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This! You cannot compare a rider in 250s (and the competition they had) these days to 5-6 years ago, it's simply pointless
In the words of Kid rock. " It ain't bragging motha f#@ker if you back it up".
I think its a mix of both. But to ride at that level You have to believe You can. I think that any oth the greats would say the exact same things in their primes if they were honest and not worried about sounding like they were full of themselves.
I have not watched or listened to that Jett interview yet. So maybe I should refrain from commenting until I do. I'll circle back around after I listen to it. Written out like that it's easy to think its ego driven, but the way its said and what was said before and after can change how it should be taken.
I don't mind Deegan talking confidently. I dislike the takeouts , the trashtalk is done to be fun and not in a hateful way. I always think of the Brain and Travis rivalry and back and forths when I see/hear Haiden talking trash. And I just think of it as a show. and nothing personal. It does make it interesting and adds some spice to the race ,even if its not 100% real. It brings him attention and is helping get more eyes on the sport and that helps them all make more money and gain fans. I would rather have it toned down a touch and be real, still have that edge to it but get away from the WWE feel.
Buddy, you can compare them. That is what a comparison is.
Competition is who it is, no control over who you race against.
You don't luck into two outdoor titles.
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Can you believe there are people who say “Jett never had any competition when he went 22-0”.
People that say that have profound, unfixable cognitive issues. They’re deity damn cognitively deficient madre fornicators.
He did have some competition. But, certainly not a full field. Eli was out. Kenny only did one race. Webb and Pless were busted up and totally checked out. Anderson was out for most of the season. Chase went out early in the season with a bad concussion. Pretty decimated field. No cognitive issues in saying that.
I do remember that, and I remember it because of all the privateers getting lots of screen time because they were battling for top 5’s.
Masterpool was a borderline podium guy
Oh ya he was, like weekly!
I remember Masterpool getting a lot of sixth overalls that summer but never making a top 5 overall.
He finished 6th overall with a 4-4 or 5-4 at Thunder Valley in 2023 if I remember correctly. He just blew by AC and Webb that day in one moto, that was pretty rad nonetheless
Yes your right I remember that race it was crazy, Masterpool was in third if I remember right but Ferrandis got him just before the finish.
Leigh Diffy must be reading vital as last night's broadcast, he used the Muhammed Ali quote that I posted on here recently. 😄
" If you can walk the walk, you can talk the talk"
Jett has earned the right to say whatever the hell he wants. He has dominated in 2 classes. Now, he didnt really say these things in the 250 class and many 250 guys never do minus Deegan, but as a fan of Deegan it would be hypocritical to say Jett is acting any kind of way other than what he has already earned.
I like it!
I am excited for outdoors.
Jett Lawrence:
If I were to build the perfect smx rider, it'd be me.
I'm better than Haiden Deegan on a dirt bike
RC and James didn't have a perfect season in their rookie season like me.
Vitalmx members: Confidence.
Haiden Deegan:
I'm the best 250 rider.
Vitalmx mebers: arrogance.
Cmon bud be a little less biased.
Of course I'm biased, I'm a super fan. We are supposed to be biased.
Deegz has a couple of MXdN opportunities to test the "I'm the best 250 rider" narrative, and he chose to not test himself - and then dorked himself into Shimoda injuring himself out of contention. Epic career bonehead move. Agree with @jambalaya that he has no where near the competition riders like Canard faced. Deegan didn't luck into those 250 championships, but he wasn't tested like previous generations. Not his fault he wasn't tested, but still wasn't tested as much.
We will see now that he is going into the big leagues in 450MX.
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Cmon bud be a little less biased
Gurgle...
As opposed to who Jett raced in the 250 class? Yet you turn around and say Deegan is nothing but Barcia 2.0. Guess what? The guys who are fast in the class now, riders like Deegan, Jo, Kitchen, Cole, Julien Beaumer, Chance Hymus, et al would all be fast if they were racing back then. You are looking retroactively at Eli, Roczen, Dungey, etc. and comparing their careers to guys who are still in the 250 class.
And of all the names you mentioned, none of the riders has two outdoor titles. Eli was in the class for 4 seasons before he won his title, Canard was in three before he won his title, Bagget was in for four seasons before he won his, and Kenny, Musquin and Poucel never won an outdoor title in the 250 class. Eli didn't win any 450 titles until Dungey left, which was 4 seasons into his 450 career, and yet if Deegan doesn't win in his rookie 450 season, you'll probably be the first guy to puff his chest out and proclaim that you knew he was going to be Barcia 2.0.
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