Ha cool okay I fixed it to what it should have said.
like I have said before- for Howe- winning the way he won, only loss coming to Humphrey, hands down to me makes him the best of all time. Full disclosure I have only been around Indiana high school wrestling since 1995 so I don’t know how Howe would stack up against Ellis but since 1995 I think Howe is the clear leader, especially when you factor in college and post high school stats. Howe took David Taylor and Burroughs all the way to the final seconds, Howe arguably would have medaled at the Olympics if it were not for Burroughs being in his weight. The way I look at multiple state championships is this- you win 4 - obviously your the best of the best elite- but if you win all of those matches in overtime then your elite but you’re a takedown away from the competition/the second best guy that year. There was everyone else, then a very large gap, then Howe.
Another way to look at it- if youre a college coach and you are recruiting seniors and a 4x state champ wins in overtime against a 1x state runner up and you recruit the guy who loses in overtime for your team do you feel like there is a large gap in quality between your runner up and the 4x champ?
Demarcus Spencer (a one time runner up) places ahead of Josh Harper 3x champ his senior year- who do you want on your dual team/ who do you think is the better guy at that time?