Quote Originally Posted by Andre View Post
That's the great thing about this sport Steve... everyone can have an opinion... Here are some other comparison shots of Chris vs. Leon... I also believe (my opinion obviously lol) that Chris could have taken 3rd in the open SH instead of Jerome... not sure what what up with Jerome's legs...
Yeah, also you have to make note that Leon and Chris actually tied for 3rd. A tie breaker gave it to Leon, so its not like it was cut and dry... They were definitely close! Also, in the SHW, it was close, only 2 points seperated, so there would definitely be some judges who had chris ahead of bravo.

In my mind, Ron had the SHW division in the bag. Antoine was soft, he was much drier at night, as he always is - but in the morning, it was Ron's IMO. Judges obviously didn't see it that way as it was nearly unanimous for Antoine. Nationals has basically been decided on conditioning 9 times out of 10 in any/every class... Same as the overall - Much smaller guys have won on conditioning alone when the SHW showed up soft. (ex. Mike johnson, vince warwyck, santana). I am biased but I thought my bro had the overall. I wasn't shocked that he didn't win it though... That's bodybuilding! I would have however been extremely shocked if he didn't get the 2nd card.


What I want to see is a guy like Marlon John show up in out of this world mind blowing condition... This sport is difficult, because you have guys like that who would easily take an overall win any year if only they could just shred it up some!