Re: [ST] Repsol

[Matthew Heyer <matthewheyer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well being removed from this list for some time, I'll put in my 2 cents; a penny and a half of which may have already been contributed.

First, it's racing; but it sucks.  No matter what, you don't want other things than the riders deciding the championship.  Somebody taking you out, mechanical problems, etc is no way to decide who the better rider is.  But, it is a part of the sport unfortunately - no way around that.  

Now Pedrosa is an ass because all of that said, it is your team mate.  You should be there if not to help him, then at least to not hurt him.  He needs to think about what's going on.  

You are correct in that it shouldn't have come down to this if Nicky is really that good.  He was on pace to win the championship more through consistency then being the best.  I hated when Chris Walker?/Andrew Pitt? did the same - won the championship without winning a single race that year.  I mean, if you are the best, then you need to prove that you can beat everyone.  Not that a one hit wonder should win, but prove that you can beat the best day in and day out - then you are the best, and the champion.

I actually kind of feel bad for Rossi.  I think he would have won the championship even without this mishap, taking enough points last week and the next round to win.  And now that will be clouded by the would have/could have/should have crap of Pedrosa taking Nicky out.  Rossi is the best motorcycle rider there is (right now, and has been for a few year - and maybe the best ever).  He proves that he can over come mechanical problems, bad starts; beats people when he needs to.  Flat out wins when he has to.  Can dominate when he wants to.  People go out there to try to be as good as him, and maybe beat him.  The same cannot be said of Nicky.

Nicky will impress me if he can win next week.  Then he will show me something.  That something is the, "hey, you want to be the best?  Then go out there and beat the best.  No questions, no excuses.  Just do it and prove that you are the best.  Win."  I will give him a lot more credit if he can show me that.

The one person this year I feel the worst for is Capirossi.  He has diced it up head to head with Rossi.  Shown he can dominate a race.  Hell, without being taken out and the resulting injury and lost points through the rounds, I really think he may have been able to compete and maybe beat Rossi this year for the title.

Anyway, that's my story, and I'm sticking to it.  lol.


Matt Heyer

----- Original Message ----
From: Nathan Maher <nate@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:32:31 PM
Subject: Re: [ST] Repsol


Masiak, Richard wrote:
> This article is clearly biased in favor of "poor" Nicky.  

Richard,

No offense but clearly there's a fine line between aggressive and 
reckless.  Nicky's passing maneuver, by virtue of not causing a 
catastrophic crash, gets filed under aggressive and Dani's does not.  And 
Dani's mistake is made worse by the simple fact that it could be the last 
(note: not only) deciding factor in the Championship.  Do I feel like 
Nicky got cheated?  Nope - that's racing and so be it.  But it does suck 
to have the actions of an unrelated party play such a big role so late in 
the season.  Nicky clearly needs to work on his consistency as if he'd 
one another race or 2 it'd be a non-issue but like I said, this late and 
by no fault of his own it just plain sucks.

And speaking of biases, you've clearly defined yours haven't you :)?

Masiak, Richard wrote:
> I just want Rossi to win so it would just be icing on the Italian cake.

My 2¢,

Nate
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