The sad thing is, EVEN if we pretend that Yates could match Coleman from the back, he gets fucking destroyed from the front. He would never have a chance against Coleman. His genetics simply wouldn't allow for it.
i think yates has the edge on ronnie with the back.
when ronnie is too heavy, like in 03, 04, and 05 - his back looks much different than when he is at a lighter weight - like in 98. back then it was very seperated and very impressive. now, it just looks thick and watery.
with ronnie at a lighter weight, he wont have the size to go against dorian. nasser dwarfed ronnie at the 98 Olympia. drawfed him - even from the back. what would dorian do - who is bigger than nasser from the back and in better condition than coleman was in 98.
yates wins the lat spread. his calves, xmas tree, width, and thickness edge out coleman.
coleman wins the back double bi. his bi's have a much better peak and his taper also comes into play.
close on both poses between the two.
for the most part, coleman edges out yates from the front. out of all the mandatory poses, dorian takes the side tricep, abs and thigh, and personally, i think the front lat spread. colemans' looks wierd. it seems he doesnt hit the pose correctly.
then you have the quarter turns. dorian wins easily. he's thicker and harder from the side with more detail - namely the seperation between muscle groups and the midsection. coleman's weak triceps arent enough and yates has better forearms. also, the calves are clearly visiable from the side. dorian's projecting much further out. no taper issue from the side and in recent years, coleman's gut (not waist or taper) is far worse than dorian ever had. in fact, it wasnt so much dorian's gut, but his wide waist that brought criticism.
so you got coleman winning the front and dorian winning the back and sides.
hmmmm??
