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My mommy said you have to go first. What a baby

Generally speaking, if someone wants to be the best in the world, they need to take a path other people might not normally take. But of course nobody is obligated to attempt to reach that level.

I am conservative. You are not. Guilty as charged. What are your positions on popular issues? Are they based in fact and reality? Let's try something. Count up how many times you have admitted you were wrong and apologized on this forum. I will do the same. You go first please. No. You laid down this challenge. As a show of good faith, since you have shown little in our past, you should be the honorable one and go first. Further more, I have apologized for misunderstanding someone's intentions or how they phrased certain things or if I misread. In my earlier days of posting much more frequently then recent days/months, I often was a few posts behind when crafting my response and was missing some (cough cough) context that was injected while away. But rarely if ever have I been proven factually wrong(I don't engage in conversations that are either boring or that I agree with already). Its a point of pride that just about all those that I have disagreed with either; handwave away my responses(either because they are too dumb or lazy to read and understand them before asking any clarifying questions), say its AI(common crashout from the right), or just call me names(always the sign of a winning argument). If you have an example, I'd be happy, elated even, to see it. And would humbly apologize for whatever it was that rent me asunder from truth or fact. I am much more thorough in my arguments than, I feel, most people opposed to my ideas are used to considering. I can see how that could be intimidating but you all have the same resources that I do. I don't understand how you refuse to use them. But I think we all know why. You are emotionally attached to your opinions(THAT is something I agree that we all can do from time to time) but I have come to learn how to detach feelings from facts and data. Having a health combination of both isn't bad but being too emotional leads to bad data and being too data driven leads to a loss of humanity and empathy. I find the right is far too emotional and leads to a horrible combination that is the worst of both sides. No data, high emotions, no empathy, no humanity. And the use of debate tactics and not being forced to say what they really feel/think allows them just enough room to convince others that think just like them. No wonder the right is so anti-education and so pro-authoritarian, I'm sorry I meant religious. Having someone else to their thinking for them is the hallmark of the right. Thanks for allowing me a chance to rant. If you can prove me wrong, I'll be happy to apologize.

You would know.

And tased

Every accusation is a confession

This is not about resumes but about current level of performance IMO: 1- Zahid 2- Snyder 3- Hidlay 4- Haines 5- Woods Other strong competitors out there include Carr and Dake.

Widely considered. Bahahahahahhahahahahahahahaha. By the left

yes and yes. Can you imagine 97 kg Brooks, pumped to the gills full of Wegman's DNA and buffalo wings?

Nothing at 125 was locked and I'm bringing my receipts right wrong and indifferent. I thought DNP personally and unfortunately. Ceiling Floor Prediction Actual 57 Lee Gold Bronze Gold DNP 61 Jax Bronze DNP DNP DNP* (Bronze) 65 Woods Bronze DNP DNP Bronze 70 Duke Bronze DNP DNP DNP 74 Carr Gold DNP Bronze 5th 79 Haines Gold DNP Bronze Silver 86 Zahid Gold DNP Silver Gold 92 Hidlay Gold DNP Bronze Gold 97 Snyder Silver DNP Silver Gold 125 Pindrickson Silver DNP DNP DNP

The post-197lb version of Brooks looks bigger than the 184lb version of him. Also that angle is craptastic in the first picture.

Well, he didn't need to be amazing for four minutes.

I know he gave Dake all he could handle a couple years back, but he gassed pretty hard. Seeing him up at 79 KG makes me eager to see him head to 86 KG for the Olympics. That would be cool as hell.

I am going to do it a little different than what you asked for. I am going to list our current team members, and give them what I think is a realistic percentage for being our rep. 57 KG - Lee, ~75% 57 KG 61 KG - Forrest, <5% 65 KG, <1% 57 KG 65 KG - Woods, 5-10% 65 KG 70 KG - Duke, 5-10% 74 KG 74 KG - Carr, 20-25% 74 KG 79 KG - Haines, 15-20% 74 KG, <5% 86 KG 86 KG - Valencia, ~75% 86 KG 92 KG - Thicclay, <5 % 86 KG, 5-10% 97 KG 97 KG - Snyder, ~75% 97 KG 125 KG - Pindrickson, 15-20% 125 KG Interestingly enough, I think were Snyder to go 125 KG, he would win it, and perhaps his match against Parris is to test those waters. That said, I think Lee, Valencia, and Snyder are heavy favorites to make it and realistically only injury or retirement will change that. Lee laid a dud, but that is more because of our unrealistic expectations. If I had to bet, right now, this is what I would put our team at: 57 KG - Lee 65 KG - Mendez 74 KG - Carr 86 KG - Valencia 97 KG - Snyder 125 KG - Parris

Wonderful performance—and he’s from a country that is not a traditional freestyle power. Does anyone have any background info on him? (How he got into freestyle, who his coach is, who he trains with, etc.)

Well that aged poorly lol. I guess if you wrestle amazing enough for 3 minutes, that is good enough!

More men’s freestyle golds than anyone else. Not bad at all.

Pretty bummed that the US bookends cost the US a shot at the team title, BUT I must say - watching Amouzad close out MFS at 65 KG? It's always a damned pleasure to watch him wrestle. I don't know how he lost last year and I don't know how he 'only' took 5th the year prior. When he is on, he is unbeatable. Now get him on a treadmill to train cardio!

We gave up two medals to get that medal at 65 KG, though. Gold at 57 KG and Bronze at 125 KG. It cost us the team title. Honestly, were Specer or Pindrickson able to have broken through for a medal, we would have won it. In a year that most other countries would have called us having a down year due to no Cox, no JB, no Dake, and no DT.

Ok serious question now that the dust has settled: Going into worlds, if someone says "you have to give up one of your golds but in return you can earn a medal at 65kg" how many of us would have taken that offer?

so many greats/personal favorites of mine already mentioned, I'll add a couple more than I'm not sure I have seen yet: Jim Martin/PSU Scott Moore/PSU and UVA

Here's an AI answer: RV tells 110% lies 110% of the time.

Had Pindrickson gotten bronze like he should have, we would have won the title.

Oh so very very tolerant they are.

Final team results for anyone who cares