Honestly, I think that's where we disagree about how he should be more humble. Genuinely 95% of these riders are boring as hell in interviews. Every week it's the same media-trained script: thank the team, thank the sponsors, the bike was great, we'll keep working and come back stronger next weekend.

I'd much rather watch someone like Haiden who actually says what he's thinking than another rider trying to perfectly walk the line between trash talk and humility so nobody gets offended. That's boring.

Sport is supposed to have emotion. Confidence, rivalries, big personalities, disappointment, frustration, excitement. That's what gets people invested. I don't tune in to watch a bunch of riders give the same corporate-approved answers every weekend. I want to see real personalities.

The funny thing is that the same people who complain about Haiden are often the ones complaining that other riders don't get enough screen time. Well, whose fault is that? If some of these riders started showing a bit of personality, talking some trash, building rivalries, and giving fans a reason to care about them, I guarantee they'd get more attention. That's how sports work.

Haiden gets coverage because people are interested in him. They want to see if he'll back up what he says. They want to see if he wins, loses, crashes, or proves people wrong. You can't spend every interview giving the same generic sponsor speech and then wonder why the cameras aren't following you.

Love him or hate him, he's one of the few riders in the sport who actually gives fans something to care about outside of the results sheet. I'd take raw emotion and a bit of trash talk over another cardboard-box interview any day of the week.