Childish or Passionate? Whatever, passion is the heartbeat of this forum.
The case has been well stated by both sides and there is ample empirical evidence of success by sprinters coached by men who are similarly divided in their beliefs on the benefit of bilateral vs unilateral.
Stephen Francis believes the strength training should try to mirror the movements of sprinting. And his squad ripped 9 medals out of Beijing.
His athletes don’t try for max lifts (from what I remember him saying).
Yet, while he likes unilateral movement (lunges etc), his athletes still do bilateral (front) squats.
It seems there is room for both concepts to be successfully activated in the same program, even if by cycles or by using ulilateral movements as supplementary exercises.
Anyway, I’ve enjoyed the debate. C’mon Number 2, step up here 