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  1. Galagore
    Do you think having more one-on-one with coaches outweighs the benefit of quality practice partners? Everyone goes to RTCs and RWOs in the off season because of the quality partners they get to work with. Do you think having a better chance at varsity outweighs the benefit of having to compete for your spot? Competing for a varsity spot is one of the things people highlight about our best programs. If getting "on the wall" is beneficial to a wrestler, wouldn't it make more sense to give more kids the opportunity to win titles? This actually sounds like an argument in favor of classed individual tournaments. Having more coaches is something that doesn't seem universal to the small school experience. We see schools with the same coaches at our varsity, middle school, and elementary school events. That one may have been unique to Churubusco. Are you saying that all of the athletic programs being on the same page is more likely to happen at a small school? If so, see previous paragraph. Winning team state is something I will have to defer to someone else, as we have never even been in the running, so it is hard for me to comment on whether it is easier or harder to win in any given division.
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    In your defense, the lack of how obvious that is is also kinda the point. Your confusion is what he seeks, though he does not seek to confuse you personally.
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    What are the benefits for an individual who attends a small school and wants to maximize wrestling success?
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    What are the benefits of trying to be as competitive as possible while wrestling at a small school?
  5. Galagore
    @Y2CJ41 is making a point that the logic used to refute class wrestling can as easily be applied to wrestlebacks. He is not campaigning against wrestlebacks.
  6. Galagore
    No, it would not be something I would support. Are you OK with there being fewer wrestling programs if the athletes at the small schools pick baseball and football over wrestling?
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    You know, it all of the time discussing this it took until this post for it to hit me - that's why those weights are so tough. It's much harder to stay on the football field at a medium to large school when you weigh less than 150-160 pounds, so why not just go ahead and focus on wrestling? At a small school, there are still plenty of linemen that are that size, let alone all of the other positions.
  8. Galagore
    Bingo. Very tough tightrope to walk.
  9. Galagore
    Additionally, everyone might say that it is an individual decision is correct. My initial argument is from the perspective of the person running the program. Should I just insist that the wrestlers keep grinding all spring and fall and say who cares what that means to the other sports teams? What if the other coaches did that to wrestling?
  10. Galagore
    You are correct. We choose to support our athletic department, not just the wrestling team. We choose to have options for our student athletes, not just say, "fall sport is football or you're out of luck; winter sport is basketball or you're out of luck; spring sport is track or you're out of luck." If this happens to the fullest extent, then many small school athletic teams across the board will fold. My guess is wrestling would not be one of the survivors in most schools. Do you think that is an adequate sacrifice to make sure everyone knows that they need to full give themselves to the sport to have a reasonable shot at winning a state medal?
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    Being referred to as "this Galagore" is my favorite thing about today so far.
  12. Galagore
    Good in theory, but as @Y2CJ41 has pointed out, has not worked in other states. Priority 1 (on this topic) is getting to an individual classed tournament. If we can swing an "ultimate tournament" of some sort, great. But we should not forego the classed individual simply because we won't have a "true champion."
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    Then let me rephrase my question. In what way is it more beneficial to the success of an athlete participating in a non-classed individual sport at a small school competing in the state tournament?
  14. Galagore
    At a small school, this decision doesn't just affect the individual. It affects the entire athletic program. And if we wrestling coaches at small schools promote to our kids that they should focus on wrestling and with the other teams, whatever happens happens...then that's just not being a good teammate from an athletic department perspective. And even if you can convince me that it is OK to just look out for your sport, what happens if all of the wrestling kids agree with me that they should focus on being as good as possible at one sport, and that sport isn't wrestling? Answer: the wrestling team will fold and there won't be wrestling anymore at Culver Community. I don't want that for wrestling and I don't want that for any of our programs.
  15. Galagore
    So large schools also worry about not having a baseball team because the wrestlers are all focusing on wrestling instead of baseball (or ____ spring/fall sport)? My son is an example I can use. He isn't "finding something else they (he) can be doing other than grinding." He is pitching and catching for the baseball team and working hard at it. He will actually be going in a week or two early to start work with the varsity baseball team before his middle school team practices fully begin. It's baseball season, so I owe it to him and the baseball team to allow him to give that season his full attention, just like he was able to give the wrestling season his full attention. What are some of the benefits of wrestling for a small school?
  16. Galagore
    Everything you are saying is correct...however, at a small school, it is difficult in good conscience to truly push kids to wrestle to get better in the spring. They are busy making sure our baseball, softball, track, and golf teams are as competitive as possible. How would I feel if the baseball coach was leveraging the wrestlers to start tuning their arms up in January? It would p*@# me off. And of course big schools also share athletes. However, if the wrestlers at small schools focus on one sport, the other sports don't do poorly - they cease to exist. Small schools are playing a differnt game. That's why team sports are classed. There is no difference for individual sports. Everyone has to block another individual in football. Everyone has to mark another individual in soccer. You get where I am going here.
  17. Galagore
    I cannot express how sad I am to be reading this thread so late. Yes, we should absolutely have divisions. Small schools are not playing the same game large schools are and should not be competing against them in the same tournament. We don't make the team sports do that, so making the individual sports do it makes very little sense. You can search galagore for all of my other logic. I am too sad to post it all right now.
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    @KarlHungus - OG contributor and while inactive for a while, still one of the all-time leading posters
  19. Galagore
    Big fan of the three point take down. Also like the 2, 3, 4 point near falls. Both have been fun to watch at the college level.
  20. Galagore
    Culver Community: Matt Hurford 172-11 Career 4xConference Champ 4xSectional Champ 4xRegional Champ 3xSemi-State finalist 3xQualifier - frosh qualifier at 189, which is bonkers 5th place finish 2012 Champ 2013 Fun note: After Matt's freshman year, we were in the post-season meeting discussing goals. When we asked how he thought the season would go he said, "I hoped maybe I would qualify for regional."
  21. Galagore
    Looks like more tickets have opened up. Just need some $100/night hotel rooms within walking distance to open up and I will be putting in for may day off tomorrow...
  22. Galagore
    I would save 5 rows of seats for two hours or find another location and smile, wave at someone attempting to save seats for two hours if it meant we could go back to buying paper tickets with cash at the ticket booths.
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  24. Galagore
    Kinda like reaching back on bottom…some things are best learned through experience.
  25. Galagore
    Class wrestling > wrestlebacks
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