jackwebster

No need for further posts. We have reached a decision.

I glanced at something on here suggesting the courts might nix 5-in-5. But if it's a go, we need to rename the years. You could keep "freshmen" for the first years and "seniors" for the final. I guess that "sophomore" has something to do with the second stage of the trivium; so, I guess it could stay second. Moving "junior" away from "senior" kinda kills the only justification for the label. If you want to keep the current four, we need a name for the third year. But if we could escape the burden of tradition and coin a new set of labels, what would you suggest? We could modify the tradesman hierarchy. Or, The clergy's. Or get conceptual, eg Aristotle's causes, Heidegger's modes of Being, Frye's anatomy of mythoi, etc. ... Apologies if I missed a memo that explained what we're doing. .. or if -- to my shame -- I have completely misunderstood 5-in-5.

Grammar confusion slags the whole forum.

Hate the business-speak, but yeah ... even if your post was in hest.

And, as the quota post suggests, this list grows daily. So, yeah, when you get more emails by 10 am than you could read in 24 hours, I understand the temptation to look at that summary. But when we do, we consent to our own subjugation. I don't think this is overstatement.

Ugghh ffs

They use it bc all is lost. Or, maybe, all is lost bc they use it.

That is incredible.

Pat Smith wrestled "with a lot of emotion." He always looked pissed, either at his opponent, the ref, or himself. I notice it more now bc of the currently popular shanti, shanti approach.

Idk, but it might be bc wrestling also awards individual titles? Seems to explain that last few years.

I don't see a thread on this, so here goes ... The other day, Taylor responded to a reporter's question about the possibility of a PSU dual this season by saying that OSU will a save a date ... in perpetuity. In turn, some of the flo guys and folks on social media claim that DT was "calling out" Sanderson and co. To be fair, Pyles pushed back against the "sensational" framing of DT's comments. But, what do you think? What's DT doing? I imagine DT and his team BELIEVE they could win. This mindset is why he is who he is, and why he attracts the wrestlers he attracts. But, any objective fan's gotta know that PSU wins handily for the foreseeable future.

I have argued this before, but I blame Brown for OSU's slide in the final years of JWS's tenure. Had he won, Perry's "win ugly" approach becomes less convincing. I'm only half joking.

Haha. Self-doubt

Judging by the product they put of the mat, I can't disagree. But, real question: How, practically, did Perry "influence" the team? Like, were stall strategies consciously built into the training? Or, did this style slowly spread, unnoticed / unacknowledged until we got Fix? Just leached out from (sucked-out) Scott, Morrison (at times), (sucked-out) Oliver, Kindig, Parks, Perry, Heil, etc until smart wrestling morphed into cautious wrestling, then hesitance,and ultimately what looked like crushing self-dount?

Re Fix: I was looking out the window, and the landscapers were mowing. It had to be 100+. I started thinking about what could possibly get me out of the AC. Watching the Fix/Suriano again came to mind.

Yeah, but I suppose Good Morning Vietnam, CYE, and slagging Daton Fix have fallen out of style

It's hot! Damn hot! Real hot! Hottest things is my shorts! I could cook things in it! A little crotch pot cooking! I can't bring myself to go outside, but there are dogs to walk, errands to run, chores to do. Then, eureka, I found a fix: three matches that will make bursting into flames sound pretty, pretty, pretty good. I challenge all to watch all three in one go. If you can't, tell me when you tap out and grab the weed-eater.

I see a couple of "under-the-radar types" with some really solid wins, Senati in particular. Seems like he has been hurt on and off but got some high-level upsets nonetheless.

Word. Question: I know Nickerson was hired in June of last year, so which of these new guys are his guys?

Let it go.

When do you think Desanto, Bartlett, and Robideau knew they wouldn't be wrestling?

I was thinking the same. Out high school, he couldnt have commanded much. Which leads to the question: Would he have transferred for that huge bag of cash?

Rimshot. I can't tell how much of you is real and how much is meta.

Interesting take. Why do you say this? (My take: In neutral, he looks like he has the same game plan/technical problem/mental block that JO and Chris Perry had.)

Oh yeah? Is that the 5 in 5 thing? Shows you how much I keep up with the news. My bad.