of it was due to a change of bike, team, etc.
None of us know what Aldon told him, but Cooper said he dropped another 10-15 pounds from the shape he was in. That's a huge amount for someone who thought they were in shape. Add in the weekly training with elite competition and presumably Aldon's coaching, strategizing ... and you have a winning formula. I think Aldon should get a lot of credit for Cooper's turnaround.
I also think the KTM450 should start getting some credit too. Over the last few years Dungey, Musquin and Cooper have all demonstrated that thing can turn on a dime. I don't see the other bikes able to dive into extreme inside lines and pivot like the KTMs.
All these guys, and their families were fanatically obsessed with only one thing, winning and the financial reward that goes with it. Baker is nothing more than a symptom of that obsession. Most of the guys who employ him were on the road to burn out long before they met him. Since an early age, a sport to most of us is truly a job to these guys. If you are a multi-millionaire and your job is really dangerous, retiring as soon as you can seems logical.
Pit Row
Aldon is not magic. Still needs great talent to create winners.
His program does seem to keep the athlete lean and mean like bicycle racers. I will say Webb looks a little worn out though. Much more so than Tomac.
AC
Baggett
Bubba
RC
A couple to 10 million stacked up and a family at home would make me want to retire before 30 as well!
Webb on the podium in Dallas after fighting from behind for the closest win in the history of the sport:
"...And I honestly was kinda settling for a podium and I just said, ‘You know what, never give up.’ I would have probably got yelled at by Aldon. So just went out and gave it my all. "
For as much as he is a great physical trainer I think he is more valuable as a mental coach.
If they don't make it I wears them out, even last year's champ will wear out eventually.
Not everyone can be the champ.
AC??
Baggett??
Bubba got Yamahitis
RC wanted to leave on top and do exactly that
Not sure why you’re calling AC and BB burnt out?
Cooper is a small guy that was on a Rigid, big 450. He moved to a smaller, slimmer lighter more forgiving bike and did what he knows how to do. Fitness was never his problem, EVER, his bike and the confidence he found in that bike is the big change.
Coop didn’t need Aldon, he needed that team.
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