Interviewed_at_Weehawken

You can score zero points and end the match with a half nelson.

It was a rule at one point. I don't really understand the leg lace hate. If you don't want to get laced, keep your ankles away from each other. People complain that the match can be ended with one move. This is true, but it is true in all wrestling. You're always one half nelson or one power half away from losing. Eventually, you figure out how to be less susceptible to those holds.

I don't know... LeDuke told me that he heard Iowa had a three hour practice the day before nationals, because Brands wanted to make the boys mentally tougher! No tapering whatsoever! The Brands believe tapering is fiction!

Just a false statement.

If the PSU/NLWC system was as good as the fanboys think it is, they would never ever get better. I'm sure the staff wasn't entirely happy with Nolf's 2nd period vs KOT, and will look for ways to make improvements going forward. Cael is not infallible. He knows that. I'm sure stuff bothers him every day, and he looks to make fixes for every guy every day.

In the past. I think this is disappearing.

Yes, they are not the saints that some would have you believe. Kerk currently wrestling without an ACL. They let Carter continue last night. Their handling of Berge and David Taylor's concussions could be termed coaching malpractice. Shakur Rasheed was being held together by duct tape as a senior.

Mocco's grown brother moved out to Iowa for the same reasun. I assume he moved to OSU as well. Not sure if he made the trek to Florida. Ferrari family goes everywhere together. Did the Morans all move to Oklahoma? I'm sure there are plenty more.

No. (I think) he supposedly took the job, but didn't want to tell Spencer that he was moving to Iowa, as that might have influenced Spencer's decision. He theoretically wanted Spencer to make his own decision.

As a senior?

Is that notch for cautions? (Because Bartlett's 10 is underscored)

I wonder if the fact that it was two NLWC guys that added to the coaches confusion? "Yeah! Nick forced him to back out! Go NLWC!!!"

Yes. Allegedly, dad had coincidentally been hired for a great job in Iowa, but hid the info from Spencer because he didn't want to influence his college decision. (If I remember correctly)

There was no industrial waste in my heyday, sir!

Has The Carter ever beaten someone relatively (by D1 wrestling standards) healthy in a national final?

Iran's 86 used to be a 74, too!

Brady Berge. Shakur Rasheed. Daniel Kerkvliet. RBY. Now Starocci.

I did.

Ummm no. The scoreboard is wrong and has Bartlett winning. Get the scoreboard right, you don't have an issue. Pretty simple.

If the scoreboard is correct, then viewers know who is winning. Pretty simple.

How many three time age group gold medalists have "only" one NCAA title?

He just makes job offers to opponents!

Covid messed up stuff for a lot of guys, but few people are giving Lugo a title because of it. Hall looked good against Kem in Big 10, but had a loss to Kem in the dual. The Mark Hall that we were supposed to be getting wasn't supposed to be in the same ballpark as Kem. Keep in mind that Hall won two golds at Junior Worlds, and one at cadets. Zahid, a one time silver, was really good, but not thought to be in Hall's stratosphere coming in. Things change, guys develop at different rates, etc. But Hall's career trajectory did not go as planned. In fact, he doesn't seem to have much "go to" offense tbh

Yes. I watched the Desanto match, and thought it was an interesting result. I would not have given Desanto much of a chance to beat Gross and Colon after Seeing the Valencia match. I guess Valencia is just that darn good!