Coach Taylor's Pokes

[BruceyB]

After tonight's dominating win over VT it looks like the Coach Taylor message is having an impact. In the past have we seen OSU come out in a dual like this and look sluggish, tired, and guys looking complacent to just get out of the building with a win. From 125-285 every single guy went out and wrestled hard. Guys were pushing for majors and techs with short time in the third period rather than being satisfied with their lead. Even Amine scored a takedown in the third and was pushing for another in short time. It looks like an OSU team that is wrestling with a different mindset than they have years. Ok St fans must be excited. If they get used to wrestling with this kind of mindset, they will be some very tough outs come march.

[Mr. PeanutButter]

It was an eggciting dual for sure but let's give DT at least a season to try and work his magicke before drawing big conclusions. I like what I'm seeing so far but there have been plenty of Okie teams in recent years that came out looking like they were cooking with peanut oil only end up burnt to a crisp and tasting like donkey $#!t by March 

[Hammerlock3]

He's a little obnoxious and my buddy aaron says the lord hates his guts, but as far as wrestling goes he remains the magic man. 

[ionel]

15 minutes ago, Mr. PeanutButter said:

It was an eggciting dual for sure but let's give DT at least a season to try and work his magicke before drawing big conclusions. I like what I'm seeing so far but there have been plenty of Okie teams in recent years that came out looking like they were cooking with peanut oil only end up burnt to a crisp and tasting like donkey $#!t by March 

You've written butter.  

[BruceyB]

34 minutes ago, Mr. PeanutButter said:

It was an eggciting dual for sure but let's give DT at least a season to try and work his magicke before drawing big conclusions. I like what I'm seeing so far but there have been plenty of Okie teams in recent years that came out looking like they were cooking with peanut oil only end up burnt to a crisp and tasting like donkey $#!t by March 

I could absolutely be wrong, but I have been a fan of Ok St for a long time, and John Smith is one of my favorite wrestlers and guys to listen to talk about wrestling of all time. But I haven't seen this kind of a pace and pursuit of scores across the roster in the last ten+ years. They have had better teams, but even then they didn't pursue scores the way the guys seemed to tonight. That could be because it's a fresh room with a new coach, and that could be a temporary bump (we see bad NFL teams surge under interim coaches due to culture change). But the fun of fandom is speculation, and I don't think you could have hoped for a better first month and a half as an Okie St fan.

[Mr. PeanutButter]

58 minutes ago, ionel said:

You've written butter.  

I know, friend. Blame it on the whiskey you gave Randolph. He shared some with me. 

[boconnell]

1 hour ago, Mr. PeanutButter said:

It was an eggciting dual for sure but let's give DT at least a season to try and work his magicke before drawing big conclusions. I like what I'm seeing so far but there have been plenty of Okie teams in recent years that came out looking like they were cooking with peanut oil only end up burnt to a crisp and tasting like donkey $#!t by March 

I think I'll draw big conclusions now.  I don't get why everyone should wait until after the fact to draw conclusions.  We aren't a bunch of analysts going over past data.  We are message board fans commenting on what's happening right now.  This would be a really boring place if we all just waited until after the season to have any conclusions.

[Pinnacle]

Pokes are wrestling great. Energy looked fantastic.

[Sheerstress]

From 149 on up, he's got a very solid lineup of mostly accomplished seniors that have definitely been energized by the energy he brings as a new coach with a decorated career.

The honeymoon will end starting next year, when most of his top wrestlers graduate, and that will probably be his first real test as OSU coach.

[D3 for LU]

6 hours ago, Mr. PeanutButter said:

It was an eggciting dual for sure but let's give DT at least a season to try and work his magicke before drawing big conclusions. I like what I'm seeing so far but there have been plenty of Okie teams in recent years that came out looking like they were cooking with peanut oil only end up burnt to a crisp and tasting like donkey $#!t by March 

Eggsactly!

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