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Comparing anyone to James just shows you have no fine-grained knowledge of the sport. Lots of people are talented and fast. No one is going to be like James, ever.
1. Everyone feared James. Even Ricky Carmichael, the GOAT, knew he couldn't beat James with raw speed. If someone beats Ricky's outdoor win number, and then that dude fears someone else's speed, we can revisit comparisons to James. But I am betting this never happens.
2. James was not happy if he didn't win by 30 seconds, making it obvious no one was on his level. This just is not an effective career or life choice. We probably won't see something like this ever again. It's commendable, but not smart.
3. James had so much aggression on the bike. If people tried to ride like that today, with the power of 450s, it wouldn't be the fastest way around the track. The sport has changed, and we won't ever see someone ride like James did on the 125.
I am fine with saying riders are generational. Riders come in and change the game, that's for sure. That is the progression of the sport. In that respect, sure, James was generational, and other riders will be as well. That progression in the sport is exactly why no one will be like James. No one will have the raw speed, aggression, and win or die trying attitude James had. Let his career be singular, because it is.
1. Everyone feared James. Even Ricky Carmichael, the GOAT, knew he couldn't beat James with raw speed. If someone beats Ricky's outdoor win number, and then that dude fears someone else's speed, we can revisit comparisons to James. But I am betting this never happens.
2. James was not happy if he didn't win by 30 seconds, making it obvious no one was on his level. This just is not an effective career or life choice. We probably won't see something like this ever again. It's commendable, but not smart.
3. James had so much aggression on the bike. If people tried to ride like that today, with the power of 450s, it wouldn't be the fastest way around the track. The sport has changed, and we won't ever see someone ride like James did on the 125.
I am fine with saying riders are generational. Riders come in and change the game, that's for sure. That is the progression of the sport. In that respect, sure, James was generational, and other riders will be as well. That progression in the sport is exactly why no one will be like James. No one will have the raw speed, aggression, and win or die trying attitude James had. Let his career be singular, because it is.
What cracks me up is when a pro is four years into his career, has a good year and suddenly he's the new RC.
DangerBoy is the new everyone. He'll shred all the records.
The Shop
“People need to stop having opinions contrary to mine”.
Please link RC saying he feared James outdoors. You won’t be able to, because it doesn’t exist.
In fact, RC never had an outdoor title go down to the last round
Hell, the only people to beat RC for a title was McGrath in SX (twice) and Ferry (? I think) in a regional SX title.
Pit Row
1. Read the title of your post
2. Look in the mirror.
Totally. That’s exactly what it was. My last supercross race at Orlando, same kind of thing. RedBud was so similar to Orlando. Just back and forth the whole time, good, clean racing. The thing about all three of us, got to include Chad on this, we were all willing to risk it all to win. Winning was everything. We didn’t look at each other. We didn’t talk to each other, for the most part. It was a race to get to the airport to get on the plane to get home first, and then how the heck am I going to beat this guy next weekend? That’s how it was. The rivalry was so intense. You could cut the air with a knife.
https://racerxonline.com/2020/04/28/between-the-motos-ricky-carmichael-…
Maybe "feared" is a strong word, but RC was never confident he could beat James.
Are we supposed to focus on the part where he wore James ass out and James pulled over and let him by?
Or maybe the part where Ricky won?
Please let us know sandtrack.
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