Why did Messenbrink start out at Cal Baptist?

[Fletcher]

There's gotta be a story or explanation for this, right?

[ionel]

who?

[1032004]

Something along the lines of he wasn’t that good as a junior in HS and they were the only school that offered him a scholarship I believe.  Made a big jump as a senior but wanted to honor his commitment for the first year

Edited Thursday at 05:27 PM by 1032004

[MPhillips]

6 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

Something along the lines of he wasn’t that good as a junior in HS and they were the only school that offered him a scholarship I believe.  Made a big jump as a senior but wanted to honor his commitment for the first year

That's about it...

[Ragu]

Honor his commitment? He didn’t do anything for the program at all 

[Caveira]

3 minutes ago, Ragu said:

Honor his commitment? He didn’t do anything for the program at all 

Psu doesn’t rely on transfers.  

[PencilNeck]

word on the street is that he may consider returning if they rename the school to “Carl Baptist”.

[ionel]

40 minutes ago, Ragu said:

Honor his commitment? He didn’t do anything for the program at all 

Maybe he did ... we are talking about them aren't we?  

[jackwebster]

1 hour ago, ionel said:

who?

So tired

[nhs67]

1 hour ago, 1032004 said:

Something along the lines of he wasn’t that good as a junior in HS and they were the only school that offered him a scholarship I believe.  Made a big jump as a senior but wanted to honor his commitment for the first year

^^

Askren has talked about this many times on FRL.

[MPhillips]

1 hour ago, Ragu said:

Honor his commitment? He didn’t do anything for the program at all 

He wrestled twice for them and as was mentioned above, here we are...

[ionel]

13 minutes ago, jackwebster said:

So tired

He's an NCAA Champion and deserves to have a name!

[jackwebster]

33 minutes ago, ionel said:

He's an NCAA Champion and deserves to have a name!

Sure, but spelling ... and grammar and mechanics are conventional, not ordained by some god on high. In everyday conversation, the only relevant question is "Does the error prevent communication?" 

Your point is that a misspelling due to ignorance or a typo is insulting. I see no reason why an unintentional error would lead you to this conclusion.

Edited Thursday at 08:01 PM by jackwebster

[ionel]

4 minutes ago, jackwebster said:

Sure, but spelling ... and grammar and mechanics are conventional, not ordained by some god on high. In everyday conversation, the only relevant question is "Does the error prevent communication?" 

Your point is that a misspelling due to ignorance or a typo is insulting. I see no reason why an unintentional error would lead you to this conclusion.

Stevenson would like a word!

[jackwebster]

2 minutes ago, ionel said:

Stevenson would like a word!

So would Carl and Kemererer and Ramos (mispronounced as Rahmos)...

[Idaho]

 

 

 

[lisa morales]

I thought he was Jewish.

 

[Fletcher]

3 hours ago, ionel said:

who?

I can see how an extra s would make it impossible to follow the thread.