For a (relatively) short time Ronnie was a freak and hugely successful bodybuilder.
Will he be remembered? No more than Lee Haney is, who within a few short generations has largely become a forgotten name, even within general physique culture circles.
As a father he has been mostly unsuccessful (if his sheer number of offspring from different women is used as a measuring stick; which it should be). Indeed the man had a good career in law enforcement, but it seems that is now a distant memory, for reasons I am not fully aware.
If his run as Mr. Olympia means more to him than his long-term health and being there for his children in any meaningful way, well, good for him, I suppose (although I feel it's shameful for a man to put ANYTHING above his children, if he so chooses to have them).
His lot in life is what it is.
I have interviewed Ronnie a few times and find him to be pleasant if not simple. There's not a lot going on there, really.
The bodybuilding enthusiast in me loves how far Coleman took things, but outside of this immature version of myself, I can't see how what he's done is anything beyond horrific self abuse with a relatively little payoff.
