Irani Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 starting a new thread to cover Iran related news. I hope this is OK since this forum is for college and international wrestling Roughneck Coach, MUSKEEWRESTLER, maligned and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJB Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 **TIP OF THE CAP** Misty Kendrex, MUSKEEWRESTLER and Mphillips 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJB Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 so... U23 worlds start monday at 4:30 in the am on the right coast with the good stuff... greco... the US has two medal hopefuls... schultz at 130kg monday... peak at 72kg tuesday... i don't have warm fuzzies for the rest of the US squad... MUSKEEWRESTLER and Misty Kendrex 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestlenewbie Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Here is hoping you get over 256 pages. (I was Wrestleknownothing over there). Y2CJ41, Mphillips and Amir.Sol 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestlenewbie Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 1 hour ago, LJB said: so... U23 worlds start monday at 4:30 in the am on the right coast with the good stuff... greco... the US has two medal hopefuls... schultz at 130kg monday... peak at 72kg tuesday... i don't have warm fuzzies for the rest of the US squad... Greco? Is that like gyros, saganaki, and stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJB Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 6 minutes ago, wrestlenewbie said: Greco? Is that like gyros, saganaki, and stuff? nailed it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir.Sol Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 2 hours ago, LJB said: so... U23 worlds start monday at 4:30 in the am on the right coast with the good stuff... greco... the US has two medal hopefuls... schultz at 130kg monday... peak at 72kg tuesday... i don't have warm fuzzies for the rest of the US squad... Schultz is by far the best chance for USA if he can avoid Yousefi and the Hungarian. Everyone else he can beat. How good is the USA rep at 82? That weight is wide open so Cunningham could sneak in for a medal imo. In terms of this Iran team, it's very good but I don't see us winning many golds. At least one gold is guaranteed with Yousefi. And then we have another 3 possible golds. Dadmarz and Mokhtari are our two senior members and should do well but they both have to worry about an Oslo world champ in their weights! Not sure how well they'll do but it's a good test, specially Mokhtari against Amoyan. I also think Mohmadi can win gold because of how open 82 is. I'm predicting 2 golds and 6-8 medals for us but the draw will be important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJB Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 11 minutes ago, Amir.Sol said: Schultz is by far the best chance for USA if he can avoid Yousefi and the Hungarian. Everyone else he can beat. How good is the USA rep at 82? That weight is wide open so Cunningham could sneak in for a medal imo. In terms of this Iran team, it's very good but I don't see us winning many golds. At least one gold is guaranteed with Yousefi. And then we have another 3 possible golds. Dadmarz and Mokhtari are our two senior members and should do well but they both have to worry about an Oslo world champ in their weights! Not sure how well they'll do but it's a good test, specially Mokhtari against Amoyan. I also think Mohmadi can win gold because of how open 82 is. I'm predicting 2 golds and 6-8 medals for us but the draw will be important. the main thing i can say about cunningham is that i do not know him at all... which, take that for whatever it is worth, but, it does not feel me with very high hopes... and yes, i get my heart ripped out almost every worlds... but, that is going to change soon enough... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJB Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 (edited) @Amir.Sol how does arami at 60kg compare to levesi from U20? after watching levesi roll my kid up in bulgaria i have had to reevaluate some things... Edited October 14, 2022 by LJB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir.Sol Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 8 minutes ago, LJB said: the main thing i can say about cunningham is that i do not know him at all... which, take that for whatever it is worth, but, it does not feel me with very high hopes... and yes, i get my heart ripped out almost every worlds... but, that is going to change soon enough... I hope so too. As much as I hate to admit it, USA being good at Greco is good for the sport. I don't believe Greco is less popular in the US because it's "boring". I think it's less popular because the US sucks. Casual watchers don't care as much about points scored. If USA can win a few olympic medals then people will watch it. And Arami is good but nothing close to Esmaeli-Leivesi. Esmaeli is by far our best up and coming guy, has some very impressive wins already. I believe the reason he's not here is because he cuts too much and they want to save him for the world cup. I didn't watch the match but your kid shouldn't feel bad about losing to a future olympic champion :). Irani 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJB Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 9 minutes ago, Amir.Sol said: I hope so too. As much as I hate to admit it, USA being good at Greco is good for the sport. I don't believe Greco is less popular in the US because it's "boring". I think it's less popular because the US sucks. Casual watchers don't care