RBY documentary

[Fletcher]

On 1/31/2023 at 10:15 PM, SocraTease said:

One thing occurred to me about RBY's absolute obsession with video games when he was younger is that it might have helped to cultivate and hone his hand-eye coordination, his perception of very small changes immediately around him (especially his opponent's moves and body), his focus and mat awareness, and has ability to attack and counter-attack at the right time.  He apparently was/is very good at numerous video games and was considering a professional "career" playing these games for money rather than going to college.

He has an unbelievable cat-like quickness which may be reinforced by his habit of playing endless hours of these games.   It's speculative, but there could be something to it.

In that case, my kid's gonna be a 4 time national champ.

[lightweight]

5 hours ago, RYou said:

While the kids were in grammar school, we moved to a town that was consistently ranked in the top ten in the state, and No.1 a couple recent years. Almost all of the wrestlers 140 and up were crossovers to football. It consistently produced state champs and placers but were mediocre in football. Then when the eldest was in 8th grade the HS hired a new football coach and staff.  Just before wrestling practice was to begin, the football coach gave an ultimatum, forget about wrestling, basketball baseball and lacrosse; if you want to start next fall you have to be in the weight room during winter and spring.  It devastated the wrestling team turnout.  Almost allk were kids that had spent years in the town youth wrestling program and would have been future placers and some champs. The wrestling staff which included a state and USA hall of fame coach complained to the AD.  He did nothing.  We even contacted NFL players and college football coaches and asked them to call or write letters to the AD about the benefits of wrestling had on their football careers.  The AD ignored all of it. At the end of the season, the wrestling coaching staff resigned after leading the program for 20 years.  It killed the wrestling program.  Word spread and the participation in the youth program started falling since that HoF coach was no longer running the program. It's been 30 years now and it still hasn't recovered even though that football coach is long gone. 

Side story....that football coach, now there about 10 years..... was out jogging after school one winter evening and UPS van driver didn't see him, backed up and road over him.  Busted up his hip and one leg pretty good.  He never returned to the school.  The replacement coach had an entirely opposite philosophy and encouraged the FBs to wrestle and play other sports.

Did they get your license number, or did you swap the plate out when you got the van back to the UPS depot?

[Rassling]

Inspiring young man / inspiring story - inspirational overall. Well done FLO

 

[JimmyCinnabon]

On 2/1/2023 at 8:12 AM, PortaJohn said:

 

I guess I'll have to be the whistleblower on this.  Cael used to work with Julian Assange.  The WikiLeaks organization used to hack into a recruits email and compile key data for Sanderson. This enabled him to weigh the pro and cons on recruits and whether or not to continue to pursue them.  Another example of the dirty side of college wrestling 

Nobody is talking about this. RBY WAS AN INSIDE JOB!