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I actually heard him tell the story at a clinic in the mid 90s. Both he and Burnett were there, and I lost track of which one said it. Thanks for the reminder, and also the info on the book. I have very good memories of Greg Strobel. When I was coaching high school, my kids used to always go to the Lehigh camp. He took a personal interest in a couple of them. I also used to email him with questions about technique and strategy and he would always respond. Great dude. I'm going to try to find a copy of that book.

Would he be allowed to get an NIL contract and still be employed by WWE? They are extremely protective of merchandising their entertainer name, image, and likenesses. I'm not even sure if full time WWE "athletes' are allowed to manage their own social media.

Squirming is something I definitely look at. Bottom guy legit squirming? He is not stalling. If the top guy is "legit working power halves" but staying on the squirming man's hips and still nothing is happening, I'll give him a little bit of time. After a while it is going to be a stalemate. If the same situation is happening with no scoring, it will probably be stalling on the top guy eventually. I probably give the top man more time than most refs in my area, but at some point he needs to get a turn or get to a new position.

The Hawks are my #2 team, but I won't be overly upset with whatever decision is made. They knew the rules, they messed around... now they pay the price. On the other hand, it looks like the exact thing these guys were doing may well be legal going forward. Someone likened that to keeping marijuana offenders (not dealer level) in state prisons after marijuana was decriminalized in those states.

How long before someone makes a joke on this thread that starts "I bet....."?

He was about to head for a tech via leg lace.

It was either Burnett or Strobel who told this story: Basically, in 96, Bruce was pretty upset after not making the finals. I'm sure he was disappointed, hurt, beat up, tired. He initially wasn't going to wrestle for bronze. The coaches were able to convince him that "you already have Olympic gold and silver. Why not get a bronze and complete the set?" Which he did.

When is Basch going to rid of Cenzo from his logo? Cenzo is on that show about as much as Steveson is on WWE!

WCML has had Zain, Reader, and Gibbons on in recent weeks. He does seem to have been putting fewer episodes out lately.

I'm pretty sure medalists are eligible for ORS, but not sure if this includes medalists from the last cycle. Remember discussion as to whether Nagao would ORS at PSU? They were put to rest with "No, that's only for medalists... Nagao placed 5th"

Thanks, but somewhat unfair because a number of those wrestlers haven't been able to compete in Worlds at 65.

"Wrestling Changed My Life" is pretty solid without the homerism and without the religion. (and I am fairly religious, but I understand that some find Basch fairly annoying on this)

Good year for some Olympic shirts. Most of those guys are eligible except for Wyatt (USAFA). (Cass obviously needs reinstatement and does Elam's World junior medal from 2018 count for this cycle?)

Tough Irishman!

Ugh! Can't get my gif to gif! Anyway, he spits on spreadsheets!

I'm not sure how I feel about Steveson's return, but I am super happy that we are now appropriately using the word "theory."

It wasn't a question, it was adding emphasis. As a former NCAA athlete, I know the regs.

Not even NCAA basketball pools!

It is clearly true. (and I'm not talking about Real's younger brother, True Woods.)

Not accurate. PSU wrestlers do not get hurt. Proper training and peaking methods.

Exactly. How many of those guys had success in other weights? We have guys who wouldn't be top 4 in the US medal at this weight. When this happens at 86, we say "weak weight."

It would be nice to get a better system, but this is what we have and we have to deal with it. David Taylor pretty much knows that he is good enough where ranking tourneys don't matter anymore. Nick Lee isn't quite at that level, so he needs to take a shot at some ranking events if he is serious about this Olympic medal thing. And I think he did attend at least one and was outperformed by Henderson if I'm not mistaken.

If only there was a way to earn seeding points and separate yourself from other studs!

Would you have him somewhere around 4th best?