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No. Basically banking on a good end to the season carried hard by Figgy Baby, Shultz and Larkin when he gets in the line up. Without a good finish things may look scary for the program now that Martori is retired.

He did its just not the reason he became a champion. Its the same as any other advantage that has its disadvantages situation.

I wrestled him a lot in high school and was in his class. Did he have a strength advantage? Absolutley. Did he present unique problems? Absolutely. Are either of those things why he was an NCAA D1 champion? Absolutely not. He had the determination and attitude of a champion and he paved his way like every other champion.

Excited to watch it. I think there are lots of cool moments in wrestling that would make great films and i hope this one inspires more. (Personally i want a movie about shane griffith and how he saved the stanford wrestling progamand several other sports in 2021) Also an ASU fan this will be extra sweet.

The man who founded and basically funded all of it retired. (Art Martori) He also bailed out ASU wrestling when it was on the chopping block. The very little inside information I have told me he had been telling them this was coming for years and he felt no one was in a position to take over and run the program to his standard, rather than hand over the reigns to someone in the program he felt wouldnt do it justice he chose to kill it entirely upon his retirement.

I cant answer most of that but in his farewell interview Martori basically said he just wants to focus on his family with whatever time he has left. He sounded like a man who felt he fufilled his purpose (and thensome in my opinion). I think if anything it was more seeing NIL and the money coming into wrestling that made him feel like he had done enough.

Are you saying you find that corny?

Also the name is corny. Why do we always pick the worst names for stuff? Rudis is another corny name.

Hopefully as the RTC gets its footing they will add womens wrestling.

I was going to say as an Arizona wrestling fan i was very nervous but this last post is heartening. Glad to see Perry gone, I have a daughter.

I certainly cant argue with that. Im veiwing things through an American lense because im American and I like our style best. I can argue why but that wasnt really your point. I am most concerned with American viewership and sport growth. I think folkstyle is more intutitive to the average American sports fan. I dont think freestylr goes about prioritizing exposure in the best way but thats a different argument. Take a shot (of water if you like) every time i say American in this post.

Thats fair. It doesnt make it any more satisfying to watch though. And freestlye fans constantly talk about how the sport needs to be exciting. Leg laces are one of the most common complaints of uneducated viewerrs/new fans when they first see freestyle. Almost no one sees somebody secure a leg lace, roll through 3 times and thinks it looks awesome or exciting. Its not exactly intuitve to a combat sports fan why its such a high scoring technique either. It doesnt appear to accomplish anything from a control perspective, which is what is generally thought of in wrestling. I know freestyle is about quick exposures but to the uninitiated or to people who value control a leg lace is just not a satisfying way to get points for a turn.

Does knowing how to do a leg lace suddenly make the technique awesome to watch? Or do you think plenty of people on this board know how to and have done 100s if not thousands of leg laces and still think its lame as hell?

Probably not since its neither clever nor catchy

I dont even understand why jacori and Iowa think theyre a good match. Jacori has a bad gas tank and backs up an insane amount. Hes not iowa style at all. I appreciated his points at ASU but his style is soooo frustrating to watch.