Mat Mladin, find a new home!

I'm not saying this with disrespect, I'm saying it for the good of the AMA Superbike series.

January 17, 2002

Mat Mladin has accomplished all he needs to accomplish here in the states. Suzuki
needs to move him to another series where he can carry their flag with some
real credibility for success along with it. At this point him staying only looks like
a personal ego boost. He's ruffled too many feathers here, and I personally
believe he is guilty in the whole Bostrom blocking incident from a few years ago.
But that doesn't take away his 3 championships. I don't think he has ridden
"dirty" to get where he is now.

So my message to Suzuki is move Mladin to a higher profile position such as WSB
or even the new four stroke GP bike where he really has the opportunity to be
a front runner. Fire that hick moron Hacking, promote Aaron Yates to the #1 bike,
get a fast kid that deserves to be on the 2nd bike and move forward. Nobody needs
to see Mladin win again. It's not going to help bike sales any more at this point,
it's only boosting egos. If he doesn't want to go, give him a sattelite team with
different colors and let him try to run it on his own if his ego is that big.

I would love to see Suzuki go to WSB and have success. If there is any team
ready to do it, it's Mladin and Yoshimura. I'm tired of watching him here. But
I'd love to see him mix it up with Bayliss and Edwards.

Nuff said.

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