People freak out whenever I say this...he's not super elite mentally. He gets rattled when his match doesn't come together. I know he's wrestled hurt a lot, thats baked in everyone knows it and gives him credit, that said he isn't one of these guys who always seems to find a way.
Askren had a general take, didn't mention Nickal, but he said wrestlers can get a chip on their shoulder and just decide that they want to wow everyone with their hands, which is a big mistake obviously. Seems like Nickal might have caught that bug.
I like the british guys. They don't say "I" all the time.
Imagine how funny it would be if one of them said "The polish athletes...not known for their intellects...."
The only thing I'm very confident of is these people require a lot of stroking. I think some of the other programs realized they're not ready to be a coach/cheerleader/psychiatrist/court jester/travel agent for the whole family.
Do we have a "When you count down 80 schools to farm as much attention as is humanly possible and then have to start all over but sense then your stock dropped so you have to imply both your brothers are part of the deal now" meme yet.