HUGE Announcement from Dake!

[ironmonkey]

40 minutes ago, moodybooty said:

What do people want wrestlers & athletes to believe in, if not their faith?

The United States is a Christian-focused country, and a lot of its upper echelon will proclaim their faith as their driving factor. Is this not probably the same in other countries with their corresponding religion?

Instead of going to a dark place and becoming an asshole during a rough patch of life, he leaned on faith. Do we have to hate that?

No.  I just want him to tell me about wrestling when interviewed.  Changes in training. Influences of coaches, family and traiming partners.   Maybe talk about nutrition and/or strength and conditioning.  Wrestling stuff.  Mindset is fine and you can certainly thank God or praise him if that is the driving force brhind your mindset, but share the other stuff too. 

 

This isn't strictly a Snyder criticism.  its horrendous to listen to.  Its an echo chamber.  I won't say its virtue signaling because im not sure it is, but it certainly isn't entertaining and a lot of work and sacrifice go into succeeding at the highest levels.  Some fans want to hear about that instead of religion.  

[ionel]

5 minutes ago, ironmonkey said:

No.  I just want him to tell me about wrestling when interviewed.  Changes in training. Influences of coaches, family and traiming partners.   Maybe talk about nutrition and/or strength and conditioning.  Wrestling stuff.  Mindset is fine and you can certainly thank God or praise him if that is the driving force brhind your mindset, but share the other stuff too. 

 

This isn't strictly a Snyder criticism.  its horrendous to listen to.  Its an echo chamber.  I won't say its virtue signaling because im not sure it is, but it certainly isn't entertaining and a lot of work and sacrifice go into succeeding at the highest levels.  Some fans want to hear about that instead of religion.  

Favorite color?  

[Caveira]

3 minutes ago, ionel said:

Favorite color?  

Favorite ice cream flavor?

[wrestle87]

39 minutes ago, Caveira said:

Favorite ice cream flavor?

“I’m really grateful for welcoming mint chocolate chip into my life…”

[ionel]

I have found Pistachio Almond.   

[JimmySpeaks]

59 minutes ago, ironmonkey said:

No.  I just want him to tell me about wrestling when interviewed.  Changes in training. Influences of coaches, family and traiming partners.   Maybe talk about nutrition and/or strength and conditioning.  Wrestling stuff.  Mindset is fine and you can certainly thank God or praise him if that is the driving force brhind your mindset, but share the other stuff too. 

 

This isn't strictly a Snyder criticism.  it’s horrendous to listen to.  It’s an echo chamber.  I won't say its virtue signaling because im not sure it is, but it certainly isn't entertaining and a lot of work and sacrifice go into succeeding at the highest levels.  Some fans want to hear about that instead of religion.  

Dont listen to him if he doesn’t talk about what you want. It’s pretty easy to do. 

[MJD]

9 minutes ago, JimmySpeaks said:

Dont listen to him if he doesn’t talk about what you want. It’s pretty easy to do. 

It's not that simple. When I first watched that (just before it was posted here), I had no idea that religious stuff was coming. In any case, it would be very interesting have some variety...have a wrestler  talk about finding Satan and how that inspired them, or finding a flying spaghetti monster or whatever. Variety!

[AgaveMaria]

George Washington may have said it best, if not first: “Religious controversies are always more productive of acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.” To prevent such controversies, Washington ordered Continental Army commanders “to protect and support the free exercise…and undisturbed enjoyment of…religious matters."

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Washington’s friend, the widely heralded polemicist Thomas Paine tried ending the controversy. “I do not believe in…any church,” he declared. In a call to arms against what he called church-state tyranny in early America, he insisted that “every national church or religion accuses the others of unbelief; for my own part, I disbelieve them all.”

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John Adams, who had signed the Declaration of Independence, inked his presidential signature on the 1796 Treaty of Tripoli affirming to Americans and the world that “the United States is not, in any sense, a Christian nation.” The 23 members present in the U.S. Senate (out of 32) ratified the document unanimously. 

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The idea of a Jesus figure sound nice but the reality of those who are believers is the biggest reason to stay away from it.

[Rassling2]

As a believer, I do not care to hear about one’s faith during sports events. Religion and politics - two wedge driven topics that needs to stay the heck out of sports - especially our sport. 

