wrestle87

Yours is a great question, and you should not stop asking it.

I crap on CP and Flo all the time, but you are very very right about this. Even though they love to stir the pot about "what might be happening in the future" in certain scenarios, they are very careful in the areas you're talking about.

Equally significantly it would be a real loss to the room and the program. There is an undeniably positive impact from having a coach of certain weights who understands the techniques and leverages that work at certain weights. Gilman leaving would really impact spratley and the rest of the lower weights.

My only experience in Oklahoma was getting absolutely demolished in a cattle stockade a competition simply referred to as Enid(national duals). All I remember is the Sinclair gas station outside stillwater, the shower head in the hotel that was chest high, the chicken fried steak, and nobody understanding how a Sonic restaurant worked. That and the many many hours of rolling hills. For someone used to the northeast it was certainly a world away.

Grey has been the source of that pipeline from the beginning. Grey was the largest name to come out of NJ’s biggest club, which is also rather closely tied to Delbarton, Bergen Catholic, and Blair. Flo did a documentary on them (the edge), but it’s impossible to overstate what a big impact that club had on North Jersey Wrestling in the 1990’s and 2000’s.

Good to know, I was worried my devices might have been crapping the bed.

I think very likely, subjective delivery of the message aside, @lisa morales is probably right about there being some hard feelings after the season that Cornell had to sit out. Rob Koll obviously built a great program builder, and like all very good head coaches, he cares about actually being able to compete. When he left he was likely unsure of what the future of athletics in the Ivy League would look like long term, which is a very reasonable stance to take. Now, Stanford is not exactly a less political organization, or more above board organization than Cornell, and it seems he found that out rather quickly. But UNC is good, and they are in good hands with him.

Some people apparently will also swear up and down that water was not wet and snow is not cold in SFO

Boooooo....go back to reddit, nobody asked for you to vomit on our wrestling discussions with this. There are thousands of other places that spend all day bathing in this emotional effluent, go there.

Except when we went through, an undergrad degree was a significant step up in life and actually got you in the door at most places. Unless you go to an ivy anymore, it's basically a participation tax that has to be completed to gain access to master's degrees which are the entry-level expectation in many places. Edit: I don't say this to diminish the toll that sport has put on your body. I've only had a fraction of the surgeries you've had, and would not wish a single one on anybody.

This defined my struggles in both high school and college. In terms of impact on wrestling style and body types, that was the biggest weight adjustment. 4th - 90 5th - 110 6th - 126 7th - 150 8th through 10th - 160 11th - 171 12th - 189 College 184, 174, 174, 184 Weight cuts made college not fun. Pulling to 174 from 200+ took an awful lot of enjoyment out of the sport. But when dudes at 184 are pulling from 220, what can you do?

Legitimate question, why does the NCAA even bother with the “scholarship” verbiage anymore. Is there really a scenario in which a kid will be getting NIL money and the institution paying him will say “now pay us that in tuition”? The charade continues as always. The NCAA are still gross.

Jared Platt rag-dolled me in a freestyle spring tournament in high school. He put on a power half that I legitimately felt for 6 months after the fact.

Except that this is patently false. He gave a long interview about this after he initially took the position, may have been immediately after he finished wrestling at worlds. He went in depth about how making the decision was gutwrenching because Cael and all the guys in the PSU room were his family and PSU wrestling was his home. Never let facts get in the way of a good story though...

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?