Dammit, man! You jinxed him!
You gotta use reverse psychology on him. You know how well he responds to negative trolling and insults about his capability. Trash talking fires him up. Brings out the Alpha Druff!
With that thought in mind,...
Druff, seriously consider unbanning Marty. He is THE master at riling you up, and you need a good riling up to perform at peak competitive efficiencies. Do it, man. Just do it.