Driving like Case? As in Walter?
I had the utmost respect and admiration for Dan's dad. I knew him well. He was a great driver and a great horseman. His son isn't a fraction of the driver or man his dad was. He doesn't have the all around ability, talent, or skills, his dad had.
As far as Walter Case. Really? There are people who hate Walter Case. There are people who think he had no skills, talent, or ability, and he only achieved what he did because-----he drove for certain trainers, was high or drunk when he drove, or some other idiotic reasons. Very few people here can truly recognize talent, abilities, and skills. They watch the teletimer, focus on useless stats, etc. Walter Case, aside from the person he was or is, the demons, his crime, etc., was a great driver. Period. He had talent, ability, and skills. All of is. He was a great driver and his career never reached its peak or potential his career, because his life kept getting derailed, and his life just spiraled downward and out of control.
You want to look at stats, so be it.....But let's just put his driving titles into some perspective. Go look at the years he won the driving title for wins, broke the record for wins, and did it twice. Look at how many starts he had.....Now, when Tetrick broke Case's record, go look at how many stars he needed to do it. Same with Merriman. Meaningless. OK. But, if you didn't see him on the track, you just don't know. And if you did, and you think it was all a result of driving for certain trainers, or drugs, or whatever, so be it. I won't argue with stupidity. Ask John Campbell, Billy O, Mike Lachance, Jackie Mo, Carmine Abbatiello, Luc Ouellette, and if they were around, you could've asked Herve Filion and Buddy Gilmour. I'd say they're more qualified opinions than those here. Sure, from on-track/driving he had countless days, penalties, etc., and it was mostly from failing to keep his feet in the stirrups. Yes, that was a major issue and problem. In various years he had 250 or so days.
Dan is no kid. He's what now, 42 or 43. Sure, he's gonna win a lot of races. Talent, skills, and ability-wise, that doesn't put him in the same category as Walter Case.