[okokzach]

24 minutes ago, Rassling2 said:

As a believer, I do not care to hear about one’s faith during sports events. Religion and politics - two wedge driven topics that needs to stay the heck out of sports - especially our sport. 

Politics at least has tangible impacts on people's lives 

[Rassling2]

10 minutes ago, okokzach said:

Politics at least has tangible impacts on people's lives 

Sure, but keep it to yourself, family and close friends. The majority of us don’t want to hear it. Happy Sunday oko! 

[okokzach]

17 minutes ago, Rassling2 said:

Sure, but keep it to yourself, family and close friends. The majority of us don’t want to hear it. Happy Sunday oko! 

Happy Sunday. Go Thunder!

[wrestle87]

It’s a bit self-contradictory to ask to hear  a wrestler talk about their wrestling and then to say “no but not that part of it” when a religious practice is something they employ as part of their own internal management.

”I want to know what’s in this cake!”

Well, there’s sugar, butter…

”No! Don’t tell me about those parts!”

We have had many long conversations about the sports psychology benefits of believing in a higher power and purpose.

If you don’t like it, don’t watch, but be an adult and let other adults be as they wish to be.

[MPhillips]

3 hours ago, JimmySpeaks said:

Dont listen to him if he doesn’t talk about what you want. It’s pretty easy to do. 

Not that easy...

[Saylors_Tiny_Willie]

[JimmySpeaks]

58 minutes ago, MPhillips said:

Not that easy...

Very easy.  If you have any will power at all. 

[JimmySpeaks]

4 hours ago, MJD said:

It's not that simple. When I first watched that (just before it was posted here), I had no idea that religious stuff was coming. In any case, it would be very interesting have some variety...have a wrestler  talk about finding Satan and how that inspired them, or finding a flying spaghetti monster or whatever. Variety!

Now you know that he talks about it so if you listen again and he does it again ……. Well 

[ironmonkey]

2 hours ago, wrestle87 said:

It’s a bit self-contradictory to ask to hear  a wrestler talk about their wrestling and then to say “no but not that part of it” when a religious practice is something they employ as part of their own internal management.

”I want to know what’s in this cake!”

Well, there’s sugar, butter…

”No! Don’t tell me about those parts!”

We have had many long conversations about the sports psychology benefits of believing in a higher power and purpose.

If you don’t like it, don’t watch, but be an adult and let other adults be as they wish to be.

It doesnt have to be all or nothing. They can discuss it as well as the other things that made them successful.  

 

 

Edited 17 hours ago by ironmonkey
Missed post

[moodybooty]

6 hours ago, D3 for LU said:

Don't take life soooooooooooooo seriously, moodybooty

It's just a throw away joke anyway.

Take it or leave it. (That's all you have to do... )

D3

7 notifications on a Sunday? I’ll leave it, thank you

[JimmySpeaks]

I can have an opinion that he can’t talk about his faith.  
 

He can’t have an opinion about his own faith.  
 

the wokester wingers on here are priceless. 

[1032004]

1 hour ago, ironmonkey said:

It doesnt have to be all or nothing. They can discuss it as well as the other things that made them successful.  

 

 

Honestly I feel like there aren’t many guys that do this other than Aaron Brooks

[bnwtwg]

Some of you don't speak corporate leadership and it shows.

Dake's comments were showing support. It's not hard to figure out lol

[bnwtwg]

10 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

Honestly I feel like there aren’t many guys that do this other than Aaron Brooks

That's pretty false, but see my comment above as it pertains to this particular thread.0

[HokieDave87]

5 hours ago, Rassling2 said:

Sure, but keep it to yourself, family and close friends. The majority of us don’t want to hear it. Happy Sunday oko! 

You haven't lived until you're with a group of people with political/religious disagreements at a social event/bar/restaurant and right before you leave just gently bring up a hot button issue and go on your way.

[bnwtwg]

4 minutes ago, HokieDave87 said:

You haven't lived until you're with a group of people with political/religious disagreements at a social event/bar/restaurant and right before you leave just gently bring up a hot button issue and go on your way.

The ol' Northern Irish goodbye