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Originally posted by weeksy no suprise really lets be honest. He was poor comapred to his teammate and only fractioanlly better than Xaus. |
Agreed...on the face of it, but there's usually more to any story than what appears on the surface.
Let's face it, Ducati's season has been poor. The whole team, not just Bayliss. They have simply not lived up to the promise of their 2003 rookie year in MotoGP - although that first year was unbelievably successful for a first season and probably set up some unrealistic expectations. The fact remains though that the 2004 Desmosedici has not proven to be a competitive package.
So what happens when the pressure to succeed starts to get to the team. Who do you think is going to be the Schumacher and get first dibs on the very best the team has to offer? The plain speaking Aussie? or the Italian that understands the culture, and the subtle nods and winks that go with getting the best out of an Italian team.
You want an example? I was European Training Development manager in my company a few years ago. I speak just enough French to get by, but the subtleties of managing a team which included 3 or 4 French people completely eluded me. I asked one of them for feedback on one of their colleagues and was told "Oh he does a terrific job". That's what I heard. What was meant was that he was useless. Try saying the same sentence in English, the first time say it in a genuine way, then try it again in a tone loaded with irony and sarcasm. Then ask yourself how fluent you'd have to be in a language before you picked up on that. Then ask yourself how fluent you would have to be in language and culture before you could be as influential as an Italian in an Italian team.