Carroll is clearly on the right side of this one. People said something in this thread along the lines of "they lost 3 other riders, something must be going wrong!" Yeah, they couldn't compete with a company like Nike or Adidas in the first place, and as time goes on their position grows comparatively worse. Carroll pretty much said that in the interview. What makes it clear that at minimum MJ did something special to piss them off is that not a negative word was said about Guy or Koston leaving. In fact, didn't Girl even put an old photo of Koston on IG with the caption "thanks for the memories" or something?
There's a right and a wrong way to quit a company, and MJ clearly chose the wrong way.
Its lame, and Adidas is fucking shitty, and Marc did a shitty thing....but let's be real, next time he releases a part, I guarantee nobody says "I would have watched it, but fuck him for quitting Lakai."
Basically, I'm on Team Nerd in this debate and "hate" Marc Johnson....until he releases more footage which I will certainly want to watch.
Out of curiousity, anybody else planning on going to the adidas premiere in SF this weekend rocking Chocolate or Lakai gear? It would be so rad if the crowd was full of those logos. It would be a great way to send a subtle message as a community that shady shit like that isn't appreciated.