Try something new SUCKMYDICK-a stab at objectivity. Do that by starting with a list of Yates' undeserved wins, which are far more glaring as the Columbu of the 90s.
GO AHEAD START THERE..
This is where you get it wrong, Poop: the I.F.B.B judges disagree with you. With the exeption of 1992, Dorian won
all his Olympias with straight firsts scores, from
all judges. These include 1994 and 1997, the years you like so much to criticize Dorian. Ronnie, conversely, at the 2001 Olympia, was actually trailing Cutler by several points going into the night show. He lost
all the rounds, in
all the call-outs to Cutler, but somehow, miraculously, managed to win in the free posing round. Wow! Now
that was close
Dorian, in 1994, won
all the six mandatories and also the symmetry round, so your assesment that Dorian was "not good enough" to defeat his competition at anything less than his best is utter nonsense. Dorian, even at his worst, was so far ahead of the field that, by the night show of each Olympia, the battle was for second place. No, it was Ronnie who got several close calls on several of his Olympias, not Dorian.
In 1997, he had a torn triceps and biceps and his abdominal was distended - although not nearly as much as Coleman's in 2003/4 -, and yet he still was so far ahead of the field that, in the aftermatch of the contest, then I.F.B.B rulling chairman, Wayne DeMilia, said that none of the judges even hinted that Nasser could have defeated Yates; he was
that far ahead of the field. Personally, I don't know how Dorian could have gotten straight first, on the symmetry round, with a distended midsection - same for Ronnie, in 2003 and 2004 -, but the bottom line is that he won even that. No amount of your drivel can change that, Poop! Nasser had him on the front double biceps and maybe the abs-and-thighs, but Dorian simply killed him in the front and rear lat spread, the back double biceps and the side triceps. The side chest is debatable, because Nasser's pectoralis were as thick as Dorian's, but the latter still took him out in alves and quad thickness from the sides.
And also, remember that, even though Dorian had serious symmetrical problems at that contest, he also had great qualities. Sure, he had torn muscles and a distended abdominal -which I think should have made him lose the symmetry round -, but his muscle fullness and density were at their all time bests and he still was as dry as ever. When it comes to sheer muscularity, in fact, the 1997 Dorian might have been the greatest of all his ontests! I still think he should have lost for the same reason as Ronnie in 2003 and 2004: no muscularity can compensate for a distended midsetion and almost nil musular separations when standing relaxed. But still, his density, fullness and dryness were the stuff of legends and as strong a case that he deserved to win could be made that he deserved to win.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
