.....because his conditioning was NOT negligible it was noticeably off , just because you can't see it doesn't mean its not.

bull fucking shit.
it wasn't noticably off it was almost identical if not MORE ripped in 99. thats why you can't see it. and he was 10 pounds bigger with quads so much more sliced that Lonnie Teper pointed them out specifically in his Ironman mag review of the contest. those that still have the magazine can verify.
hell, even McGough comments on how ripped ronnie was in 1999 in his article:
a good read, notice he feels 99>> 98
ND's savior and hero even says 1999> 1998but he does prefer his AC look over either of them:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KFY/is_7_23/ai_n15346614/In his first defense of the Mr. O title, Coleman exhibited size, condition and sinew-splitting fullness he lacked a year earlier. At 257 pounds, he was so separated that he looked like a walking anatomy chart. That being said, I still think he achieved his best-ever physique for the 2001 Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic.
notice: Mcgough even points out that ronnie was more ripped and fuller than the year before.
notice: 1998 is NOT on his list. and for good reason.
he was much better in 99 .
and McGough realizes this. its right there in print.
and its driving ND nuts.
the article he wishes was never written. LOL