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What he doesn't understand is that outdoors Emig,Henry and the other top guys from that era were all close to MC in speed. But when they went indoors MC was that much better,he was a natural.Also for him to discredit alot of the top guys from the MC era only makes him look foolish. Jeremy stepped things.
Oh yeah I forgot. This moron * also thinks KW sucks to so I guess that proves nothing to this guy.
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So the only competition McGrath had was Emig.
IMO: There were a handful of guys that could have won on given day in that era, outdoors.
But when it came to SX Jeremy was that much better,he stepped things up.
McGrath will always be the king of supercross - at least until somebody can conquer 72 wins, and I don't see that happening anytime soon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHd5NWLCWqQ
Thanks for posting that!
I think '*' memory is a bit foggy.
I will give him one thing though....
When it came to SX,after MC's first year of winning on the 250.
MC had most of the guys beaten mentally at SX before he even lined up.
I can remember at Seattle SX 1991,Cooper did a quad that was absolutely huge (no one else did it).You could just hear the bike bottom out like a few feet before a left corner.
It was something out of the ordinary ,that guys like Pastrana or Stewart,RC etc..wouldn't even touch in their day/these days.
Bottom line.....you can't help when you are born........so you race who is there. It is completely stupid to compare riders from today , to riders 10 , 20 or even 30 years ago!
YOUR RECORDS tell the entire story!! That is what EVERYONE goes by!
CP is a great rider.......but Jesus Christ....give me a break! He could not hold MC's jock strap!
I also do not see ANYONE beating that SX record in our life time. And that goes for RC's TWO undefeated outdoor titles! In fact RC just about had 3 undeated out door series.......didn't he miss another perfect season by what??.......2 motos?
But one place that McGrath will never win is on these forums. Even if MC gave a pussy answer like 99 percent of he other guys in the sport would have - people would be giving him shit on here for not telling it like it is. I applaud McGrath for his honesty. I wish there were more like him. He earned his place at the top of the moto world.
Pit Row
McGrath's competition >
Ezra Lusk (in his prime)
Mikael Pichon
Kevin Windham (prime)
David Vuillemin (prime)
Larry Ward
Doug Henry
Tim Ferry
Damon Huffman
Mike Larocco (prime)
Jeff Emig (prime)
Brian Swink
Jimmy Button (prime)
World Champions Greg Albertyn, and Sebastien Tortelli
Damon Bradshaw (during comeback)
And many others I may have forgotten......
I have said it a hundred times.....if you aint got the balls to put up your real name.....go pick up bad mitten.....leave the MX to the real men.
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See DanDunes post above on this page:
"The funny thing is (and proof of MC's skill) is MC at 39 yrs old is still faster than 95% of the world at SX. In Genova tonight he's still out there going faster than guys like Cairoli and setting similar times to KW and Barcia."
One track can make the pace look a lot faster than another.
Anyone that questions MC speed and dominance is simply ignorant. His accomplishments and contributions to the sport are un-quantifiable.
At this point, Pourcel doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as Jeremy McGrath!!!!
He did not train anywhere NEAR what some before him did though. Hannah, RJ, Ward, Bailey, O'Mara, Stanton, Barnett...these guys all trained like animals and they absolutely treated their career as a job. That statement that no one did before MC is actually quite insulting to most of the sports legends. MC decided to really train for a few years (1995-1996) and you could see it in his physique and his outdoor results, but for his career he was not all that big on the training aspect. I think that is a big reason why he wanted to go SX only as he could still win without the insane training program. That takes nothing away from his status as King of SX.
McGrath: 72
Pourcel: 0
Number of Supercross big bike championships:
McGrath: 7 (one clutch short of 8)
Pourcel: 0
Number of big bike National wins:
McGrath: 15
Pourcel: 0
Number of big bike National championships:
McGrath: 1
Pourcel: 0
Number of Motocross des Nation team championships:
McGrath: 2
Pourcel: 0
There is one number that is a constant througout this comparison, that number being 0, the number of Pourcel's big bike accomplishments.
McGrath has been a champion or significant factor in the sport of motocross/supercross since 1991, when Pourcel was 3 years old, and remains one today as an adviser and tester for Team Honda. He is probably the single most qualified individual in ENTIRE sport to comment on individual riders today, ESPECIALLY regarding Supercross.
To compare Pourcel to McGrath at this point in Pourcel's career is an insult to the best Supercross rider of all time and does a disservice to Pourcel and his fans.
I rest my case and ask that your honor be lenient during sentencing, as national pride can be a strong factor where making foolish and ridiculous statements are concerned.
Possibly because Pourcel hasn't entered a top flight 'big bike' race yet?
You may as well compare McGrath to Oprah Winfrey in that respect.
Some of you guys sure get your knicker in a twist. As it stands Pourcel's accomplishments are arguably equal to or (heaven forbid) superior than McGrath's at a similar age. But you're right, McGrath is a legend of the sport and Pourcel has a long way to go before he can be measured against his accomplishments. Im sure even MxMatti et al would agree with that.
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