So I have to agree, there are no calves on the ground out of him yet that are old enough to really make a good judgement. I have heard people saying they had calves out of him on the ground for months now, and I dont think semen was offered on him early enough to get some of them on the ground. The earliest calves actually out of him are only a week or 2 old now I think and I have heard they look pretty good at this stage.
As far as him not being owned by the right people to make him the next Monopoly, I would normally agree, but there has been so much hype about this bull since Denver last year. Heck its over a year later, and I cant remember much more than a week going by that somebody didnt ask about him. SO I think if these first calves are good, he is going to take off. There has been so much hype and use of this bull even unproven, that if he proves himself I think he could very much be the next Monopoly. And dont sell his owners short, they may not be as big as Lautner, but they have had success with Captain Morgan, so they have a name, and now to turn out Smiling Bob, they could very much be on their way to being the next Lautners.