Griffith Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 (edited) 2016 Coaches and Officials Panel Monday, December 12, 2016 7:00 PM Sponsored by St Joseph Valley Athletic Officials’ Association What: A Coaches’ and Officials’ Panel discussion concerning high school wrestling. This is a non-confrontational open discussion and exchange of views on “How we see it from the bench” and “How we see it from the mat”. This is a tremendous opportunity to get questions answered concerning the current season, address areas to be emphasized for the remainder of the season, engage in open discussions, or just meet other coaches and officials in a setting away from the mat. Who: All Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches and Wrestling Officials When: Monday, December 12, 2016 at 7:00 PM Where: Beef O Brady’s 12749 Indiana SR 23 Granger, Indiana What to bring: You & the coaching staff It is not required, but if you know you will attend, please drop an e-mail to: Roger Griffith at rogergriffith@frontier.com so we can have an idea of how much food to have at the start of the Panel. Hope to see you on December 12th! Edited December 6, 2016 by Griffith awood2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffith Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 (edited) Mr. Faulkens will be at this meeting to answer weight management questions. Edited December 12, 2016 by Griffith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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awood2 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) Thanks to Roger and all the guys at SJVOA for allowing me to represent 'wrestling fans' at the meeting last night. I have been to many coaches and officials panels before this was and by far the most information and entertaining. Mr. Faulkens made himself available for any/all topics. He was unapologetic about his opinions, decisions, and views on the hot topics: stalling, weight management program, class wrestling, # of events per season, wrestle backs, waivers, team state, officials rating system, participation... I was very impressed with his responses. He seems to have his finger on the pulse of the wrestling community (I didn't say I agreed with everything he says or thinks). He made mention of IndianaMat.com and gave a shout out to Joe! Like him or hate him; I think he is a strong advocate for IN wrestling as evidenced by his willingness to attend functions like the meeting last night. It was something to witness so many HOF members from the wrestling community (and some likely future members), the commissioner, (a few young) officials/coaches, THE MEDIA - Steve Krah (the hardest working man in sports reporting) and one lost fan all in one room. As you would expect, the conversations got heated and a little loud at times (had to pause at times when the young server entered the room). Best highlight of the night was when the guest speaker 'signaled 1 escape' to The General for overusing a dirty word - 'wrestle backs'... Edited December 15, 2016 by awood2 base and poppe66 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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