<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (povol @ Mar 21 2007, 12:34 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Now that he has a title.i would like to see him back in AMA Super Bike where he is appreciated.Plus it would give us one more rider to smack that smart ... Mladin around.His teammate,Spies, is doing a pretty good job of it but one more would be perfect.I watched an interview with Spies recently and he came out and said that when Mladin feels threatened he likes to play mind games.Said someone,[hint,hint] told the press, he [Spies] wasnt a good teammate,didnt hang with the team,didnt train,just showed up and rode the bike and didnt take his job seriously.His response was,i only rode at about 90% last year and was beating people by 6-7 seconds,i can wick it up a notch when i need to.Said Matt should know after last year that the mind games would not work on him.Hows that for ..... slapping a 6 time champion
^^That is comical, at best its an absurd statement to make. I find it irritating that there are some Hayden fans will cry foul anytime anyone doesnt bow in awe of Haydens World Championship in 2006, but these same fans are unwilling to give credit to other racers who have accomplished great things in their careers. Haydens AMA superbike championship was won on the Honda RC51. A 1000cc motorcycle, while Mat Mladin was racing the GSXR-750. When they were on equal machinery Mladin Kicked everyones tail (yes including Hayden) all over the track. It is ridiculous to believe that Hayden could come back from Motogp and mount the CBR1000rr and have a snowballs chance in hell of winning against the duo of Spies and Mladin on the Suzuki? Not hardly. The opposing riders complained last year that the advantage Suzuki had was due to the traction control........OK everyone has it at present and guess what? They are still beating everyone else. Spies and Mladin are dominant riders, Mat even more so (6 AMA superbike championships). You had better hope Nicky improves on his results from Losail, because if he returns to AMA he will be humiliated.