J. Hopkins news

[GregP]

One part of me thinks it's pretty cool that a professional sports team owner is accessible and open to my direct communication on an internet forum.

Another part of me thinks that its not very professional of Ulrich to air dirty laundry in a "chat room", regardless of the circumstances.  ?? 

Hopper is a tool so ultimately he gets what he got! 

Losers all around. 

[Grampa]

Youch.    Not to worry, cuz his career is pretty much over unless he does something stunning. 

he can be a ear model

[Rameses]

he can be a ear tooth model

Maybe Crest needs a spokesman.

[ducpainter]

One part of me thinks it's pretty cool that a professional sports team owner is accessible and open to my direct communication on an internet forum.

Another part of me thinks that its not very professional of Ulrich to air dirty laundry in a "chat room", regardless of the circumstances.  ?? 

Hopper is a tool so ultimately he gets what he got! 

Losers all around. 

+11ty billion.

[gm2]

One part of me thinks it's pretty cool that a professional sports team owner is accessible and open to my direct communication on an internet forum.

Another part of me thinks that its not very professional of Ulrich to air dirty laundry in a "chat room", regardless of the circumstances.  ?? 

but was he?  yes, in some respects talking about it at all is doing just that.  my guess is he would say that what he said was simply fact.  and given that it's JU you can be quite sure that he didn't know about the wrist and feels like he got screwed over by someone who owes his career to him. 

if you're going to respond to the issue at all, "I thought he was ready to win AMA Pro Superbike races in 2010.  That's not how it turned out and I won't be working with him again." is very mild.

maybe it was just laundry. 

[zooom]

yeah...bu given the forum where JU came out with his comments...WE all here know the WERA forums and so forth...because THAT is the core of the racing community in a lot of ways...but it is no where near being mainstream IMHO...the whole motorcycling world isn't on that board or watching things go on there...so there are a lot of AMA fans or racing fans that will continue to remain clueless as to thw whole thing...

it's kinda like making a posting on FB to a limited amount of friends or on a blog with sorta restricted access....it isn't totally public....but gets out publicly enough within the circles of comfort you are okay with saying it around....

[derby]

exactly.. if he really wanted to "air" it, he would've published it in his magazine!

which is somewhat ironic. if it didn't involve somebody on his racing team, and one of his reporters had investigated the story and corroborated it with a team owner interview, we'd be giving his magazine kudos for good journalism.

[gm2]

http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=43096

[zooom]

http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=43096

okay...so...how badly does he get his ass handed to him?

[pennyrobber]

okay...so...how badly does he get his ass handed to him?

Assuming he doesn't crash out and injure himself in the first race...

[tufty]

okay...so...how badly does he get his ass handed to him?

20 bucks says he won't win it all, but I reckon he'll be a regular top 5 finisher.

[Spidey]

New tracks and lots of rain racing?  Dunno. 

I've pretty much given up trying to figure out Hopper.  He'll do whatever he does.  At the end of the year, he'll--like usual--have some results, but will otherwise remain forgettable except for the fact that he'll never live up to the billing that Faster (and John Ulrich) gave him.

[gm2]

IF he's really 100% he's on a good bike.  and while it's certainly not the same bike, he was on a gix1k sorta-superbike last year and once his hand started to work he was on the podium.  so it's not like he's starting from scratch.  ..is guinty back this year?

he really IS very fast.. he's also just way way too emotional.  but maybe he's gotten beat up enough the last 3 years that he just wants to keep his head down and win some races.  for his sake i hope so.

[tufty]

New tracks and lots of rain racing?  Dunno. 

I've pretty much given up trying to figure out Hopper.  He'll do whatever he does.  At the end of the year, he'll--like usual--have some results, but will otherwise remain forgettable except for the fact that he'll never live up to the billing that Faster (and John Ulrich) gave him.

It's a shame he's not still will with JU, at least in the UK he can use his title: Lord John Ulrich.... oh wait.

[derby]

It's a shame he's not still will with JU, at least in the UK he can use his title: Lord John Ulrich.... oh wait.

hopper  kinda (majorly) make the beast with two backsed that up himself.