wrestle87

It would be awesome if he could, but clearly his knees are hoping and praying for greener pastures. Most wrestlers I have known got sidelined by the limits of their body, not the limits of their will alone. When *I poop my pants, don't laugh at me* breaks, there’s only so much you can do. Obviously, tight hips and a lack of high school competition don’t help, but some dudes just get beat up. He did a great job and AA is a huge accomplishment no matter who you are or where you come from. He should be respected for being willing to go through to surgery recoveries in pursuit of his dream and in support of his team. There is no off season when you are on your way back from a knee operation like that.

I think they should make it that nobody wins until at least one 4-point score is scored.

Shoulders used to be the predominant injury. Leg passing has taken ACL’s and rocketed them past shoulders 5x.

We forget about jon trenge and daniel cormier this quickly?

Overtime needs to come back. They can do a series of positions like they did in the past or something, but this tiebreak nonsense is completely arbitrary and stupid. I have openly hated it in all styles from the beginning, and will until the end of time. It was created in an era of fear from the governing body of the sport globally, and it needs to go. Greco rules also blow broadly. The pushout has completely ruined greco. It works for freestyle, but it is terrible for Greco.

This is such a weak take. The “participation” generation are the parents who demanded trophies for their kids.

Go away with this, right now. FFS, there are other websites for this.

I agree this is dilutive for the fan experience, but as a very mediocre former college wrestler who had the pleasure of a few rather involved surgeries thanks to competing at the college level, I think it is fantastic these athletes can actually get compensated for their effort now. Cutting 20 lbs three times a week all season f*cking sucks, and is worth more than a pat on the back. For as long as they are allowed, they should build whatever future for themselves they can.

The only difference is Welsh has a demonstrated track record of success at the college level.

Not to be obtuse, but if you are the highest returning placer at a weight, shy of getting beaten out, why would you drop down?

This already happened in the early 2010’s. Have you ever heard of icarus and bigger stringer faster? Also worth looking up dudes named broderick chavez and louie simmons. Drugs are part and parcel of competitive sport. Sport develops top down, from the highest level and trickles down over time. Pushing the limits requires supernatural recovery. We are the only country who get up our own butts about it because commercial interests fan the competitive flames of patriotic and regional devotion for economic gain. Literally nowhere else in the world cares about exogenous supplementation, it’s expected and typically state sponsored. They don’t dance around whether or not something is effective. Us complaining about drug use is like people arbitrarily deciding it is cheating to use a barbell to get stronger. “They used the bad tool to get better, shaaame, shaaaame!” ”A prominent US athlete has been removed from olympic team trials after video of them conducting dangerous barbell back squats was released to the media, they apologized and promised to stick to calisthenics and dumbell lunges in the future.”

You buckeyes fans have been massively spoiled if you are calling for the resignation of one of the top three head coaches in the past decade. I will not completely dismiss this, bc the indicators of program health are more instantaneous movers than they were pre-NIL, and it is always possible for a coach to just go on tilt and lose their touch, but placing 5th in this years tournament and this year’s field is a solid accomplishment. Where did things go wrong? Only one place. Welsh. Having Kharchla and Rogotzke in and Welsh on the bench was disastrous. Bouzakis doesn’t have the top end needed to AA. He may get over the hump with a lucky draw, but he just isn’t as solid as people are in love with him over. Feldman is already way too injured. He doesn’t have a frame that stands up to heavyweight. The only thing Ryan can be accused of being is sentimental, giving Sasso and Kharchla more focus than they warranted this season. Also, no offense, but who do you guys think Ohio State is? 5th is a pretty market-standard performance based on who is in the room guiding practices. There is one world medal on the entire staff, and it was from the immediately post-olympics watered down worlds tournament. Ryan is a great helmsman for the program, you guys need better in the room assistant coach talent. The Buckeye RTC is not strong, and in the current era, college success is a trickledown result of a strong RTC. RTC athletes are extra assistant coaches just on a different payroll. And all great college wrestlers get that way bc of their international aspirations. When tervel left he took 99% of the international experience with him. If anything, the buckeye program needs to refocus on bigger goals. The last person to legitimately chase a medal was snyder, and he put himself in that position.

Dude give it a rest. It’s a part of sport as much as sunlight is a part of life.

I do believe Jamill Kelly belongs on this list.

You have zero understanding of the landscape of higher education finance. The last time someone was this incorrect they said sun rotated around the earth. This is boy kisses girl and she pukes out a baby levels of incorrect.