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Some street racers buy fast cars. Some build fast cars. Both own fast cars and both can win.

Was talking to.some old coaches and wrestlers about tis topic last week. Back in the 80s and 90s lots of the methodology for developing strength came from Flex and Muscle Fitness magazines (bodybuilding) where building muscle not strength was the focus. Isolate the muscles individually instead of full body lifts and muscle group lifts with little concern for function and flexibility

No different tan the plethora of youth "nationals". Some guy wants to give it the name NATIONAL DUALS with no sanctioning body giving the event any true value

".....if we want to grow the sport more transparency would go way further some idiot doing a tik tok dance." casual and/or new fans don't really care about why one of three assistant coaches leave a program during the off season .

Any team that replaces an upper classman with a new recruit (be it portal or freshman ) shows disloyalty towards existing athletes.

Loyal to their wrestlers? Or loyal to their presumed stud starters? Nobody says a word when wrestlers with a 3-20 record are recruited over!

Im.not. saying the coaches or athletic dept failed it is failure by the institution as a whole. The school has bigger concerns and that's ok

Yup and Oklahoma State was Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical at one time as well, the powers that be made the call and look where they are today.

I look at PSU and see where they were pre-Sanderson and wonder why other teams with the same sort of success haven't made strides forward like they have. Oklahoma? Illinois? Michigan State? Indiana? Wisconsin? Etc?? Why aren't they doing better? Sure they all can't be #1 but they sure can do better.

I'm saying the schools had the opportunity to become athletic powerhouses and decided that was the road they did not want to travel down. The decision might have been made 75 years ago but it is what it is.

Clarion failed to parlay their excellence under Bob Bubb into future success. Maybe it was the athletic dept maybe it was the school or at the state level but the ball was dropped. Opportunity existed and somebody squandered it. It is obvious that wrestling and athletics are not a priority at Clarion and many other schools. Decisions were made and that is OK

Opportunity exists for all.

Every team in the NCAA has had the same opportunities to raise funds and hire good coaches and build good facilities. I hate hearing about the haves and have nots. Some schools chose to act, some schools didn't!. This phenomenon does not just apply to recent history

Chandler needs to go! Never hire from within a failed program and that is exactly what Msu did when they hired Chandler.

I know! We should all be thankful we don't need to wait 1 1/2 months for the results to be published in USA Wrestling!