This is an old article from 2000 about what Hannah thinks of the the state of mx. Things have of course have changed since then but I still have to agree with some things he says. The older mx crowd will tend to agree as well. (sorry kids)
An interesting read.
Hannah on whats wrong with mx (http://www.motocrossactionmag.com/archives.asp?var=read&id=39)
jeez he did get out of the wrong side of the bed that day lol.
true though what he says, kids get payed way to much to "settle" for second..sorry fourth or fith.
Ian.
Excellent read and most definitely true:
Quote"David Bailey got tired of hearing about Ricky Johnson, Ricky Johnson and Ricky Johnson. I got tired of hearing about Roger DeCoster, Roger DeCoster and Roger DeCoster. I was jealous of his position. I wanted his spot. I wanted to beat him for pure ego. It had nothing to do with money. If money is a factor, then you have a problem, because money won't motivate you for very long. The kids today are signing such big contracts that money shouldn't matter. These riders aren't tired of hearing about Jeremy McGrath, Jeremy McGrath and Jeremy McGrath. They aren't jealous of McGrath. That is sad. I would hate Jeremy if I was racing against him. I would want to beat him bad. They don't even want a piece of him. They go, 'McGrath won and I got second, so I really won because we can't beat him.' They are like that all the way to tenth place. I'm not as hostile on any other issue, but this gets to me.
"So many of these kids think they have arrived. They haven't! You know when you have arrived? When you win a championship fair and square. And not some meaningless 125 East or 125 West Championship."
I could not agree more.
Thanks for sharing a good read. :)
bobs just a grumpy old man whos scared of evolution ::) he still talks about putting down his kick stands, to kick peoples ass's. last i checked we dont have those on mx bikes anymore lol. sorry guys but that guys allways got something negative to say about anything and everything.
Defiantly some inspiration though.
Quote from: tff_thormx on September 14, 2004, 08:12:30 PM
bobs just a grumpy old man whos scared of evolution ::) he still talks about putting down his kick stands, to kick peoples ass's. last i checked we dont have those on mx bikes anymore lol. sorry guys but that guys allways got something negative to say about anything and everything.
It is true tough, people could spend at least half the time talking about how much of a god ??? Is at mx and yet it'd be too much.