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I'd like to consider another entry...Dreshaun Ross. He's never going to have the same type of wins as it's just...not the same, there aren't the same numbers for a Jr HWT to come in and beat multiple National Champs at HWT and conversely, he's just not going to have as many elite level Wrestlers all bunched in together, but if he is all in on Wrestling, he would be the guy I'd take. I think he's going to be a more athletic Tommy Rowlands...and perhaps a bit bigger.... if he really focuses on adding good weight. To have a HWT who could be a 4X AA and 2...maybe 3X NC, I might take that over a 157 or 141 who has marginally higher placements just because it seems easier to find guys who can get you points at those weights then at HWT.

I think the problem with this is when it's somebody high profile, like say an Olympic gold medalist, who has made being highly moralistic and religious the center of his public image, life, etc, but they get caught up in something, that's when it's more problematic. Because it means this person is lying about his lifestyle and all the things he told kids for years is just BS.

I'm pretty certain your, "welcome here" is highly regarded...

"Not everything boils down to the wins, it's just what my eyes say."

LOL...shut up...I woulda but I got caught...and...and the ref made a bad call and I definitely wasn't pinned. "Hilltopper," just...sounded vaguely like a kids tournament!

I think what you are saying makes sense. But these guys aren't considered great because they are doing more than other age level guys. They are doing more than guys 5 years ahead of them. Great college guys like Hamiti and Keckeisen didn't win after 5 years of college. Even if Jax somehow had zero improvement ahead of him he's already doing stuff that NCAA champs 5 years older than him aren't. So take away his HS age advantage, his training advantage, and compare him to 23+ year old men and he still crushed the field. The same is mostly true of Blaze. They have gone to the highest level of American wrestling and held their own or won. They are basically world level already. The same can't be said for any other 18/19/20 year olds in the USA, even after giving a year of college to normalize age and training.

The Mrs isn’t a big fan of garlic so the old-school maitre d is probably what I’ll try first. Thanks for the ideas.

They never have.

Try chimichuri too !!! On steak is great.

Google a bunch. Matre d is old school common but Garlic parm southwest style butter …. Google this. Confit garlic.

Welp, that didn’t last long. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

nobody said they aren't special, but my point was the guys who've been in RTCs full time doing sr level training probably aren't going to see a huge jump in performance heading into a college room... The guys who haven't had world class training for their entire high school career might be more likely to jump levels. Could be a dumb hypothesis, and maybe everyone on this list has been afforded that same world class training Jax has had, so it might be a mute point.

and a million retirees that can't afford their taxes after inflation + property spike + the ultimate stupidity of having their SS taxed. there's absolutely no rationale for most existing (or more) taxes unless you're a shill or simply uneducated.

This last step might be a game changer for me. I usually top the steak with a bit of plain butter.

Are the 18 year olds in college accomplishing these things? If not than I don't think them being 18 as HS juniors is a sign that they aren't special. I also don't understand why you've just decided that Duke is just going to keep getting better but the other guys have already hit their ceilings. This whole post reads like a 50/50 mix of fact and fiction to create a narrative.

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He wouldn't be able to compete this upcoming year in PIAA if he was currently 19. Has to at least be 18 until the end of June

Yeah, my understanding is UWW puts the age that they will turn in the current calendar year because that's what's relevant to UWW for age divisions. I think Jax's bday is late October

I think RAF has a great shot tbh!!

Yeah, maybe I have worn out my welcome here. Time to take a break.

are you sure? his uww profile is where I got it https://uww.org/athletes/forrest-jaxen-patrick

I bet there is a recruiting bump from this. Quite literally one of the nicest thing you could do for someone.

Yes, the pace of building slowed in the last decade, foreclosures were high, exclusionary zoning rules, etc etc etc.

Gradually started before this but the big shift came in the 90's with the rise of Howard Stern and Jerry Springer. It culminated with the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal. Meaning the public was ready to shed the US "morality myth" that made it's last stand in the 80's.

Jax is 18