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Nomad listed out top teams over past 20 years on Twitter. Average placement at NCAAs 1. Iowa 3.35 2. Penn State 5.15 3. Cornell 5.89 Yes, PSU is held back by early year poor placement. But I’d like to highlight Cornell. # 3. Pretty freaking impressive. Go Big Red!!

Seems like many are cool with 19 year olds winning state titles in high school. Basically the same thing. Kid is clearly too old for high school, or kid is clearly too old for cadets.

No tickets is pretty wild. You sure?

KC > St Louis. That said, we all need to read and appreciate Jason’s posts. (holy crap it is getting hard to post in this forum with all the ads covering what I’m typing. Must must use precision skills to x them out.)

Clearly will be a big benefit to him. Wrestling with Vito and Yianni. The Big Red will welcome him and guide home to future success on the mat and in life as a whole.

Pretty sure they said no qualifier. Thought about entering.

Nice write up. Has anyone heard anything regarding Vito’s health? I expect he would not have signed up for this if was hobbled but have heard 0. Freaking great job by Blades.

Allow riding for full period with no attempt to, or pretend attempts to, turn opponent.

PD3 was winning. But now lost by TF.

A damn good podcast overall. Worth getting into your rotation to simply learn about a lot of things. Just listened to an Aug 11 podcast titled “Extra: Here’s why you are not an elite athlete (update)”. A good listen. Covers a wide range of topics. Many debated here. - Talent (it exists) - early specialization (suggests not good) - so many strive yet end up worse off income wise when don’t hit it big And more - importance of mind, sacrifices. If you are a hard core sports junkie, perhaps too ‘light’ for you and perhaps topics are already well covered for you. For me, it was just right.

Wow. This is awesome. Big big names. Very cool.

Has anyone taught Mirasola how to act in last 20 seconds when winning? That disengage and run to the center thing seems logical but doesn’t pass the smart acting thing. Don’t get me wrong, stupidly screwed, but he could have acted WAY smarter in those final seconds.

Love when the pop ups stake on each other and you have to be hyper careful to click the x button to close ad to be able to interact with site. Happened just now with annoying tapatalk float up and an add. Better part was that the ad was a moment delayed so when I when to click on continue (not get tapatalk app), the ad slide under my finger so I hit the ad instead. Not gonna lie, kinda sucks.

You realize he is not being facetious right? Lots of people saying he is completely serious.

Kudos to you for your professionalism and effort here. Getting the name pronunciation right is no easy feat. I expect it gets easier with practice but early on I also expect it was pretty tough.

This is so …. Meh. Do people really feel this is creating fans for him? Gotta say it is doing the opposite for me …

If that is true then I’d also suggest there is no reason NOT to think they would have fared better at another club. 57kg Lee - silver. Finals were the expectation. Some felt gold was. I’d call this met expectations. 65kg Zain - 0-1. Seems hobbled by injury. Sucks. Can happen anywhere. 74kg Dake - bronze. Losses to silver medalist. Sidakov not there. Game plan didn’t work. Will call this as not meeting expectations. 86kg Brooks - so damn close to getting to finals. Ugh. I do agree that with some more freestyle, bettter results coming. 97kg Snyder - no medal. No Russia. Under performed expectations. Yes, lost to guys he has lost to before. Still, many thought NLWC was going to create some magic. Hvy - Mason - meh. Not good. 4 of 6 from NLWC. 1 was at expectations (Brooks) for me. 2 did not meet. 1 takes a flyer. But note, 4 were on team! That is good but 2 of the 4 are transplants that were already solidly on the US team and were having outstanding results. Non-NLWC guys - one met expectations, one did not meet expectations. Kinda of a wash. NLWC doesn’t seem worse. Original question is still valid. Just don’t know that we can answer in a solid way. Well, anyone have insights on the women and their training approach?

Dictate? Of course not. Why did you jump to that? A wrestler is deciding. Go to place where there are many many super studs vying for attention and support or go someplace with fewer super studs and get more dedicated attention. Perhaps there is a happy medium. Too few super studs and the skillset in the room and coaching staff may be lacking. Too many and the focus is diluted.

Anyone want to discuss idea of the benefits of spreading studs across RTCs vs benefits of massing them?

Spencer Lee - gets to Olympic Finals. Iowa RTC did well. Sebastian Rivera gets bronze in a brutal weight. Was silver before. NY/NJ RTC? Micic wins world championship in a tough Olympic weight. Michigan RTC - there were other studs there too. Vito at Cornell / Spartan - world title at non-Olympic weight. Wasn’t sharing attention after Yianni didn’t make team NLWC has done well in past but this Olympics, under performed relative to past. So many studs. Is there an issue with split attention? This Olympics is ONE data point. Not a trend and may just be a blip. But, I can see there being goodness with a guy getting more dedicated focus and attention. Curious to hear thoughts. Were Elor, Sarah and Kennedy at distinct RTCs?

You’ve outed yourself as a hypocritical idiot. Congrats. Sometimes people do so but it isn’t super clear. You’ve done so with perfect clarity. Bravo!

Albania? What age group worlds are you talking about? Ahhh .. 2024 non Olympic weights. I’m getting it now. Hoping Vito at 61. No idea if he is healthy.

D3, thank you!!!

Huh? Any see that other blade down? Need another angle? Or did refs say, enough … we are tired. Pin!!

Apparently, he needs to wrestle pissed. yes he whined, and yes he got pissed and decided to kick ass.