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When it comes to Jay Cutler, you can’t get much more real with regards to an honest assessment to the sport of bodybuilding. Jay built a fanbase the old fashioned way. He worked hard at it. He could have gone viral many times over had he played the social media game. He could have screamed politics some of those years that Coleman held on by the skin of his teeth. Look at 2001, for example. How many guys, today, wouldn’t have had a pity party over losing in a contest that clearly divided so many fans?
It’s a contest that continues to spark tremendous debate among hardcore fans. That said, there was no victim mentality in Cutler. He just went back to the drawing boards and kept working at it. He toured the world extensively. Most guys just can’t pull that off today. The mindset is totally different. Nowadays, guys want to win and believe they’re entitled to it. That’s what happens when you have a new Mr O every year. Try having the same champ for 4, 5, or 6 years. Imagine having had to battle with Haney or Coleman, who won eight Sandows a piece. Eight Sandows in a row! At some point, you start to believe you can’t win, but that’s where guys like Cutler rose to the top. They never gave up. And it was that hard work that won them so many fans. And the few times they spoke out, people believed them.