Just like many of us at LRC, Jock said he had never heard of 1:43 man Boris Berian until this year.
And don't think Jock isn't a student of the 800 becaue he didn't know who Berian was. Jock said on Symmonds and Solomon having down years this year so far, ""They still do have the experience. You can never count them out, they are always there. You go back a few years and everyone was like 'Khadevis (Robinson) is done and then he comes back and make a couple of Worlds teams and an Olympic team'.""
As for himself and USAs Jock said, "I'm not going out there to get second or third, I'm always trying to win."
Full interview plus detailed comments on Mark Rowland learning how to coach the 400/800 guy Jock here (and interviews with Ben Blankenship and Hassan Mead) and Jock's comments on the NOP doping scandal: