AnklePicker

Iowa State

One of the most impressive guys I’ve seen…ever. That snap to low attack is a combo of tricky technique and lighting quickness. Killer underhook to push out. Ankle picks and an apparently unstoppable gut. Not to mention it’s damn near impossible to get to his legs. He made Vito look slow. 61 is a perfect weight for him too. He’s thick but short. Super fun to watch. Congrats Ono!

With all due respect to Ghasempour, I really hope we get the see DT vs the Tank. I think Taylor needs to get to his ankles. He’s built too powerfully through the middle to get through his hips. He needs to do what Takatani did to Dake. Get to his ankles and eliminate his chest lock and make him scramble in the process. A lot will come down to how the match is officiated. Will it just be the arbitrary passivity for both guys or will they really force both guys to wrestle and penalize the guy who doesn’t.

Well it’s not fair to lump all coaches in that category. Some coaches have been big proponents for national duals.

Somehow I forgot that it’s all about the money. I should have known. If any coaches do truly care about the health of the sport, and I’m not overly optimistic, they should help start a women’s team. If girls wrestling were a fledgling thing at the HS level I might understand, but it’s not and when given the opportunity it’s booming. Seems like a no brainer.

I've been pleasantly surprised by the rapid growth of girl's high school wrestling here in NJ. I just read it's the fastest growing sport in America for both boys and girls. It's grown fivefold in the last decade. Why wouldn't a program like Penn State jump on board with starting a girl's program? It doesn't seem like them to not have the foresight or resources to develop a team. Iowa has a major advantage here going forward as they've basically monopolized most of the high end talent that's available. It's not as if it will take anything away from the boy's team as they would have a completely independent coach. And this isn't only a question for PSU. I'm not sure why any of the power programs aren't getting ahead of this.

So in your opinion he’s a petty, thin skinned narcissist who needs to “like grow up.” Good to know. Maybe if you ever meet again you can tell him how you really feel about him. He runs a club in Collingswood.

Bad choice of words. Perhaps your name made it come to mind. But you did tell him to..."like grow up." You may not be anti JB but you're def not pro. Not taking anything personal. I was making a point. Competition matters, and to just completely ignore it makes no sense to me.

Silly that competition doesn't matter to the anti JB goat squad. A state champ in Kentucky is not the same as a state champ from Pennsylvania.

Let's say JB wins another gold putting him at 11 medals and 8 golds. Would he then be the GOAT? Or is it impossible for him to be the GOAT?

I’m pretty sure Michael Jordan is the GOAT and I’m positive he was not nearly as good at the end of his i career as he was in the middle. This isn’t hard to understand.

Ok let’s. In 2022 at 79kg by my count there are a minimum of 7 former Soviet countries represented in JB’s weight that year. In fact both bronze medalists are from former Soviet states. He beat an Iranian in the finals. Compare that to a Canadian who never places before or after and an East German.

Saitiev also lost his spot one year so there goes that point as well. if you’d like we can also compare who they had to beat to make their world teams over the years. I have a feeling JB’s competition did just a bit better on the international stage.

No they don’t. One year Smith won a JV tournament by the standards of JB’s competition. I love John Smith. Always have always will. But that’s just a fact. He beat Canadian Gary Bohay in the finals who never placed before of after the 1989 worlds and the East German placed 3rd. Show me one single year that JB ever had to wrestle a tournament like that. Dude has 4 Russians in his weight nearly every year he competed. And in much more condensed weight classes. He also has ANOTHER world gold over Smith.

No one forgets. We also remember it was at hwt when there were 10 weights and only 1 Russian. Same applies to Smith…10 weights 1 Russian. Now compare that to JB’s career and you tell me which is more difficult? It’s debatable, but to say in no way shape or form disqualifies you from the argument.