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God had a really strong batting average in interviews today.

I was thinking about this too. Really notably absent, just got bounced and that was that.

Internet Jesus doesn’t judge, it’s God’s hand God’s plan.

Well, that’s what you get when you stop training…Taylor talked about that around the start of the college season. Not getting so much mat time and really focusing on recovery.

That was really unceremonious.

David Taylor reading from the Jordan Burroughs book of offense? Wtf is this?

Taylor doesn’t look like he gives a shit.

He was trying to go to a stepover to hook the leg and stop the gobehind.

Well…that’ll be that folks

Taylor already done more 20 seconds in than he did all last match

So, today I learned David Taylor has clearly stopped lifting weights.

Playing Toto in the background is kinda weak during olympic trials finals…

This is very dismissive of how good dake is. Nolf walked through all kinds of good wrestlers to get to Dake. Dake’s a horse, and he’s the best wrestling mind since Cael.

Hahahaha, NBC has decided they aren’t interested in giving God a platform anymore, so snyder got a 5 second interview. I think the message gets a bit boring, but 5 seconds for a 3 time olympian is pretty weak.

Snyder with the high single is a nice adjustment I haven’t seen from him before. Reminds me of Reza Yazdani from back in the day.

Is it that internet Jesus? Where is all this coming from?

took the words out of my mouth

Don't worry about the announcers, they are...not aware of what they are actually talking about...

Aaaaand...we've entered the area where non-wrestlers have to pretend to speak about wrestling in a semi-intelligent way...f*ck me

True-that, having to hold and maintain interest in a positive and educational fashion gets tiring. School I worked at had 80 minute classes, sometimes 3 of them in a day, I barely knew left from right at the end of a day like that.

Greco was my favorite style as a wrestler, but at the upper levels greco has gotten whipsawed around because FILA/UWW believe they need to keep greco and freestyle rulesets as similar as possible. If greco were allowed to be officiated and structured more enjoyably, it would be way better. As it is now…it’s trash. The era of 2 minute periods absolutely ruined greco, and it has never recovered.

Well, respectfully, if you have been watching wrestling since the mid-60's, you have either not been paying too much attention, or you were REALLY confused 15 years ago, whereas now you are only gently confused by the ruleset, because things used to be MUCH worse. 1. The point of international wrestling isn't pinning, it's turning. They have the pin on the books, but it is borderline outdated. The pin could be removed from Freestyle and Greco and it wouldn't change anything. 2. The replay happens on a matside monitor that they record with matside cameras (I believe). If you are in the arena you can see it, I have never seen a remote broadcast where they show you the actual footage they are reviewing. 3. The shot clock is a tiebreaker system they have implemented which exists to drive action and make it so that guys don't just hang out and wait to score in the last 30 seconds. It is close to stalling, with the added nuances of understanding that basically, the ref has to choose someone to hit first, and if things continue, the second guy will get put on the clock. With the last point scoring giving criteria, being put on the clock first is a good thing in a slow match. 4. Like exposure, takedowns are about achieving a position, not achieving definitive control. I don't know all the positions by heart, but for instance, the high crotch crackdown is a takedown in freestyle within certain bounds, whereas in folkstyle it never is. 5. That might be a bit of an overestimation about most fans not understanding...but if you are looking to learn, this is a good place to ask specific questions.

Well...the country's collective medal count really likes it...so I'm on board. Getting the spot isn't the end goal, winning hardware is, and this structures things to preferentially handle those who have a track record of bringing in hardware.

Brent Metcalf has so much perspective, it's so refreshing to hear from an elite wrestling coach "yeah, I was really disappointed, but it's wrestling it's not the end of the world, you get over it and you move on." SO refreshing. I really enjoy that thinking around the sport is evolving to actually treat it like a sport and not an all-consuming "love it and hate it at the same time" prison.

Yeah, it was dumb. It's just part of NBC doing what they have to do to keep a monopoly on the olympics. They have always had trash coverage, so at least they did a good job with the videography...they did a better job than the big ten. I do think they could have done a better job, but I will actually say something good about it. They DIDN'T do the same lame horsecrap that wrestling broadcasts tend to do, which is think they have to just explain the basics tirelessly. They presented the broadcast as if they expected their viewers to be people who knew the rules, knew the athletes, and knew what was going on. That made things WAY more enjoyable. The "this is how wrestling works" commentary always gets in the way of actual analysis of technique and strategy, and makes it a total bore to watch. NBC cut that out. And I give them major credit for that.