This happens more than you probably think. A coach usually will go with the wrestler that gives the team the best shot at winning. That doesn’t always equate to who wins in your room. I know it sounds odd but when you wrestle guys for hours a day, every day, you get very familiar with each other and matches can become very tight. Wrestlers evolve and learn to shut down each other’s move and the game continues each evolving learning to overcome counters to counters and so on. Not to mention some guys just got your number and sometimes they are in the same room but overall maybe the style, competitiveness, gas tank, etc… of the guy who loses in wrestle offs will translate into more wins in regular competition. Doesn’t me this is right, wrong, or anything else, just that it is and should be the coaches decision of what is best.