I don`t really know Dave but I have seen him a zillion times at contests in New England and NYC....I know he gets a lot of hate here but he was always very personable when I talked to him.
I bought lot of training clothes from his stands in Boston.....went to his seminar to kill time after pre-judging and it was great....dude was very knowledgeable.
At one New Englands in Boston, he was fucking insane looking......over 300 pounds and vascular as all Hell.