as much about points scored. If USA can win a few olympic medals then people will watch it. And Arami is good but nothing close to Esmaeli-Leivesi. Esmaeli is by far our best up and coming guy, has some very impressive wins already. I believe the reason he's not here is because he cuts too much and they want to save him for the world cup. I didn't watch the match but your kid shouldn't feel bad about losing to a future olympic champion :). i could rant for longer than anyone wants to hear about why US greco is sub par... but... we got some things going on right now that will help change that... at least in my world... my kid wrestled tough against leivesi and i have no complaints at all, but, it was hard to watch him just run through everyone domestically, be in the finals of seniors at the open and then just be totally ineffective against leivesi and then again against the japanese wrestler... FWIW... i din't get the sense leivesi was over sized for the weight, but, obviously some hold their weight differently... he is a total stud and i love watching him wrestle... my younger son was 5th at cadets in hungary in 21, but, got jobbed a little in the semis at trials this year... those things have made us change up some stuff... i expect much better results next summer... Amir.Sol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir.Sol Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 7 minutes ago, LJB said: i could rant for longer than anyone wants to hear about why US greco is sub par... but... we got some things going on right now that will help change that... at least in my world... my kid wrestled tough against leivesi and i have no complaints at all, but, it was hard to watch him just run through everyone domestically, be in the finals of seniors at the open and then just be totally ineffective against leivesi and then again against the japanese wrestler... FWIW... i din't get the sense leivesi was over sized for the weight, but, obviously some hold their weight differently... he is a total stud and i love watching him wrestle... my younger son was 5th at cadets in hungary in 21, but, got jobbed a little in the semis at trials this year... those things have made us change up some stuff... i expect much better results next summer... Good luck to them! LJB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhs67 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 (edited) Greetings all, good to see you. Especially you LJB. Edited October 14, 2022 by nhs67 Mphillips 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJB Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 5 minutes ago, nhs67 said: Greetings all, good to see you. Especially you LJB. **low bow** best behavior... pinky swear... nhs67 and Irani 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Genius Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 In. Let's go Ir-I mean, Indiana! nhs67 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irani Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 Thanks to the admins for approving this thread. welcome everyone A conversation about GR between @Amir.Soland @LJB? This I want to read and learn from! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irani Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 6 hours ago, wrestlenewbie said: Here is hoping you get over 256 pages. (I was Wrestleknownothing over there). Why did you change your name? To confuse us or are you in the times protection program ? grest to have you here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irani Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 And thanks @Amir.Solfor finding and suggesting this board Amir.Sol and Misty Kendrex 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Cool, we need to get the word out. For the rest of the posters on the mat. Misty Kendrex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestlenewbie Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 9 hours ago, Irani said: Why did you change your name? To confuse us or are you in the times protection program ? grest to have you here I changed my name there, not here. I was on this message board first. I challenged my brother in law to figure out which username was mine and he got it on the first try. So when I found out about themat I decided to use a different username. He guessed that one right away too. For completeness, both names are accurate. When I came on this board I was brand spanking new to the sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mphillips Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Cheers all... Irani and Amir.Sol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkiane Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Hello everyone Irani and Amir.Sol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mphillips Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Do post' always, "need to be approved by a moderator?" Or is this just for us new folks? Some poor moderator just got a FT job I'm afraid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Just now, Mphillips said: Do post' always, "need to be approved by a moderator?" Or is this just for us new folks? Some poor moderator just got a FT job I'm afraid... Just your first five posts to make sure you aren't a spammer or previously in timeout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mphillips Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 9 minutes ago, Y2CJ41 said: Just your first five posts to make sure you aren't a spammer or previously in timeout. Thank you @Y2CJ41. Appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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