KennyEBHS

I just watched "Chance" on Flo. I thought it was very well produced and a compelling story. He is a great example of an athlete overcoming personal demons. For those who watch it, please tell me your opinion regarding how much the weight cut mandated by John Smith affected his future?

I was dubious that Jones would be successful moving from USA freestyle coach to college. He does not seem to develop well. By this time ASU should be a top 4 every year with their recruiting base. Seems odd Jones has not been more successful.

Takedowns are more difficult than a reverse, IMHO. I wrestled in HS. That's my experience.

I am with you. His advantage was huge and that is why he could not wrestle internationally. Too much of an advantage. I respect the man for being able to do what he did with only on leg, but he definitely had an advantage in my opinion.

Every athlete reaches their top at some point. When I look at the new studs, Bassett, Forest, etc., where will they top off? Which one will be that elite wrestler who wins the Olympic gold? So many have not made that final jump. Zain, no, Nolf, no, Dake, no, NIckal, no, Ed Ruth, no, Dieringer, no. The list is long. What say you?

Burroughs has always felt like a guy who was blessed with great talent, a highly competitive mind, but with too much hubris. I disliked his gold shoes way back. I am a PSU fan and I watched live what happened in Rec Hall and I was very disappointed in the PSU fans. But Burroughs must take some responsibility for his chippiness with Mesenbrink in front of a home crowd. In truth, I was surprised Burroughs didn't just shrug it off like some wrestlers would.

A champion in wrestling needs two things, a great head and a strong body. Gable had them both when he won gold, but he has since lost his head. I find it very sad.

I wish UWW would standardize how the clocks count. I don't care whether it is up or down, just settle on one.

The distribution for the NCAA weights makes sense: 125 - 133 (8 pounds), 133 - 141 (8 pounds), 141 - 149 (8 pounds), 149 - 157 (8 pounds), 157 - 165 (8 pounds), 165 - 174 (9 pounds), 174 - 184 (10 pounds), 184 - 197 (13 pounds). The heavier weights have greater weight spans. For free, I would suggest: 60, 63, 68, 75, 84, 94, 104, 130 based on larger spans at higher weights.

I was just trying to have a discussion. No agenda other than I am disappointed in Brook's performance.

Both styles have good rules and bad rules. In freestyle, I don't like that a leglace in the first five seconds of a match can end it in ten seconds. I don't like the fact in freestyle that if you hold a man on his back for 30 seconds, you still only get two points. And I don't like the shot clock at the senior level - just too arbitrary. In folk I dislike the stall calls on the edge when someone is perceived to be backing out. I don't like grabbing an ankle and doing nothing until the ref calls a stalemate. I also don't like the fact that on the college level folk does not allow major throws. Both styles' rule sets could be improved.

Not really. You can explain to a novice that if a player passes home plate that is a run (or a point). That's pretty simple.

I still say that if Taylor had gotten past whomever at the trials, there was no one in the field who had a legitimate chance besides Yazdani and he got hurt. Brooks made a rookie mistake by not wrestling the last six seconds.

"Warn"? It's just a point of discussion.

What I was trying to say in this post is if Brooks had not been there and Taylor went instead, two things would have happened: 1. The atmosphere would have gotten him to the right level of motivation. I am sure Dake would have helped. 2. We would not have seen a great wrestler (Brooks) stop wrestling with six seconds.