Gaz
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We need more of it, so I say stick a microphone is his face often and ask him questions,.
Yeah, thats what we need, to stick a mic in Cal's face so we can hear more of his comments? Ah, a man after my own heart. Actually, I'll admit, this was in fact the number 1 reason I wanted Crutchlow to be signed by Ducati. Oh the horror. Thank God cooler heads prevailed. Think of the children.
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DOES NOT WHAT A RIDER SAYS WHEN “SPEAKING OUT” MATTER? Is it just important in your book that he “spoke out”? I can’t be that far off base here given the spectacular clarity of what Cal said in this interview. He is NOT pointing out some ........ about the sport! He is demanding of his employer that they don't give another dude basically the same opportunity that was given to him! If you want to make an association to Stoner point out the ........ CRT grid fillers Dorna bamboozled the spectators into accepting, then again, as a Stoner fan that I know you are, you do his 'quitting/retirement/resignation' no favors in my
humble opinion. We ourselves have aided Cal with the connotations that he was exposing some ........, but that is NOT what he expressed!
I am well aware of the ........ that is MotoGP, for god sake my moniker above my post count is MotoWWF! I know the Spanish have highjacked this sport, I’ve been screaming about it for years. I agree that Pol is “undeserving” as is the normal supposed and perceived
“deservingness” of riders to be promoted to MotoGP, BUT if Pol is deemed "undeserving" should the same standard have been applied to Cal? Undeserving? Is it? How do we make this determination? Are Cal's two Wsbk wins more or less that Pol's GP wins? Cal has the balls to judge Pol with the standard that he himself was privileged with imHo!
He asked what has Pol done? WTF, do we really want to cast a light on the merits of his promotion? Using his very standard he didn’t do relatively .... apart from 2 home Wsbk wins to get into MotoGP. Well wait, he doe have a SS title, so how far back should we go? Perhaps JRea's Rookies Cup wins? (Oh I digress) Surely this is equal to what Pol has accomplished thus far. Who is Cal to demand who is and who isn’t his teammate?! This is the part that ..... me up. How the hell does he get a pass for saying and demanding this? Had Cal been so unfairly treated in GP?
Your entire post is mirroring this mistaken association with Stoner, where you in affect disparage what Stoner has called ........, with the condition given this specific interview from Cal. Not only that, but you pad your argument by saying the “speak nice brigade" are what, just punching in the clock, oh well tell me, who wants to rider ...... bikes? Did Casey Stoner rubbish his Ducati and team and employer publically? Did he Gaz?
Did Casey say, yo, WTF, if Ducati signs Lorenzo to a 15 million dollar contract I won't race for you? C'mon, let compare apples to apples. Stoner had good reason too, unlike Cal Crutchlow. Can you not distinguish the “speaking out” validity of such statements?
...., if the litmus test of “speaking out” for the sake of it is to be admired, then Alberto Puig trumps them all.
“Speak up and speak often”? It doesn’t matter what is said right? Just complain. That's what we want?
Cal has demonstrated he has talent. I'm not even gonna go into the size of his balls, but then again, what riders havent ridden with broken bones? It’s not a mystery. As I said, he was the only one within tenths of Jlo and VR during qual, and race pace he was also there. But I’m not gonna sit here and ignore the fact he has the tools of the M1 package to be there. And lets not forget, He certainly didn’t start off this way. He sucked ... first year, and got school year two, fact! His better teammate (Dovi) moved on to a .... bike, yet still on occasion gives him a run for his money still on a vastly inferior machine (we can only imagine where he might be on an M1). This a Dovi replaced by the young Bradley (as nice as me may be) the kid is being outclassed (ok, lets chalk it up to being a rookie, a rookie being beat by Ducatis and that other Espargaro on a CRT, ok). As I said in another thread, Cal would be hard pressed to make his case if like last year he had Dovi to follow around. How is this swept under the rug? It’s swept under the rug because the reality is Cal is performing (though we are in the dark to compare, except he is outperforming VR, and that is admirable).
I would happily reject the notion that he shouldn’t talk .... given his lacking record. Or the idea being, because you have won something doesn't allow you to make demand (or the reverse logic). But is this the standard Cal is invoking? If he (Cal) would extend the same to those he is verbally attacking (Pol)...and trust me, I have no love for the MF either, as I'm rooting for somebody else in Moto2) then I'd be more inclined to give Crutchlow a pass on his demands to Yamaha. This doesn’t hold up given the fact that the principle is being used as a double standard in this case.
Its ok for Cal to say Pol is undeserving because he hasn’t won ...., but its not ok to hold Cal to this same standard? As I said, generally, when riders demand .... and talk ...., the more you have by way of records the more seriously you are taken. If this justification were going to be disparaged, wouldn’t it first apply to the guy talking?
You know Gaz, I had said I wished Cal had gone to Ducati. I firmly believe he would have faired no better than Nicky, Spies, or Iannone. We could speculate all we want, but that is my “judgment”. His career would have faded fast. Now he is demanding that Yamaha not sign a rider of their choosing, in affect denying the opportunity that he himself was given. Why isn’t Cal speaking out about how Bradley Smith was promoted? How do we really know how bad that Tech3 was, its not like Smith is kicking ... now. When it’s all said and done, Pol will have accomplished more than Bradley to be promoted to MotoGP, as he already has (on paper). Why did Cal deserve his Tech3 opportunity after a Supersport title and two home wins over Pol’s current 4th in the Moto2 points (and probably will end up runner-up). Cal has a big mouth and has said stupid ...., and you want a mic to be put in front of him at every opportunity? Why? Again, this isn’t an indictment about Cal’s talent, so all of you put this out of your minds; his Tech3 M1 doesn’t ride itself, and he is keeping up with the other riders on similar/superior equipment. So kudos. But this should not blur your vision when it comes to assessing stupid .... riders say. I’m no Pol Espargaro fan, .... him; but I’m just barely smart enough to comprehend Cal is attempting to deny another rider the same opportunities he got. Ok, he made good on it after two years and minus a comparable teammate, why can’t Pol? And I’ll add,
if Pol doesn’t get signed to a Yamaha contract as Kropo has announced, it won’t be because of Cal’s performance or big mouth, it will be because of Scott Redding’s performance. 
