No you didn't.
He had 5-6 yaers ro be great in HS/College but wasn't. - that's a sign of talent. Supreme talent will run well even with shitrry coaching.
He's pretty darn good as a pro coaching himself. Everyone but me assumes to think he'd run better if he trained conventionally and raced less. I'm not convinced of that.
I'll bet anyone that wants to bet right now $1000 that Conner Mantz dies with a marathon pb at least a minute faster than CJ.
Here are there head to head matchups:
Conner Mantz USA CJ Albertson USA
Marathon Boston MA 2023-04-17 2:10:25 (11) 2:10:33 (12)
Marathon OT Orlando FL 2024-02-03 2:09:05 (1) 2:10:07 (5)
Marathon New York NY 2024-11-03 2:09:00 (6) 2:10:57 (10)