Recent content by Blast82.5

After Final X, and before these rankings / seedings were posted, I thought the over/under for medals would be about 3.5, and I'd take the under. I'd rather have seen a bit more of a "mixed" transition from the old guard to this next generation, but the results are the results. I suppose...

I've gotten lost in the covid math myself. He graduated HS in 2019, so this was his sixth year. I suppose RS + Covid + Medical RS = 7 years? I had the same question for Brock Hardy. I am SURE I saw a listing of all qualifiers, and Hardy was one of two guys who were in their 7th years ... and...

As the father of former Liberty wrestlers, I agree with pretty much everything you've said. Record-keeping is simply not something that is prioritized in that program ... as in, zero records are kept, period. When I saw this thread, I chalked up the incorrect record submission as "par for the...

If a change needs to be made to bring in “new blood,” then I would think someone NOT on the current staff, and prob not an alum. IMO, the coaching issues are not all TR, they would include the all-OSU alum staff.

What happened to Gable making $1,000,000,000,000 in WWE?

I don't know the details well enough to make any confident predictions ... but I'd be surprised if Coffman had only 7 guys in the top 5 in the District.

BTW ... "commitments" following HS sophomore year are not a real thing, for either party.

Generally speaking, international "age group" competition in all sports is based on birth year. Good to be born early in the year when competing in "pre-open" age groups, and good to be born late in the year when competing in "post-open/masters" age groups.

Obviously wrestling and other 2nd and 3rd tier sports will not be paying players in any meaningful fashion. I suspect we end up with 20 or 30 or 40 "top" programs after about 10 years, the ones who have excellent fund-raising that can support a program and somehow pay the athletes. I'm not...

Tommie Rolands? Luke Fickell? Jamie Kaser, Licking Heights? Rob Johnson, Watkins Memorial? (Obviously I'm guessing, not investigating!)

Personal story: I went to college in VA, and wrestling alum get together at NCAAs every year. some years ago, one of the guy's sons was a successful coach in VA, perhaps even had a state championship team. Note that in VA, the divisions follow football for all sports, so there are SIX...

This. Larger people have an advantage in EVERY sport other than wrestling. That includes even "non-contact" sports such as tennis, golf, baseball, soccer, swimming, etc. I understand being less enamored with "total wins" than with, say, SQ or SP results. But for christ's sake, let the...

While I generally agree with your point, I suspect Iowa wrestling will be just fine.

Huh ??? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Indeed I do ... I had two simultaneous thoughts upon seeing that live: (1) pretty impressive, and (2) what a jerk.