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dimspace said:it couldnt happen to a nicer bunch...
as ive said before, they may be clean now, but would you trust a security company that employed ex-cons..? i think when they went down the road of employming mainly the desperate and needy they made a rod for there own backs..
no sympathy...
Alpe d'Huez said:I don't think people specifically want RR to fail. I think they'd rather see the team managed properly. But when you look at the way someone like Michael Creed was fired - for "poor performance" after one race in the season - and now the guy has little hope of another pro team picking him up this year, you quickly realize that a team managed like this is no good for the sport.
BroDeal said:People were hatin' on Rock before they ever fired people. The yuppies don't like their urban attitude polluting their lily white sport.
No, it's those who fancy themselves cycling purists/elitists if you will, that are adverse to new ideas. I hoping M Ball can pull his experiment together, pro cycling needs a kick in the rump.BroDeal said:People were hatin' on Rock before they ever fired people. The yuppies don't like their urban attitude polluting their lily white sport.
BroDeal said:Rock is no different than the other teams that hired Operation Puerto riders or continue to employ dirty riders. Bruyneel hired Contador and Basso and I forget the other one. Astana also has Kloden, and now Armstrong is riding for the team. Caisse has Valverde and Sanchez. CSC still has Frank Schleck employed. Columbia is built from T-Mobile. Garmin is made of of ex-dopers and riders who allude to their own doping but won't admit it straight up. It is hard to find any team that does not have a gaggle of dopers employed. Why are the other teams any better than Rock?
WillieTheWaiter said:nice work chucking Armstrongs name in with a bunch of guys that have been caught when he hasn't...![]()
Laurent said:that's disrespectful. You focus on some of the bad element but what about the riders on the team who have no skeletons and who have worked damn hard to get pro contracts? What about the staff on the team that rely on results and good PR and who have no association with anything wrong?
If a team goes under that's a lot of people out of jobs and a lot of people effected.
WillieTheWaiter said:nice work chucking Armstrongs name in with a bunch of guys that have been caught when he hasn't...![]()
Cycling is not a poor man's or poor business' sport.
Alpe d'Huez said:I don't think people specifically want RR to fail. I think they'd rather see the team managed properly. But when you look at the way someone like Michael Creed was fired - for "poor performance" after one race in the season - and now the guy has little hope of another pro team picking him up this year, you quickly realize that a team managed like this is no good for the sport.
I should note, I like that "watch this" video on RR's site. It's well shot and the graphics are cool. The music doesn't fit though. They chose rap, when the music should have been high-energy rock, or metal of some sort (as in "Rock" Racing). Recommend people watch it soon, as it's bound to be removed fairly soon.