boconnell

Yep. The other guy just hand fought all match. His game plan was to shove and take ground. Even after he was behind he never really attempted offense.

It's weird that we both disagree and you think that makes it personal for me but not for you. I don't think it's a word issue. I think we're just disagreeing. I think you can disagree with refs and have bad body language and it can be absolutely nothing. I am less worried about Lockett or any athlete leaving the refs alone, and am more worried about Lockett and any athlete not letting any factor stop them from performing their best. I don't think there's any direct link between complaining and being taken out of the right head space. I think plenty of guys are stone faced and let their coach handle the refs and it still affects them. I think some athletes have no poker face and don't let it affect them. So I disagree that a guy winning a tight match by coming from behind is a lack of mental fortitude.

I think lots of athletes complain to the ref without it showing any lack of mental toughness. Burroughs and Dake are the two biggest complainers in the sport and maybe the two mentally toughest athletes we have. The complaining doesn't lessen their ability to wrestle and win. In Lockett's loss to Russia I think you could say he got caught up in complaining and it affected how he wrestled. That's a mental toughness issue. Complaining and not letting it affect your performance is not a mental toughness issue. It's an optics issue at worst. There were no mental toughness issues against Germany this morning.

Great win from Stanich. Russian just wanted to push before, during, and after the whistle.

Are you kidding me? You declare something is true and then say you didn't say it's a fact? That's some serious word salad. You declare what's true and then claim it's all opinion when called on your truth declarations. And all while questioning a guy's mental toughness based on him not being happy but still doing all the right things. If that's your version of enjoying the semifinals then I'll leave you to it.

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Just because you declare he lacks mental fortitude doesn't make it true. It's awesome you call it a fact and then say I have to let you disagree.

You said he lacks mental fortitude. While coming from behind to win a close match.

Yep. The way he won that close match late was definitely mentally weak. Coming from behind after a close call went against him was bad.

Wyatt isn't a pilot. I'm pretty sure it's been said he's a logistics guy. So he's not bound for excitement.

It was interesting that after the long break he took laying down and during the challenge his leg got better.

I think it was super obvious his lungs were the only injury.

I think he was breathing heavy on his way to the mat.

Embarrassing that the guy can just lay on the ground for 60 seconds mid match. Then one of the dumbest challenges I've ever seen. Just let the match continue and the Russian probably has a coronary. Instead they challenge and give him the break he needs to survive another minute. And I don't say survive like win. I mean physically survive and not stop living.

He just took a break that was twice as long as the break between periods and the ref just repeatedly pointed at the middle.

It's hilarious how you can take as long as you want returning to the circle at any point and the ref won't do anything but repeatedly point.

Not crazy enough. There were multiple restarts while it was tied with him losing.

Classic. I love the celebration from the Iranian while his coach is disgusted in the background. The score didn't change for the last 2 minutes. There were plenty of opportunities to make it clear he was losing.

I went to an amish rakefighting match once and loved it. But that was before the Elkhart incident and all of the rules changes.

How about evidence you lied about Flo's predictions, which is what is said in the post you quote.

Yep. He should start earning that Greco money and getting that greco coaching and support right away. There's no reason for him to go to a university that will pay him, pay his expenses, and pay for school while he trains.

So every time those guys have a close match it's simply them over-respecting the other guy?

It is awesome that you responded to a post about shot put by saying running comes naturally to humans.

This is quite a story you wrote here.

It's sad when stuff like this comes in after the fact.