+1 He was reacting to direct comments. Ducati has proven that they could not make it any better by going backwards. If anything it proves that Ducati engineers did not care what the riders feedback was until Vale appeared.
And that, up until Rossi walked through the door seemed to be the Mentality of Ducati, The Machine is perfect, it is the Rider that is flawed, how does that kind of thought process win races? it doesn't unless you get some kind of freak like Casey who could ride around the problems of the Desmosidici (and let's be honest, he is a bit of a freak because no one else has been able to master the recalcetrent Bike)
If I had to deal with that day in day out, I know I would have been considered a whiny little pregnant dog!
Still amazes me to see the Backflip that Ducati has done since Rossi has walked through the door and said the bike handles like a big piece of Poo!