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Bob Schwartz
Guest
OK, I just made that up. I don't know or care when his
contract is up, maybe he's still got some time on it
with Discovery. But he's 28, he's been a pro for five
years and that puts him in the results phase of his career,
not the development phase. And teams like Discovery are
not about the Tour of Austria. With the signing of Levi
you'd have to think the writing is on the wall.
I think a comparison to Gord Fraser is appropriate. Gord,
if you recall, started out with Motorola and then spent a
couple of seasons with La Mutuelle de Seine et Marne. And
he pretty much got his ass kicked on a regular basis
during this period.
Then he can home to North America and all of a sudden he
was winning everything in sight. When you consider that
Michael Boogerd is the world's worst sprinter except for
LANCE, and that LANCE came to Georgia and took a field
sprint, maybe this isn't such a surprise. But the move
worked well for him because it is always better to win
everything in sight than to get your ass kicked at
every race.
And so it is for Danielson. He's pretty clearly never
going to be a player in any race that matters. But he
could come home and win a boatload of races, races where
teams like Jittery Joes fill out the field. That's his
level, and he could excel there.
Bob Schwartz
contract is up, maybe he's still got some time on it
with Discovery. But he's 28, he's been a pro for five
years and that puts him in the results phase of his career,
not the development phase. And teams like Discovery are
not about the Tour of Austria. With the signing of Levi
you'd have to think the writing is on the wall.
I think a comparison to Gord Fraser is appropriate. Gord,
if you recall, started out with Motorola and then spent a
couple of seasons with La Mutuelle de Seine et Marne. And
he pretty much got his ass kicked on a regular basis
during this period.
Then he can home to North America and all of a sudden he
was winning everything in sight. When you consider that
Michael Boogerd is the world's worst sprinter except for
LANCE, and that LANCE came to Georgia and took a field
sprint, maybe this isn't such a surprise. But the move
worked well for him because it is always better to win
everything in sight than to get your ass kicked at
every race.
And so it is for Danielson. He's pretty clearly never
going to be a player in any race that matters. But he
could come home and win a boatload of races, races where
teams like Jittery Joes fill out the field. That's his
level, and he could excel there.
Bob Schwartz