Michael Johnson beats Donovan Bailey...

[Texas]

..in the 1996 Olympic games. If he was capable of 19.32 no doubt he had 9.8ish jets....right? Didn't he blow away 9.8ers Frankie Fredericks and Ato Boldon to the bend in the 200m? Could he have won both sprints then blew Surin away on that third leg of the 4x1 giving Mitchell the lead?

[eldrick]

i'll do it as a poll

let the readers decide...

[Texas]

i'll do it as a poll

let the readers decide...

Letsrun...hmm?

[eldrick]

i hope that was not meant as an insult to posters here, comparing them to a juvenile board ?

anyways, i put up a poll as you clearly don't know how to

[Texas]

i hope that was not meant as an insult to posters here, comparing them to a juvenile board ?

anyways, i put up a poll as you clearly don't know how to

So full of yourself with so little reason...sheesh! Eldrick I have never even thought about a poll. I do know if you can do it it can't be to complex,

[eldrick]

I have never even thought about a poll

exactly

you don't think

[Texas]

I have never even thought about a poll

exactly

you don't think

You do? So far all I've seen is a sad little guy trying to prove some point he doesn't even understand. That's thinking?

[eldrick]

I have never even thought about a poll

exactly

you don't think

You do?

evidently more than yourself

[Texas]

I have never even thought about a poll

exactly

you don't think

You do?

evidently more than yourself

Evidently not. You've shown us....zero! You've proven...zero! All you've accomplished is show just how much you don't know. Clownish would fit.

[eldrick]

this from the "intellectual" who believes a guy with only 10.09 ability can split a 10.12 curve ???

no

evidently you don't think

[Texas]

this from the "intellectual" who believes a guy with only 10.09 ability can split a 10.12 curve ???

no

evidently you don't think

That from a guy who thinks a 10.09 guy who didn't even run the 100m in 1996 can beat the Olympic champion/9.84 sprinter...hahahaha!!!!!!! Yep you're a real Einstein alright.

[eldrick]

err...

a 10.03 guy's next race is 9.76 & then beats the 9.82 world champ in a 9.72wr

no

evidently you don't think...

[Texas]

err...

a 10.03 guy's next race is 9.76 & then beats the 9.82 world champ in a 9.72wr

no

evidently you don't think...

Don't tell me you're trying to compare Bolt to MJ as a 100m sprinter. MJ ran a handful of 100m most in that 10.12-10.20 world he was never going to be a 9.8 guy. Bolt is a whole different deal, not surprised you don't understand that.

[eldrick]

no

all that bolt did was to show us what he coud run for 100m when he did it seriously

mj didn't get to show us his 100 ability in '96 in 200 shape of his life, as plan all along was for 200/400, just as easily as bolt may have decided not to bother running 100m last year, rested on that 10.03 from '07 & just run 200s

if he hadn't bothered with that 9.76 "warm up" & just jogged a 20.1 instead, we may never have seen 9.69

[Texas]

no

all that bolt did was to show us what he coud run for 100m when he did it seriously

mj didn't get to show us his 100 ability in '96 in 200 shape of his life, as plan all along was for 200/400, just as easily as bolt may have decided not to bother running 100m last year, rested on that 10.03 from '07 & just run 200s

if he hadn't bothered with that 9.76 "warm up" & just jogged a 20.1 instead, we may never have seen 9.69

MJ simply didn't have that blazin' type speed. He had "sustained" speed. He ran the curve of his life and did the best Beamonesque performance we've ever seen. He was not a 9.8 sprinter, he was a guy who ran "a" great curve.