When Ralph was Ricky (and he was better than Ricky)

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The Motocross Vault just put this up and it appears that Ralph is the expert analysis guy and Mike Joy is the play by play.

He is seriously better than Ricky at Ricky's job! without a doubt!



Also it would be great if we all got a paid for 3hr live show on the app as we do now, but on Sunday night a 1hr highlight show played on the NBC main channel or something similiar. It would make the sport way more accessible and exciting for the general public and I think grow the sport more than the changing times and huge amounts of downtime of the live show.
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blockhead17 5/12/2019 5:33am
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Lot of people talk shit on Ralph but I’m a fan..
I couldn’t imagine watching SX without hearing his voice
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wreckitrandy 5/12/2019 7:33am
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I figure Ricky is retired from his 'job'. The commentary gig is something he probably wants to get better at but, I'm sure he knows he's not going to be the greatest at it. If some of you whining little girlyboys would have worked a fraction as hard at anything in your life as he did at his job, maybe somebody would be willing to pay you to talk about it.
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BikeGuy321 5/12/2019 3:32pm
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Jeff Emig was never very descriptive or insightful when describing things from a rider's perspective. Ricky is a lot better at describing track conditions and rider technique ect, IMO.
Jason Weigant and Ricky Johnson would probably be the best combo that MX/SX could realistically get. Todd Harris was good, back in the day too. Kind of like Ralph but better.
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Goon126 5/13/2019 4:07am
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blockhead17 wrote:
Lot of people talk shit on Ralph but I’m a fan..
I couldn’t imagine watching SX without hearing his voice
“Couldn’t IMAGINE watching SX without hearing his voice” ? i needed a good laugh thank you
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AussieParaMX 5/13/2019 7:38am
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BikeGuy321 wrote:
Jeff Emig was never very descriptive or insightful when describing things from a rider's perspective. Ricky is a lot better at describing track conditions and rider...
Jeff Emig was never very descriptive or insightful when describing things from a rider's perspective. Ricky is a lot better at describing track conditions and rider technique ect, IMO.
Jason Weigant and Ricky Johnson would probably be the best combo that MX/SX could realistically get. Todd Harris was good, back in the day too. Kind of like Ralph but better.
Honesty ralph and Weege would be good. We need insight and neither Ricky or Jeff offered it. It’s not that riders can’t its just that the riders they select can’t. Here’s a few that can - GL, RV, MC, DV, DBlair, CR, Malin, my grandma who hates dirt bikes, a trained bird and that’s just off the top of my head of people I’ve heard talk about riding.

Ricky barely struggles to respond to Ralph’s softball lobs for insight. Over and over again.



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Zachintosh 5/13/2019 7:48am
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Ralph was never Ricky. MX/SX follows the same basic announcing formula as every other professional sports program: Play-by-play host and technical analyst. Ralph has always been a play-by-play host, just as art Art Eckman was (DB was technical analyst).
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Knobbyjake 5/13/2019 8:12am
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blockhead17 wrote:
Lot of people talk shit on Ralph but I’m a fan..
I couldn’t imagine watching SX without hearing his voice
I almost DON'T watch it because of Ralph.Sick
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deluxeman 5/13/2019 9:04am
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blockhead17 wrote:
Lot of people talk shit on Ralph but I’m a fan..
I couldn’t imagine watching SX without hearing his voice
I dream of Ralph not being the voice of Supercross. Not a Ralph fan.
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deluxeman 5/13/2019 9:11am
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Allessi was really good in the booth. Jeff was good on SX and I thought better on MXGP. Rick Johnson would be good, he has a really upbeat personality and a good sense of humor. GL is good Blair is good but is not a name anyone would recognize.

Hold some try outs and interviews and see who shows up. Maybe Ricky will be the best guy that wants the job.
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greenmx5 5/13/2019 9:13am
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wreckitrandy wrote:
I figure Ricky is retired from his 'job'. The commentary gig is something he probably wants to get better at but, I'm sure he knows he's...
I figure Ricky is retired from his 'job'. The commentary gig is something he probably wants to get better at but, I'm sure he knows he's not going to be the greatest at it. If some of you whining little girlyboys would have worked a fraction as hard at anything in your life as he did at his job, maybe somebody would be willing to pay you to talk about it.
So since he worked really hard at motocross, he should be handed a commentary job even if he isn't that good at it and doesn't try to be good at it? He put in the work to ride, he gets a pass on putting in the work to commentate? Wow. I'm glad people like you aren't running shit.
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wreckitrandy 5/13/2019 9:26am
5/13/2019 9:26am Edited Date/Time 5/13/2019 9:32am
wreckitrandy wrote:
I figure Ricky is retired from his 'job'. The commentary gig is something he probably wants to get better at but, I'm sure he knows he's...
I figure Ricky is retired from his 'job'. The commentary gig is something he probably wants to get better at but, I'm sure he knows he's not going to be the greatest at it. If some of you whining little girlyboys would have worked a fraction as hard at anything in your life as he did at his job, maybe somebody would be willing to pay you to talk about it.
greenmx5 wrote:
So since he worked really hard at motocross, he should be handed a commentary job even if he isn't that good at it and doesn't try...
So since he worked really hard at motocross, he should be handed a commentary job even if he isn't that good at it and doesn't try to be good at it? He put in the work to ride, he gets a pass on putting in the work to commentate? Wow. I'm glad people like you aren't running shit.
No. I didn't say any of that. I said, 'he probably wants to get better.' I'm sure he knows there is room for improvement. What I did say is, there's a bunch of whiny little girls on here that more or less do what they're good at.

And yeah, I'm glad I'm not running things too.
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AussieParaMX 5/14/2019 12:54am
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Zachintosh wrote:
Ralph was never Ricky. MX/SX follows the same basic announcing formula as every other professional sports program: Play-by-play host and technical analyst. Ralph has always been...
Ralph was never Ricky. MX/SX follows the same basic announcing formula as every other professional sports program: Play-by-play host and technical analyst. Ralph has always been a play-by-play host, just as art Art Eckman was (DB was technical analyst).
Watch the link. In this video he does a stellar job as the technical analyst.
With some else doing play by play
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bayodome 5/14/2019 12:49pm
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I was at that race. As Jody Weisel once put it when I told him I had attended, "Oh, you were the one who went."

Yeah, wasn't the best attended race, but it had a good amount of star power, the layout was pretty interesting and I do recall the dirt looked amazing.
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bayodome 5/14/2019 1:29pm
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Just noticed this pretty legit scrub by McGrath at the 36min mark. Yet another rider doing it before it had a proper name and before Stew perfected it.




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