Overtime Rules

[Gus]

4 hours ago, AlexS said:

There is an answer here for Sloan that I think coaches need to consider. Take top! If you're not confident you can get away, take top, get your 30 seconds of riding time, then Elam can't take neutral (or would need to score there), if he takes bottom, you ride him out again and win, and if he takes top too and gets the rideout, riding time is tied and you go to the next set of OTs. 

Taking neutral after you get a rideout is good strategy, especially against a strong rider, but if both wrestlers are good on top, neither should choose down.

I agree with this. Sloan takes top a lot in his matches and is a hammer on top. If/when he meets Elam in the semis I think he will deploy a different strategy.

[Dark Energy]

If SV for first 2 minutes is scoreless, and go to TB1 - and wrestler A rides B out ……and now A chooses neutral … consider this like Ultimate TB just happened … but B now gets a shot to score.
 

I’m ok with this.
 

Folks clamoring for ultimate tie breaker.  It kinda just happened.

[ionel]

24 minutes ago, Dark Energy said:

If SV for first 2 minutes is scoreless, and go to TB1 - and wrestler A rides B out ……and now A chooses neutral … consider this like Ultimate TB just happened … but B now gets a shot to score.
 

I’m ok with this.
 

Folks clamoring for ultimate tie breaker.  It kinda just happened.

Plus if you aren't great on bottom and the other guy is a hammer on top maybe you'd better work your tail off in the 2 min SV. 

[Offthemat]

Or even take a shot during regulation. 

[ionel]

1 hour ago, Offthemat said:

Or even take a shot during regulation. 

You have high expectations.

[Offthemat]

Wrestling is hard.