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The toxic ass dad coach attitude of discarding or looking down on anything not immediately or currently good is killing sport

I’m on record stating that wrestling needs to have an open honest discussion about where it’s going with all that. My point remains the same. Can’t use those few kids as proof a single class is the Bees knees

And many more don’t. And many of those kids aren’t products of the school. They’re club kids who happen to compete for the school. If you like the tradition or the purity or whatever. That’s fine. But it doesn’t change reality.

Indiana in 2010 was around roughly 300. Ohio divides into 3 divisions with roughly 140-160 schools each. So it’s roughly the top 10% at state. Which is the best way to do it in my opinion. The sweet spot is 2-3 divisions per state. The problem with most of the South is that they just go with the football divisions. Then make every other sport do that. Whereas in Ohio, IL, PA etc. each sport is looked by individually. So different sports will have a different number of divisions It does much more to help the sport when a smaller school can get a couple kids to state and have a placer than for them to just go 0-2 at semi state. If people want the pUrITy.. go to Fargo.

Very good match by Carr but that’s a very reversible result next time. O’Toole seems like the kind of wrestler you don’t want to give multiple looks Props to both side for having no quackery

Gardner Webb has been scrapping hard this year. I’m not shocked

I’m well aware. It still doesn’t change my opinion. It really does help smaller schools get support when they can point out they had qualifiers and placers.. which is hard to do against a Mater Dei or Crown Point..

That sucks man, you’re in Illinois too right?

:/. What happened

I think Indiana hurts itself with one class. And pointing out the occasional club kid from a small school doing well

I lost conference this year because a Coach literally told the kid what to say to the Trainer so the trainer would make the “determination” that he was unable to continue. The coach admitted later at Regionals.. I still think the rules should be the way they are

Especially with concussion protocols

I liked Mirikitanis proposal of “ranking” events like what golf does

It’s not just the urban aspect. U of Is campus is very.. bland

Complete tangent. But I think Wright is one of the most underrated PSU guys the last decade

Is Hepner Redshirting? I thought he’d sub in when Kharchla was out

Sigh

*agreed

I’m aware.

My point was that when people try to analyze wrestling the way they analyze bjj or boxing most get offended

Shrug. Pointing out my opinion of Spencer lee’s wresting from watching him wrestle created hissy fits.

If you do people usually get mad when you point out things an athlete might need to work on

I do think there needs to be regulation. Contrary to what some think but that just seems unnecessary

So wait. They can’t return to play for their neighborhood school?

Spicy.