Dark Energy

Prediction - Hendrickson destroys up to point where he forces a gut, opponent slips it on top and pins him.

Some good ones coming up. Blaze v Tomasello Garret v Forrest Desanto v Gross

Credit to Flo as well. Mats cleanly laid out for selection. Showing wrestlers and score with thumbnail.

This dashboard rocks. Loving it. Enjoy the my wrestlers feature. Nice highlighting. Easy to see their results. Estimated time to next match (doesn’t always work). Bravo.

Thank you!!!

Wish could filter dashboard to show the kind of wrestling you want. Like only Show men’s and women’s freestyle. That said, as I explore, it is really very cool.

Tomasello now wrecking. B should inj default. Silly. and he does.

So many mats. But overall, am liking the dashboard.

Looks like he was wrecking Tomasello. Up 11-2. Looks like bad injury (maybe - lots of bad looks on face).

I wonder if Dake has been able to handle Brooks. Makes him confident regarding his 86kg ability. Anyone willing to dish on Dake / Brooks live goes in the room?

Did you mean 157 in 2019 was more chalk? Thinking so. good stuff

PSU #1. Curious, why is PJ #1 and Blaze #2? Both are animals. No slight meant. Just curious. Seems like Blaze has beaten more big guns. No?

I figure Taylor is someone that really knows Dake’s style, strengths, and weaknesses. This is a big coaching challenge for him. Really wish I could hear his advice for Zahid.

What the?!?!?! Really? Seems crazy. Why not go 79kg. Build body up. Then go 86kg if that is what is really desired for Olympics. If Dake is able to beat the field here at 86kg, this year, I’ll be even more in awe. Part of me wants it to not occur because I want to have more faith in our depth. But part of me is like, hell yes!! But again, why not give time for body to grow / bulk? Or is he simply never going to actually get to 86kg?

Well, what was the announcement?

Wait, what? A coach is seeking to market his program and team as being distinct from others, with qualities some wrestlers may prefer, using facts? How dare he do that!!!

So a team with one super good wrestler, just one, with others being below average for d1, would have a high chance of getting to national duals. Seems like something needs to change on qualification. Something that promotes team strength. Dual strength. Vs having an outlier or two. Still want to foster objectivity though. So metric based would be good. They use metrics to help ID the NCAA individual championship field. Perhaps could use similar metrics to evaluate a full team. Use that to help determine entrants.

It is a good Q. Like others said, if from outside school and not a scholarship, taxable. Now, what should it be going forward? Seems like all should be taxable including ‘scholarship’ since that is now just a thin / sham cover for being paid for a service that is important to the university … just like other employees. Seems like they should be considered professional athletes being paid by the school. Let’s not kid ourselves. At least for those schools that sign into the revenue share model. It is revenue share after all.

Good. Too many transfers. Goes for US guys too. Let the actual people living in, and being raised by the nation and its people, be its representatives in sport. Mercenaries not wanted. The win at all costs culture permeating sport is a shame. It is sport.

I’m confused. What is the topic? They are nearly like? Seems like a weird topic.

Not feeling knowledgeable enough to cast an informed vote.

And who is being dismissive? ‘Slightly more realistic’. … ok. I’ve already addressed the point above. We view things differently, and that is ok.

I get that there are open questions on logistics. But I do believe that if there was a desire to change, it would be figured out. This really isn’t rocket science. Solutions vary from one to two centralized locations to weigh in, at the mat itself, or something in between. I have faith that if we wanted to change, we’d figure this out. Many on here must think it is impossible to land a rocket vertically. I have faith in human ingenuity.

And the tactic of attacking / minimizing the person so as to cast aspersions on the question and/or opinion is well known … and a pity. Common now.

The debate has been had here before. On logistics …. Calibrate scales before competition. Each scale is official at each mat. Time comes to weigh shortly before match. Get weighed. Done. Do not get to walk around and scale ‘shop.’ Easy rule. Will there be more forfeits early on? Yes. Will they drop significantly as the rule change is digested? Yes. Will there more at equilibrium than there are today? I don’t know. What about a scale being off by a little bit? I bet a process could be worked out. That said, we deal with ref judgment calls on points. Score table stopping clock either precisely at whistle or near it. OOB calls. Stalling calls. Precise or imprecise start and stop times for injury time, recovery time and blood time. None are scientifically 100% accurate. A scale being off by 0.1 lbs is a risk but like most else there are ways to avoid getting hit by that risk.