agree with the rest of your post... but don’t know about that statement.. i have heard it so many times from die hard Rossi fans. Although i think it takes away from winning the world championship if you only win 2 races, but being consistent is the key and he was up there or there abouts enough times in most races. No good winning 4 races then being retarded in others. He performed well most races, but didnt go onto really 'out shine' everyone. Most riders were not consistent, they had good races where they win, then the next 3 weeks they dont even finish top 10.
So i still think he deserved to win, as annoying as Hayden is.