Yes I am serious. What I said is an opinion, and you can't tell me I can't have an opinion on a message board, which is the whole point of this type of forum, to express your opinions. I said a few things: 1. "I don't know if it was a bad call..." I couldn't see if it was a legitimate call from where I was. I tried to go back and watch the replay on broadcastsport.net, and it's not available. I didn't even dispute if it was a bad call or not, and for the sake of argument, I'll agree with you and say it was.
2. I said I don't feel sorry for a wrestler who does nothing offensively for an entire match, and doesn't get a call to go his way at the buzzer. That's my opinion, I am free to have it. I prefer aggressive wrestling, and quite frankly didn't see much of it in this match. Please point me to a video replay to this match and show me where I am wrong, and that I missed numerous offensive moves by Knura. As I recall, in the last period, There where times that Lenzt stood in the center of the mat, and waited for Knura to even come to him. I recall thinking that Knura was making absolutely no effort to push the action, so much so that Lentz could stand there and not even risk a stalling call. I also think Lentz didn't wrestle very aggressively in the match, he only did enough to win, and it almost cost him the match. Had the call went against Lentz, I would not have felt sorry for him either, I thought had he wrestled more agressively, that he would have had a big lead and wouldn't have to worry about a ref's call. Once again, this is my opinion. You stated "Hasseman had a game plan for him and Knura followed it..." I don't know if this is true, but if the gameplan was to stall until time is almost out and take a last second shot, then this does not change my position any. This might even be a good strategy. But once again, if that is your strategy, then I don't feel sorry for you if you use it and a call doesn't go your way.
Finally, you state "don't take anything away from Knura..." Aren't your comments taking something away from Lentz? Isn't that what anyone who questions a refs call does, take something away from the winner? So is it ok for you to dimininish Lentz's victory?