His Long Jump performances are way above everybody else. Only Myricks, Pedroso, and Powell went over 8.70 twice, he did it 9 comps. Bearing in mind he hardly competed in the Long Jump most of the season, and when he did he would jump once and have the comp won, means the man was in a league of his own.
A real shame for me that he never got the WR and would likely have gone over 9m more than once if he had dedicated some of his career to Long Jump.
That his cockiness bugs a lot of people only makes me love him more. Go Carl!!