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Track has never had issues with school emails and wifi before Flo bought it

Maybe Flo could at least make sure Track isn’t having trouble sending emails to .edu emails. That’d be a start. When half of tournament registration emails keep not going through the .edu emails of the coaches and have to get resent to to personal emails.. that seems like an issue

“This is the thread that never eeennnds it goes on and on my friiieend” ”some people started posting, not knowing what it wass” ”cause it’s the thread that never eeennds”

Chicken wings rely on the person trying not to go to their back

Or a recruit

He’ll get heel hooked out in 2 fights

It’s most definitely easier to start a culture from scratch with more control than it is when there’s a “tradition” and you don’t have leeway

I won’t be shocked if PSU only has 2 finalists. I will be shocked if they don’t win as a team

You’re acting like “nothings changed” and that the sentiment the season is too long is something new.

Reception is bad. It doesn’t look like I posted so I hit it twice

No. I have plenty, you just want things to be like they used to and are annoyed coaches are adjusting

No. I have plenty, you just want things to be like they used to and are annoyed coaches are adjusting

I don’t feel like writing paragraphs explaining how long the season is and how hard it is on the body. Especially if the only focus is on NCAAs because of the current culture and incentive structure. That the season is too long is not at all a new discussion for college coaches, athletes, and those closely involved

Yes, the season has always been too long. Irregardless of whether or not people had stat padding matches

It’s the length of the season period

Again, if you’re going to focus on that so be it. I answered your question and gave you my answer. Blame your post history for why I’m wary of you

I gave you an answer beyond that. If you’re going to hyper focus on that so be it

Seems early for a state tournament?

Sigh, if you want everyone to agree that there should be mat side weigh-ins . I already said I’m okay with them. I just don’t think that will fix psycho dads dragging johnny around the country and making them hate the sport. Again, leaving aside you are conveniently ignoring what I’ve said already. As well as the fact you’ll become a cry bully if it becomes convenient. underlying problems: 1. A significant subsection of wrestling people don’t actually “really” want to grow the sport. They don’t want a world where a kid who joins after 6th grade can’t catch the kid who started earlier. Those people almost always are the most vocal against things like; mat side weigh ins, two pieces, girls wrestling, not immediately running psycho practices, and not running off new kids. 2. coaches/ wrestling people not being willing to play “politics” and/or understand basic things like no one wants to be at tournaments for 12 hours. 3. wrestling people doing the tuff guy attitude but also playing the victim and acting entitled. 4. The current focus on “just” NCAA and state results leading to all these forfeits and dodging marquee matchups I could go in but I’m trying to enjoy new years

Happy new year

Leaving aside I gave a list of bigger structural issues that lead to much bigger issues that and/or directly cause weight cutting.. Number one issue. People not confronting the actual problems head on because they’re buddies with people doing some of the things. The rest depend on how you approach the sport. And how honestly people want to confront the issues. And how sensitive they are to criticism.

I don’t disagree. But I think people keep dancing around the bigger issues

What part of what I said had anything to do if people started the sport in hs or not

Mat side weigh ins won’t fix 1. Wrestling dads producing more and more kids that hate the sport and don’t let their kids wrestle. Which leaves aside the fact that the worst wrestling dads sucked at and/or never wrestled 2. Coaches focusing on poaching rather than actually coaching the kids they have 3. youth coaches focusing on “winning” rather than numbers and retention 4. club dads and coaches being the most vocal opponents of things to make wrestling more accessible would may side weigh ins be good? Sure. Do they fix the actual issues. Debatable

Basketball didn’t magically take over. Their guys became ADs and into state associations and the NCAA. Same with football. they made strategic decisions and played the “filthy politics” that wrestling coaches won’t. Wrestling in America put itself in the position it’s in currently. The same way that it wasn’t really Title IX that cut a lot of programs. It was having the team of assholes with bad grades at many of those colleges. if people want wrestling to be a niche sport so they can claim tuff guy superiority and not risk more guys like Burroughs beating out their special “prodigy” they dragged around the country.. that’s fine. He’ll there’s posters who never wrestled on this forum who very openly make that their whole thing. but I’m sick of this narrative that wrestling is a “victim” and could “never” be more than it is and could “never ever” compete with the bigger sports. it’s a cop out and has a mentality exactly the opposite of what wrestling people claim to have.