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No excuses. Home turf. Best riders. Couldn’t even barely get in the top 10. Embarrassing.
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I think American fans should also been even more appreciative of the efforts of the 2015 and 2016 MXoN teams that came close to winning it. Even though both teams were considered to be sort of "B team" without Tomac or Dungey they were both very competitive.
I honestly think if Anderson did not get landed on and was able to race the third moto the USA would have won in '16 even with Webb's tip over i'm confident Anderson would have had a top 3.
I don't know what happened today other than getting our asses kicked, but people seem to forget how close we came both those years with our "B" teams.
Am I in love with a second rate series to MXGP? Maybe.
All those American guys can run at the front, they just have to be more prepared, and that starts with reward for talent and work. They need to be picked early, and smell the reward (outside sponsor $?). They don’t get money, if they win it’s “yeah, you’re supposed to”. If they don’t, “you suck”.
It’s so funny to an old f like me, decades ago the Americans mesmerized the Europeans with cut and thrust style.learnt in SX. Sure looked like the Euro’s were doing the cutting and thrusting in the sand. Some great racing between 250’s.
Pick em early, show them money. I don’t blame the top of the top, they have a lot to lose.
Was bummed for T-dags. Some dnf’s out there.
Thanks to the Canadian lads for representing.
That's an example of how a single day result can be skewed. AP vs DF this past season, Plessinger finished ahead of Ferrandis 12 out of 18 motos. He won both motos at Red Bud earlier this year. Yet today he couldn't even get within sight of Ferrandis.
Does this now mean that Plessinger sucks and that Ferrandis is on a completely different level? Obviously not, but that's the reasoning so many are using right now.......
Time to get rid of supercross if we want to dominate motocross again.
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Not sure why that is a problem. I’m sure these competitors who represented the good ole USA probably said the same thing.
I just hope they each have an opportunity for revenge
I wonder if there is a horsepower advantage for the FIM riders that is effecting the results. I remember when Dungey was still riding, they said his bike had the same chassis/suspension as Herlings, but the Euro KTMs had a different engine which made more power.
Another thing......when I say bigger picture , it mean's that we need to take the outdoor's more seriously. Major sponsor's here , want SX. If a rider wants a healthy paycheck , he better be good at it. And in the long run , it makes us look foolish on the outdoor/ once a year outdoor race. Catch 22 . What do we do.
I'm not sure........but what I do know is , we got killed today , and that is because the emphasis is on SX. No other country on earth does this , except us. It's truly becoming two different sports , with different priorities.
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