BruceyB
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That's kind of what I thought. You don't typically see a TD awarded in FS until the defending wrestler turns down and the attacking wrestler is on top and completely behind. If there were a couple more seconds, Dake likely gives up exposure or has to turn down to avoid doing so. In folkstyle that would have 100% been a takedown, but like the quad pod, FS takedowns are called differently.
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I did say in the last 20 years, but Steveson was a glaring omission. But the main point was disputing the claim that "not many win gold after 25." The opposite is true. The majority of USA's gold's have been won by wrestlers 25 or older and winning a world title before the age of 25 is actually the outlier.
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Read the post I was responding to, and then read my post and figure out why I mentioned Kyle Snyder's name twice. You can figure this out. I believe in you.
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My hope is that he was just tentative to take a shot against bigger, stronger opponents. I don't remember him being so brutal to watch at 61kg. But I felt the same way, I almost created a thread wondering if we found Bartlett's heir apparent. If he wrestles at 141 next year, I fear that we may be in line for some brutal matches. What's the opposite of guns Blaze-ing? Guns holstered? Might have to start workshopping a nickname just in case.
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I would say indisputable. You nailed it, Jimmy!
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My brother.. All of Dake's Golds.. he was 27 or older All of David Taylor's golds.. 27 or older and DT was 32 when he won his last World Gold. All of Burroughs golds other than 2011 happened when he was 25 or older and his last gold was at 33 Gilman was 26. Stieber was 25. Micic was 27. Snyder won gold at 26. How many world gold medalists have been won by wrestling under 25 in the last 20 years in men's FS? Cejudo, Snyder.. and?
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David Taylor was 27 when he got on his first team and won his first title. Kyle Dake was 27 when he made his first team and won his first world title. Who you have to beat to get on the team matters. Now you can argue that Dake and Taylor couldn't beat a prime Burroughs at his ideal weight class while Starocci failed to beat a 34 year old Dake who is wrestling up 24 pound from where he competed last year.
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I just went back and rewatched, you are right. Barr got off his butt and to his feet in a low squat when he pulled Sinclair through. It was a correctly called very close four. I didn't see it in real time, but maybe the tiger style corner did.
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But it wasn't feet to back. It was a crackdown position?
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Sinclair had to be over aggressive knowing he needed to score 3 points in the last 45 seconds and gave up the takedown to make it 7-3. If Sinclair wins the challenge, it would have been 3-3 and one point would have won the match.
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Well, technically if it was 6-3 after the lost challenge, Sinclair would have needed 7 to win rather than 6. But with that amount of time left, I would have risked it being tied at 3-3 being down by criteria rather than accept essentially being down by 3 with 45 seconds left. I have no idea how it was called and confirmed four.
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I didn't understand that one either. Also, he probably shouldn't have taken that shot. I respect looking to score, but being undersized with the lead.. probably don't need to be so aggressive. I was interested to see Barr have to go get one on his own.
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I'm not as familiar with how that position is called in FS. Do they typically call it the same as folk?
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Try scoring before the last 10 seconds of the match and maybe he doesn't find himself in this position. Poor late match wrestling by Dake, but poor offensive effort from Starocci the first 5:50 of the match.
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Without a singlet pull, Zahid takes out Brooks last year. You believe Starocci is better than Brooks?
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Who's winning 86kg tomorrow, Dake or Starocci? Will either wrestler secure a takedown? IIRC Dake did not score a TD on Keckeisen today, but he is savvy enough in FS that he can score points in a number of ways.
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I think they're saying he established the takedown when he gained control of both legs and then turned him with a lace(ish). I don't have that strong of a feeling on it either way, as I can see the argument for both. Edit: Unless you're questioning whether or not their is exposure? But for that I would say he went hand to hand and that's 2.
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Think she said this about Spencer coming out of high school?
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This. Make sure the viewers don't know when the marquee matchups are going to take place.
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Didn't realize that the tournament organizers thought it best to run half the quarters separate from the other half. I thought those were prelims.
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Why are we shutting down mat 2 in the middle of the quarters...? Edit: We're going to run consis in the middle of the quarters? Wtf is going on. Who organizes these events? Edit: I was wrong.
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No. They could run women's and men's sessions separately and still have the event completed in the same amount of time. This structure is so that if you want to watch Men's FS, you will have a screen up in the background during women's FS that is improving viewership numbers even though you aren't actually watching.
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I really wish USAW would stop stuffing women's freestyle down our throats. These events are brutal when they mix different styles together. Last year they combined FS, Greco, and Women's and it was one of the worst viewing experiences I've ever had. Give the viewers what they want.
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I haven't watched much PJ Duke, so I'm excited to see what the hype is about. I have a hard time believing he's going to make it through this field, but maybe he really is that guy.
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I think it makes sense that he either redshirts this year or next for the sake of the line-up. Mesenbrink and SVN have two more years, and either Duke or Kasak are going to be without a spot, so it would make sense for each of them to take a RS in the next two years if they are both willing. If Duke is the better guy, he could just take the spot and Kasak could be forced to transfer if he wants to compete his senior year.
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