Well, I don't think Kabayo was being a dick, considering that the meet was run in Rieti.
Bailey has sure come a long way. To me, he doesn't LOOK as if he is going anywhere near as fast as he is, his lumbering style is very deceptive.
I haven't looked at any of his races closely enough to discover from where he gets his speed. His stride has to be pretty big, as his turnover doesn't appear to be anything special. Also, he must have a good transition phase. Considering that his start appears mediocre in terms of quickness, maybe it is one that sets him up to have an efficiently accelerating transition. Also, his SE has obviously gotten better, and the fact that he doesn't appear to have cramped lately tells me that he has learned to run more relaxed.
Maybe Bailey is the next one about whom everybody should be excited. Given what he is doing these days, if he just got some turnover, and maybe leaned out a bit, in a running sense (which will come with more time on the track, and maybe with some overdistance), he would be in the 9.7's
Is it time to start asking questions about Bailey? I don't know, he seems to have somehow escaped attention, notwithstanding his excellent 2012 season. So far, the times he has run have been believably clean from an historical basis, and I don't think that his individual progression is anything suspicious, although I don't know that for sure.
His best 100m is still from 2010 Rieti, his 9.88 (+0.9) adjusting to a 9.93--and, that is a RIETI 9.93.
His other 9.88's adjust to 9.95, done with (+1.5) winds in London.
Going by unadjusted times, he dropped .20 from 07-08, a further .23 from 08-09, and a final .17 from 09-10. Those are pretty big drops in time--however, he was at an age where some drops in time can be expected, the drops were spread out over a period of 3 years, the biggest one was slightly less than a quarter of a second, he didn't all of a sudden start dropping from any demonstrated plateau AFAIK, and he has remained at his 2010 level for 3 years now, by unadjusted time.
If Bailey all of a sudden starts dropping time, however, from his obvious 3-year plateau of 9.88 unadjusted or 9.94 adjusted, and if his times thereby drop below an historically believable level and thereby vault him into all-time greatness, then serious questions should be asked.
As for now, he looks entirely legit. Maybe I haven't been giving this guy enough credit. He could very well be one of history's very best-ever clean sprinters. Given his current times, he could get into the low 9.8's with a great race and perfect conditions. As it is, he has run 9.8's for an incredible 3 years in a row, which is reason enough to proclaim him as great in any era.
So far, he's at least on a par with Thompson, Collins, or Patton, T&P having gone 9.8's, Collins having had a very lengthy championship career, and I think that those guys have been clean.
Up with Ryan Bailey! Here's to sprinting a low-9.8 sometime soon.