Thanks Jimmy...
The callouts (except for the IM) in '07 have been great....and I believe the judges have done a very good job this year in making sure enough comparisons have been made.....HOWEVER...There is no excuse for not having every one projected to be in the top 5 compared...
There is only so much I can do...I asked for more comparisons...that's what I was assured would happen. The IM came and there was a miscommunication with the head judge who never received the new standards we had agreed upon...fine.....it was fixed and every show since then has been called the way it should have, and probably MORE comparisons than was necessary.
You're welcome.
I would like to add and since you are friends with Jim Rockell. At the competitors meeting in Montreal Jim handled things extemely well and treated the athletes with respect. Even when a couple of the guys showed up late he was very respectful towards these guys. He also warned everyone ahead of time that there would be many comarisons made and let me tell you that these guys were compared bigtime!!! Hell I was even getting tired watching.
More than a few guys were backstage on their backs during the show needing to rest between comparsions. Jim even gave the guys a few breaks and water was handed out also. I didn't get the chance to tell Jim (not that he would know me
) how impressed I was with how things were done so maybe you could for me if you ever get the chance.
As to why this didn't happen at the Olympia my guess would be that someone else was maybe in charge of the callouts and comparisons.
