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https://www.collegian.psu.edu/sports/penn-state-wrestling-s-carter-starocci-gets-revenge-against-indiana-rival-amid-social-media-trash/article_a3f97d36-a5ab-11ed-a41d-87f093c81ae0.html

Iowa fans' comments are savage.  A PSU great who once slumped can relate!  Hang in there Warner!

It's telling how PSU and Iowa fans can watch the same match and have opposite takes on who was stalling and boring and who would benefit from more aggressive stall calls, who shows promise, etc.

Although I'm more with this guy ( Iowa stalls link),  I can appreciate the good points raised by Iowa fans as well as be amused by the more myopic rants. 

Thanks for the good reads.

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There was probably more booing than applause when Lee was introduced. It was mixed. By far more applause than boos at the end.

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Nonsense about no ovation. Lee got an ovation. I was there. Fact.

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Lee .. destroyer of worlds. Thanos vs Lee is rumored to be the next Marvel movie. Apparently Thanos erases everyone's ACLs from existence in order to decrease the human population and even worse calls Brands an Orange. Lee is the only person who can still function at a high level and seeks vengeance.

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"Never pass up a bar, whether it's on the street or on the mat" -. Not sure but suspect Gray Simons since he was the idol of the coach who kept telling us that

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On 11/16/2022 at 8:56 PM, Theo Brixton said:

I think AJ needed and would benefit from some tough love. And I think Cael was the only one capable of doling it out. I think it's plausible constant drubbings in the room might have kept his ego in check. That's the working hypothesis at least and will forever remain a though experiment.

I recall watching a Quentin Wright interview where he mentioned that Cael wasn't in the loop regarding Andrew Long's (dependency and behavioral?) issues while the PSU team members were aware.  I believe Cael learned from his errors and communication for non-wrestling issues has now become a priority as a result of that failure.   Great head coaches aren't perfect but they learn and adapt.   Or maybe he was aware but can't reveal intervention efforts due to privacy concerns.  (If Cael writes a tell all book when he retires I'd buy it!)

It's difficult to predict whether or not any coach can reel in a loose cannon.  I thought Brands and his Iowa teammates did an outstanding job guiding DeSanto.  I thought that DeSanto would be toxic and was dead wrong.  Maybe Brands - Iowa could have worked for AJ?  In the final analysis support systems can do everything right and a person can still go wrong.