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Washington. Wrestled all over the PNW as a little kid--WA, ID, OR, MT, CA and Western Regionals. When I returned from college there was a growing winter kids folkstyle season.

So I guess we can discount any GOAT conversation that includes anything but Olympics. And, just leave a world medal off your resume since it doesn't mean much.

Strange match to me. Obviously the Kyr guy dominated most of it, though it looked like Jordyn may have figured it out a bit at the end of the first period. Until Kyr picked it up multiple levels in the second and Jordyn couldn't match it. Kyr seemed extremely strong, but perfectly relaxed at the same time (watching his facial expressions). Until the end, Jordyn attacked upper body and Kyr panicked and flopped to his back... that was out of character. The strangest part, Kyr suddenly popped back up and had Jordyn on his back. I had to watch the ending multiple times and still don't quite understand how he did it.

He's right, but it's nothing new. I've been involved in youth sports as a competitor, coach, administrator for decades.

I disagree. The feel for freestyle gets better over time. One off-season of freestyle is not the same. Look at how we were from 2000-2010. Compare that to the 80s and 90s. And the 80s and 90s were not just Olympics. You can't look at statistics and say we were better from 2000-2010.

If "shooting through the face" becomes illegal, then it should be illegal to stay on your knees, be in a three point stance, or block with your head. Most coaches teach to block with the head. If you block with the head, you are likely to get head butted, or get a head to face. If I lower my level and shoot straight on and my opponent lowers his head to block, who is at fault?

Maybe not serious, but fun. Although a few of the bangs on the head are not fun to remember. If you are looking for serious though, many of the topics on this site are not for you.

I can tell you shooting through with the head is nothing new. I recall it in the 80s and 90s. I've got scars to prove it, both self and opponent inflicted. I do think there is a lot more 3 point stance in the last 12-15 years, thus shooting through the head becomes more noticeable. If you are going to put your head in the way, you are going to get rung on the noggin.

When I started wrestling kids never wrestled folkstyle until middle school/high school. We started with freestyle. The US was highly competitive internationally through the 80s and 90s. I think starting freestyle young is a big reason why. We had a big dip in our international success in the early 2000s when the kids who started with folkstyle came of age. It took us 12-15 years to figure out how to adapt once our young wrestlers had Folksyle brain. We are doing well now, but it should be hard to argue against the idea that we wouldn't be more successful if we only wrestled what everyone else wrestled be it free or folk.

I guess you'll have to learn sarcasm.

I'm sure they learned about it in his admissions essay, the one where he truthfully laid out his life story.

And that carried over into the finals. That's why he got reversed and turned. All three--Aman, RBY, Mongolian--are one, maybe two steps below Spencer. But that's no surprise.

I wonder how Gable's name has aged around the world. We think of him as one of the best because of his college career and coaching career along with his international career. The world may not pay attention to college or coaching the way we do. Since Burrows and the other greats over the past 12 years, Gable may not have the same world wide name recognition.

These are more my wants than my predictions. I want the ones with the best chance to rep/medal in 2028 to get onto the team and rack up experience. Lee Jax (worried Vito may not be healthy enough to last the quad), Woods (I like how he exploded on the freestyle scene and he looked dynamic) PJ (Because Yianni may not be able to last the quad) Mitch Levi Zahid Trent Snyder (we need to find someone else here, hopefully Brooks) Wyatt