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3/24/2019 10:13pm
3/24/2019 10:13pm
Something sure has changed with ET. He did not seem bothered too much with 3rd place and falling back again midway through the race.
Guess we will never know what is up but it sure would be nice to know! We need a spy in Colorado!
Guess we will never know what is up but it sure would be nice to know! We need a spy in Colorado!
The Shop
Change can do that.
My hope is he finds something meaningful outside of Moto to take the pressure off of his performance and just let him ride the way he knows how.
It happens everytime....
Smiles, promises, and phone calls stop overnight!!!
Pit Row
It does seem like ET is less focused on winning right now even though he dominated just two weeks ago. An injury can really make you think and a back injury can nag at you for a long time. He did say last week was a struggle but did not say why.
Dungey said he thought about his injury a lot during his last season.
Honestly, at this point I think Eli needs a full program change. I think his dad is awesome (in the 90s I absolutely idolized him), doesn't seem like a crazy moto dad, but maybe it's time for Eli to step out of the family circle with his riding and training. If he stays at Kawi he'll never get to work with Baker, but maybe he could get in with a guy like Swanapoel. Maybe just getting feedback from an independent source without the parental relationship mixing the message would be healthy at this point.
This year Roczen, Musquin, and Baggett have upped the pace and a lot of that is Webb being so fierce. Webb is forcing the other top riders to ride at a higher level, which is now at a pace that even a dialed Tomac cant walk away from. Jason Anderson was getting hammered except for Glendale. I think the field is just that damn good, and Tomac isn't that "off". That's what I think.
Just strange seeing him fade when he is usually the fittest and charging as the race goes on. He didn't fade at Daytona or Detroit! We could be seeing some burnout, not being willing to go crazy to win anymore, back issues, and he might already 'know' he is leaving Kawi. Since Eli does not like to talk guess we will never know.
Who knows what is up with the Williamson deal. Something pissed him off to say on his IG post that it is not fun anymore and he was not happy with the 'direction'. Could be anything and not even related to the Tomac's.
I do think Hangtown is going to show a re-motivated Eli.
For Tomac I don't believe he's egotistical at all so beating someone doesn't get him off like others.
Outdoors the results will come it's his style, wide open and swinging wide, muchore fun way to ride that being more technical in SX.
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