MUSKEEWRESTLER Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 2 hours ago, XCard said: Is this how we sounded too when our Semi-State used to produce a similar depth of the Evansville SS? How about when three of the four Regionals feeding into the Semi-State were producing some pretty solid individuals and some not so favorable draws? Well if we did, when the next wave comes around, which it usually does for each semi-state, well at least three, sorry Ft. Wayne, I am going to be a lot more quiet than previous years. Agreed!! As they say, " Act like you've been there before!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFleshman Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 There have been many discussions about class wrestling. The IHSAA would have to decide to grow sport of wrestling for all a schools big or small first. I've coached at a small school for 33 years. Maybe 10 of those years I was able to fill 12-14 weight classes. The gap keeps getting larger for our kids that don't wrestle year around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
450krazy Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 (edited) 28 minutes ago, CFleshman said: There have been many discussions about class wrestling. The IHSAA would have to decide to grow sport of wrestling for all a schools big or small first. I've coached at a small school for 33 years. Maybe 10 of those years I was able to fill 12-14 weight classes. The gap keeps getting larger for our kids that don't wrestle year around. The times have changed for multi sport athletes. If they don't concentrate all there effort on one sport all year around they will only be good at all of their sports, but if the do 1 all year their chances of being great drastically improve. With all the academies and clubs going all year it will be hard to keep up with the single sport dedicated kids. I'm not saying that travel sports are not good but it is hurting the multi sport athletes and lower income families. Take for instance Lewis from New Prairie. Punches his ticket goes to a small school and gives highly ranked kids a run for their money. But he wrestles all year. Edited February 15, 2022 by 450krazy Needed to add jshep86 and MUSKEEWRESTLER 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFleshman Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 I agree completely. But up here in the Northeast corner Academies are limited. As was stated earlier a 20 minute drive around the loop of Indy any given night you have a competitive room available. Hopefully we can get the northern kids to get together at the Fort this off season. Ft Wayne is getting better at all ages. busstogate and 450krazy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M109R Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 2 hours ago, ReformedPoster said: Well, he obviously has somebody in mind that he thinks is going to pull the upset. He should man up and put his prediction out there for all of us to see. I think it would ruin the suspense. CoachDC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIACfan Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 7 minutes ago, M109R said: I think it would ruin the suspense. But if you don't let us in on the scoop, then we will never get to find out. ShawSki 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
450krazy Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 31 minutes ago, CFleshman said: I agree completely. But up here in the Northeast corner Academies are limited. As was stated earlier a 20 minute drive around the loop of Indy any given night you have a competitive room available. Hopefully we can get the northern kids to get together at the Fort this off season. Ft Wayne is getting better at all ages. For us we have a 30 to 45 min drive to the closest academy. But we make it work. Is it more on the parents, absolutely. But the leaps and bounds my son has made since he started going to elite athletic club is priceless. The parents need to be as dedicated or more. D Summar and buttler73 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWINfan Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 28 minutes ago, SIACfan said: But if you don't let us in on the scoop, then we will never get to find out. It Sure we will... if Brody loses. He'll say "see I told you so, that was my pick!" It's the easy way to take the field, have 15 wrestlers in your pocket and look smart if it happens. Yet, he has someone in mind, he's just playing it safe or doesn't want to put pressure on a kid. Obviously, after last weekend we should be reminded that anything can happen. But, injury aside, I don't see him losing. ShawSki 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
base Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 2 hours ago, awill0352 said: Is there or has there ever been serious talk about having class wrestling for individual tournament? Oh the innocence of new site members is so quaint! Artist's Rendition of class wrestling discussions: 450krazy, indypharmd, horseofadifferentcolor and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIACfan Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 11 minutes ago, SWINfan said: Sure we will... if Brody loses. Like I said, if he doesn't let us know his pick then we'll never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indysportsfan Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 My son played baseball and we drove 40-45 minutes for practices at Grand Park and we also drove over 1 hour to get to Shirley's complex in Pendleton for baseball training. Wrestling is NOT on an island when it comes to drive times/distance traveling. No doubt it is rough on a family and sometimes it is impossible, but it is something that every sport has to endure. MUSKEEWRESTLER and 450krazy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Laterzo Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 (edited) On 2/14/2022 at 7:18 AM, Joe Exotics Wildcats said: If CP attended the Evansville