People that are in that kind of friendship/worship that Vale's friends are clearly in with him probably can't comprehend someone not liking him and someone not caring if he like them. I find the hero worship (or at least that is what is seems to be from the outside looking in) from those closest to Rossi a bit odd really. Not that Rossi is the only star to have had that kind of entourage. But it is weird every time.
I have always wanted to ask Uccio, if he came home and fond Rossi in bed with his Mrs. Which side of the bed would he jump in?
I don't think Ducati give a flying .... about Rossi other than not wanting to alienate his considerable fan base. Rossi threw Ducati under the bus for 2+ straight years and probably set them back a good 5+ years because of his development direction. That's not that he took them in a bad direction development wise but he demanded a twin bar aluminum frame which was something completely foreign to Ducati at the time, meaning they essentially had to start all over again, further behind the 8ball than the rest of the grid.
