Y2CJ41 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 The Present First off, I want to say thanks for joining the community. While I am the guru behind the development of the site, there are others that are helping to make this a great site. Just a little background on why I started this. Obviously, most of you know I posted once in a while on the old board and was having withdraw symptoms without having it for almost a week. So with the encouragement of some less tech savvy people, I pulled the trigger and started this site Tuesday night. I have always been kinda jealous of the Illinois site(http://www.illinoismatmen.com) and thought that it would be great to have one similar in Indiana. I have also seen sites that promote wrestling in Ohio and Michigan. I honestly want to rival them and help to give recognition to the many hard working and dedicated wrestlers in Indiana at all levels. The Future We will not be wasting any time delivering quality products to the Indiana wrestling community. I plan on having at least one article up on Sunday or Monday and have quite a few ideas and starting the wheels turning on them. If you have a suggestion, comment, complaint, feel free to contact me as we want to serve the community the best way possible. Here are some of our ideas for articles and sections: Dingo's Den- Yes Dingo and I have made up and he will be doing a weekly article, not exactly sure what it will be about at this present moment, but he is a great writer(even when putting me in my place) so it will always be a good read. Toe to Joe- If you didn't know my real name isn't Y2CJ41, its Joe. This will be a hot seat type 10 question interview with someone involved in wrestling, from coaches to refs to wrestlers or some old guy that has dementia. Under the Spotlight- This will be like a "getting to know" with people involved with wrestling. These will be quirky questions such as your favorite food, music, etc. Weekly Roundup- This will be of the week's big meets and match-ups and will include college results of teams and individuals from Indiana Class All-State Selections- Similar to how cross country does it, we will announce All-State selections for 3-5 classes and top 4-8 at each weight class. Spotlight Match-up- This will be a preview of a big meet or match during the week with breakdowns and analysis of the match-ups and teams. Of course there will be more, but we will work to make this a great website. If you want to write, know someone to interview, or have some suggestions feel free to contact me. Thanks Joe Caprino and the IndianaMat Team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlevito Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I'd say all those ideas sound really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadet130 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I like them all as well. Kudos, Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legrider33 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Thanks Joe for the time and effort into putting the new site together. I am also a year around wrestling board junkie. All your idea sound great, looking forward to the future and success of the new wrestling web site. Again Thanks Mike Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Brigade Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I would like to echo the thanks and appreciation to Joe. He does a ton for Indiana wrestling, and this is just another example. Also, following up on his comments about articles and items of interest, we will be posting original material related to Indiana high school wrestling and collegiate wrestling. We are still tinkering with format, but we will do our best to create some good stuff. Once it's up to speed, we hope to have new articles each week. We would like to have a Spotlight feature on an Indiana high school wrestler each week, ideally from different parts of the state each week. We will need help from all of you to have the best material possible. We're looking forward to becoming THE site for Indiana wrestling because we all share a love for the sport and we all support our state's athletes. Feel free to offer any suggestions or requests. See you all at Dingo's Den. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I would like to thank Joe, and everyone else who is making this board possible. I would also like to say, for those of you who do not know Joe, that Joe created this board because of his love for Indiana wrestling. That was, and is, his only motive. Thanks Joe! Please, have fun and enjoy the board everyone. I know I will! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio Jr. Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 it is also a secret government spy site used to gather information about us and how the government can squander more money from us....I always knew Y2 was a huge conspirator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boilermaker Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Thanks Y2 for the effort of getting this board back on-line! I have a lot of posts to catch up on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuneFan Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I would alsol like to extend my sincere thanks for starting IndianaMat. The only reason I bought a computer was to follow Indiana High School wrestling throughout the state. It sure was miserable spending the whole Thanksgiving weekend without getting any wrestling info. Our school used to wrestle in a 2 day 11 team dual meet after Thanksgiving , which I sure miss and another thing that made the weekend miserable was the snow on the ground, whch made it difficult for us to golf. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blane Culp Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Hey y2j or i mean joe, what size hat do you wear? has it increase lately? hahahahah no i am joking and this looks like it could be heading indiana wrestling into a good direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinedad Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Thanks Joe, this site looks like a winner, now I have a reason not to get to all the things around the house that I should be doing instead of reading about the wrestling community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpd096 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Joe, I went a few days without up to date discussion and Indiana wrestling information...I almost had to go into REHAB! KUDOS to you, Joe. Much Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regionfan#1 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regionrat1 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I see ole y2 has not offered me a littel blog. If he did it could be called " da rat rant " !! Since da rgion is da best place for for da fine sport dare is allot to write about . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 I don't know if anyone could read your writing for more than two sentences! I would rather call it "da Rat Hole." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeMom Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I have to add my thanks!! In SuperSize!! Even us wrestling moms were going through withdrawal BIG TIME! I was having to do internet searches through every single community newspaper I could find online to get results over the last week or so. It was pretty sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestler60160 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Everything sounds great. Thanks to Y2 and everyone else involved in this big task. It is great that the Youth Board will be able to talk about the different tournaments that the up and coming stars of Indiana are competing in and not limited to a certain organization. There is a lot going on out there that is making these young hard working kid's awful good. Thanks again and good luck to the future of Indiana Mat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtv2112 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I also want to extend my thanks, as it is an easy way to pad my posts without offending too many people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinwrestlersmom Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Thanks so much for the new place Joe. One more wrestling mom that was having the shakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12ozCurl Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I agree with everyone. Being away at college, it is hard to keep up, the discussion board was the only way i could keep up. Thanks Y2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbarnett Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 A coach, a ref, and now a website administrator. The resume continues to grow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive2246 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 A coach, a ref, and now a website administrator. The resume continues to grow And soon to be a husband.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbarnett Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 A husband??? That may slow down the amount of time spent on the internet... at least for the first 6 months. After that, it may actually increase the amount of time on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted December 6, 2008 Author Share Posted December 6, 2008 A coach, a ref, and now a website administrator. The resume continues to grow And soon to be a husband.... WHAT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlHungus Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Female intuition...I'm guessing she knows more than you...LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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