I can sympathize with his not calling anybody by their names since at least he is consistent, and his saying he is better than Kosegie is not really arrogant, he doesn't give him much credit granted but if he thinks he didn't run the best race to beat Kosegie, power to him (though I think Kosegie has demonstrated he is going to be really tough to beat and can run fast times). He does really snub Kosegie though when he mentions how he likes great competition and leaves out Kosegie, along with everybody else not from Cortland or Calvin, which is noticeable since he spends a fair portion of the interview talking about how he can really beat him and what not.
As to being humble, acknowledging that your opponents are good is not being PC it is being tactful. In distance running, more than sprinting, boxing, basketball or soccer, there is so much that can happen in the length of a race and so many variables that to have the arrogant attitude people say distance runners need is out of place. Much more of distance running relies on yourself and your ability to react to the competition. Iverson can choke his coach and say he is the best and his team sucks, that doesn't exist with distance running. Justin Gatlin can run his race and win* and say nobody can beat him. But for El Guerrouj to say he is the best ever and nobody can beat him is out of place, even though he was able to beat Legat 19 times without losing before 2004. Steve Ovett was the brash distance runner people think the sport needs but when people think of inspirational runners and ones who got them involved in the sport it is the soft spoken Seb Coe who comes to mind.
That is my 2 cents on the issue and I think a better topic would be to start wondering who from the Atlantic Region is in a position to be in the top 35 Saturday for All-American. Just giving the results a quick skim I would say the region could get up to 10 (the same as last year) if not more.