Discovery fielding weak fall team........??

I have noticed that Discovery fall team has been weak. Eddy Merckx
mentioned that Popyvich had a weak season. This next season could be
very challenging for Discovery at least from a publicity perspective.
With the exception of George Hincapie.Discovery has no real stars to
speak of. This is one reason why I was very suprised to see that
Discovery did not hire a star sprinter. Now one can argue that Azevedo
or Beltran can be considered heros. But they have not had any major
victories to speak of.

Unless we see some miracle it is unforseeable that Popyvich will the
tdf in the near future. My only guess is that Discovery will
concentrate on the smaller tours like Tour of Romandy or Tour of
Switzerland or possibly the Giro. Hincapie will of course lead it's
classics team. But the real question is how will Discovery deliver PR
ROI for such a big budget.

wrote:
I have noticed that Discovery fall team has been weak. Eddy Merckx
mentioned that Popyvich had a weak season. This next season could be
very challenging for Discovery at least from a publicity perspective.
With the exception of George Hincapie.Discovery has no real stars to
speak of. This is one reason why I was very suprised to see that
Discovery did not hire a star sprinter. Now one can argue that Azevedo
or Beltran can be considered heros. But they have not had any major
victories to speak of.

Unless we see some miracle it is unforseeable that Popyvich will the
tdf in the near future. My only guess is that Discovery will
concentrate on the smaller tours like Tour of Romandy or Tour of
Switzerland or possibly the Giro. Hincapie will of course lead it's
classics team. But the real question is how will Discovery deliver PR
ROI for such a big budget.

This has been hashed out before. The guy who cracked the Tyler
Hamilton case and who has boldly predicted Armstrong's plans for next
year, also solved the Discovery problem. They are going to decapitate
and recapitate Tom Danielson in front of Discovery Channel cameras,
with Lance as host/narrator. That's the only way they'll ever get
anywhere near the PR ROI of Armstrong.

wrote:
I have noticed that Discovery fall team has been weak. Eddy Merckx
mentioned that Popyvich had a weak season. This next season could be
very challenging for Discovery at least from a publicity perspective.
With the exception of George Hincapie.Discovery has no real stars to
speak of.



Dumbass -

Savoldelli won the Giro.

Yeah, winning the Giro, the Tour, Grand Prix Ouest-France, 2nd
Paris-Roubaix - why if they can't win Paris-Tours they're nothing at
all!

Anyone want to guess the chance of Tyler Hamilton coming back to
Discovery after he's cleared of the blood doping charges?

Alan

On 7 Oct 2005 05:41:44 -0700, wrote:

ROI

Wow, business jargon. You must be smart.

JT

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On 7 Oct 2005 12:24:16 -0700, "alan_atwood"
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Anyone want to guess the chance of Tyler Hamilton coming back to
Discovery after he's cleared of the blood doping charges?

Interesting idea.

JT

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And think of the advanatages - Lafferty could carry on as if nothing
had happened. He could just rename all of his posts with "Tyler"
instead of "Lance". t doesn't have a certain efficiency.

wrote:
I have noticed that Discovery fall team has been weak. Eddy Merckx
mentioned that Popyvich had a weak season. This next season could be
very challenging for Discovery at least from a publicity perspective.
With the exception of George Hincapie.Discovery has no real stars to
speak of. This is one reason why I was very suprised to see that
Discovery did not hire a star sprinter. Now one can argue that Azevedo
or Beltran can be considered heros. But they have not had any major
victories to speak of.

Unless we see some miracle it is unforseeable that Popyvich will the
tdf in the near future. My only guess is that Discovery will
concentrate on the smaller tours like Tour of Romandy or Tour of
Switzerland or possibly the Giro. Hincapie will of course lead it's
classics team. But the real question is how will Discovery deliver PR
ROI for such a big budget.


dumbass-
(you don't rate CAP's yet..)


yeah Van Heeswick sure sucks as a sprinter......

Thanks...
ROI..... YMMV

It's funny how so quickly I forgot Savoldelli's Giro victory. It will
be interesting to see how he does next year. From his results he could
be the team captain or 2nd Lt. On the otherhand this just goes to show
just how overwhelming the Lance pr machine is......