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What were the headlines the year Nicky beat Rossi. Were they, "Rossis season a resounding success?" No, they were quite the opposite. The word failure was used quite a bit. Why? Because Rossi was the fastest man in GP, unbeatable on any bike. That season is still viewed by most as a great failure by Rossi. Do you think Yamaha and Rossi were having victory parties after that season to celebrate their failure or Casey was having "success" parties at the end of 2008, 2009,2010, and 2012. Casey was the hands down favorite to win the championship those four years. He was by far the fastest man on the track. After 2006 Casey was so good there was noone who could beat him and yet he repeatedly failed to beat those slower then him. This is not success. It is failure. Whether it be racing, business or otherwise a product that is superior to others yet fails to perform is a failure
I was listening to a radio show recently where the host was discussing supercross. (Jason Ellis, some Aussies may know who he is) He's a bit of an insider and knows the riders quite well. A caller called to discuss Ricky Carmichael and tell a story about how RC was an ....... to him. Ellis said there was no ....... way RC is an ........ Hes the nicest politiest guy out there. Caller says yup, he tried to get an autograph and RC was being a ..... Ellis in disbelief forced the dude to tell the whole story. What happenned was the dude approached RC after a race in which he lost and Ricky refused to sign his ..... Ellis went on a 5 minute rant about how ....... sick racers are. They they are mentally insane and so consumed by winning that if they have the skill and the setup to win and they dont then they are inconsolable and physically sick after a loss. Krop has stated much the same numerous times. I believe he used the word sociopath to describe their demeanor.
Do you really think Stoner views the whole of his career as a success or a failure. If he typifies the average racer then he himself surely believes he had two great years and failed the rest.
Povol you love to use football analogies. Peyton Manning is one of the greatest QB's of his generation yet has only won a SB once.
Hes set every record imaginable and will enter the hall of fame but is widely viewed as a failure because he cant win the big game.
Krop I look foward to reading your post 2013 article titled " Runner up Dani Pedrosa celebrating another resounding successfull year"
I was listening to a radio show recently where the host was discussing supercross. (Jason Ellis, some Aussies may know who he is) He's a bit of an insider and knows the riders quite well. A caller called to discuss Ricky Carmichael and tell a story about how RC was an ....... to him. Ellis said there was no ....... way RC is an ........ Hes the nicest politiest guy out there. Caller says yup, he tried to get an autograph and RC was being a ..... Ellis in disbelief forced the dude to tell the whole story. What happenned was the dude approached RC after a race in which he lost and Ricky refused to sign his ..... Ellis went on a 5 minute rant about how ....... sick racers are. They they are mentally insane and so consumed by winning that if they have the skill and the setup to win and they dont then they are inconsolable and physically sick after a loss. Krop has stated much the same numerous times. I believe he used the word sociopath to describe their demeanor.
Do you really think Stoner views the whole of his career as a success or a failure. If he typifies the average racer then he himself surely believes he had two great years and failed the rest.
Povol you love to use football analogies. Peyton Manning is one of the greatest QB's of his generation yet has only won a SB once.
Hes set every record imaginable and will enter the hall of fame but is widely viewed as a failure because he cant win the big game.
Krop I look foward to reading your post 2013 article titled " Runner up Dani Pedrosa celebrating another resounding successfull year"