semi-state how many champs would they have? I can count 3 (Frazier, Mendez, Goin) I think 106: 4th 113:DNP 120: DNP 126: 1st 132: 3rd 138: 1st 145: 2nd 152: 1st 160: 4th 170: DNP 182: 2nd 195: DNP 4th at best 220: DNP HWT: DNP This would make life real interesting for the red dogs. EMD would outscore them and would bring home the title. Baumann, Sollars, Critchfield, Seng, Schaeffer, May will all be top 4 this weekend and we will at least 2 champs. When did the famous Region get so bad? Hanover Central, Mishawaka, Lake Central, Munster, and Griffith used to have studs that would make this semi state so tough. Crown Point just runs away with it now, Penn is a very distant second...dare I say that EC is equivalent to Fort Wayne. Edited February 15, 2022 by Marc Laterzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M109R Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 3 hours ago, SIACfan said: But if you don't let us in on the scoop, then we will never get to find out. I don't have the scoop , apparently CoachDC does . I myself thinks Baumann wins it. CoachDC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamGarcia Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 2 hours ago, base said: Oh the innocence of new site members is so quaint! Artist's Rendition of class wrestling discussions: Class Wrestling base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrestleMan Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 2 hours ago, M109R said: I don't have the scoop , apparently CoachDC does . I myself thinks Baumann wins it. I have no idea who Coach DC thinks is going to beat Baumann when a nationally ranked, Michigan recruit has a hard time keeping it under a major. ReformedPoster and CoachDC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachDC Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 9 hours ago, ReformedPoster said: Well, he obviously has somebody in mind that he thinks is going to pull the upset. He should man up and put his prediction out there for all of us to see. Be patient my friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachDC Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 5 hours ago, SIACfan said: Like I said, if he doesn't let us know his pick then we'll never know. You see in the state pick ems… I’ll be the one picking against him under the lights. You guys are getting a little worked up about the unknown… relax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachDC Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 6 hours ago, SWINfan said: Sure we will... if Brody loses. He'll say "see I told you so, that was my pick!" It's the easy way to take the field, have 15 wrestlers in your pocket and look smart if it happens. Yet, he has someone in mind, he's just playing it safe or doesn't want to put pressure on a kid. Obviously, after last weekend we should be reminded that anything can happen. But, injury aside, I don't see him losing. I got one guy, not the field lol… and thank you for having understood that there’s no need for me to put any pressure on him. I’m sticking with my guy. 1 guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrestleMan Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Well I've gotta a guy that's gonna beat his guy before he even gets to Baumann. Of course, I'm not going to say who it is. Just wait though. You will see. Coach Nieman, ShawSki, CoachDC and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachDC Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, WrestleMan said: Well I've gotta a guy that's gonna beat his guy before he even gets to Baumann. Of course, I'm not going to say who it is. Just wait though. You will see. You see that’s the spirit! You got your guy, I got my guy, and everyone else is playing safe! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie78 Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 If I know a guy, who knows a guy that could beat that guy..........do I have a guy? CoachDC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 6 hours ago, SWINfan said: Sure we will... if Brody loses. He'll say "see I told you so, that was my pick!" It's the easy way to take the field, have 15 wrestlers in your pocket and look smart if it happens. Yet, he has someone in mind, he's just playing it safe or doesn't want to put pressure on a kid. Obviously, after last weekend we should be reminded that anything can happen. But, injury aside, I don't see him losing. That’s still leaving to much to chance. I’m going to keep 16 guys in my pocket and I’ll let you know who the best choice is Saturday night after they get a chance to have some head to head and common opponent criteria sorted. CoachDC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachDC Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Just now, rookie78 said: If I know a guy, who knows a guy that could beat that guy..........do I have a guy? Of course, we can all have our own pick. Mine just happens to be a guy named…not Baumann. I’ll even record a video tonight with the date to have it as set in stone proof along with my Pick ems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrestleMan Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Just now, rookie78 said: If I know a guy, who knows a guy that could beat that guy..........do I have a guy? Yes, you also have a guy. Not sure if it's my guy, his guy or another guy, but you have a guy. In the end though, I'll take Baumann over the field and give coach 5-1 odds. CoachDC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrestleMan Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Just now, CoachDC said: Of course, we can all have our own pick. Mine just happens to be a guy named…not Baumann. I’ll even record a video tonight with the date to have it as set in stone proof along with my Pick ems. So 15 different videos? That's going to take some time. Better get started. Observing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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