W.Gardner " Rossi the GREATEST ever "

Does it really matter what Gardner thinks. I doubt anyone would rate him as
the best rider ever.

Alex

"paulh" <paulh RemoveThis @fahncahn.com> wrote in message
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 > On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:11:53 +1000, "Nev.." <idiot RemoveThis @mindless.com> wrote:
<font color=brown>   > >> >> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://tinyurl.com/25fy2</font" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/25fy2</font</a>>
   > >> >>
   > >> >> All fair comments and potentially true though Gardner has a huge
blind spot
   > >> >> when it comes to acknowledging the guy that replaced him at Honda.
Perhaps
   > >> >> you've heard of him, a guy called Mick Doohan.
   > >> >
   > >> >How could he have replaced him if they rode at the same time?
   > >>
   > >> Cos its not a simple thing like one rider out one rider in. Gardener
was #1
   > >> ride, Doohan came in, Gardener retired and Doohan was #1 rider..don't
be so
   > >> literal...you literal person you
   > >> paulh
  > >
  > >Sorry I didn't realise literal week was over... but it wasn't as simple
as all
  > >that was it? My memory is pretty dodgy but after Gardner left, didn't
the
  > >team become a 3 bike team, and wasn't Mick sort of over there in the
corner on
  > >his own with his mechanics and crew.. so wouldn't it have been Itoh or
someone
  > >else who "replaced" Wayne?
 >
 > But we're not talking about who 'replaced' Gardner on the team. We're
talking
 > about who 'replaced' Gardner in Gardners head. Perhaps he saw Itoh as a
threat,
 > but Itoh didnt exceed Gardners results and no one asks him about Itoh...
but
 > Doohan came along and replaced Gardener as the pre-eminent Aussie upcoming
 > champion. I don't know the situation at the time but perhaps Gardner (who
hadnt
 > won a championship for years) saw the emphasis of the Honda team shifting
away
 > from him.. the champ perhaps past he peak.. to the younger future of the
Honda
 > corporations hopes, of which Doohan, being a fellow Aussie was the most
 > pre-eminent. Gardner retired 4-5 years after his last
championship...perhaps
 > Hondas interest was already shifting. Old Lion, Young Lion sort of thing
 >
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