Pug,
I think the wrestle backs are different than class wrestling b/c as I stated you can only wrestle back to get 3rd at best. I think the best competitors should get a chance to go to state. Just like I said I think if you lose Friday, you’re out. The best you can do is 3rd from losing Saturday morning. There’s a difference between wrestling back to beat that #1 guy in the state at bankers and being the best, then wrestling in a 1A class & winning state. Do you understand my point of view? You see kids at the time lose in the finals at semi state, then turn around & beat them at state in the finals. If the #4 kid upsets the #2 ticket round match, he should imo get a chance to wrestle back & win a state title the next week. Opposed to a 1A kid who’s ranked 10th, & get’s a “state title” who couldn’t beat the kids ranked 1st-9th. The whole enrolling into a different school at 9th grade level is a different subject imo. That’s on the head coach connecting with that kid’s parent, putting in the hard work as a coach, & winning over that kid. Winning over that kid at a small age as well. Building it from the ground up.
Joe,
I’m not saying smaller schools don’t put in the hard work. I never said that at al whatsoever. Heck Yorktown has had much success in the last 8 years or so I think. Not Mater Dei’s level by no means, but they could’ve won multiple individual titles at Bankers had they performed well. Y2 idk why small schools aren’t having that success. Maybe that’s a question small school coaches Goebel, McCormick, & EMD’s current coach should be asked..?
AJ & Y2,
AJ you only put Mater Dei as an “outlier” b/c you choose to. You guys if you want my honest opinion of why those small school’s success reached those levels & current small schools don’t? And there’s probably more I’m forgetting, but I think it’s because their kids worked harder. There’s no such thing as “working just as hard” or “putting in that same work”. Their kids worked harder, they were pushed harder by each other & the coaches in the room, & no disrespect but lastly, they were outcoached.