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  1. wildcatcountry97
    Well, where I come from if someone tries to hug you after just defeating you, they'd get a good pop in the mouth. I do have to say, grabbing the colored balls out of the sack to determine position is worse than the hugging though - Seriously FILA - you gotta fix that
  2. wildcatcountry97
    State Populations: Indiana: 6,501,582 Illinois: 12,864,380 Pennsylvania: 12,734,905 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- " But size shouldn't matter right? If we just work harder than Illinois or Pennsylvania we should be just as good.........right? " ---- No, I propose we divide up the National Championship based on the size of our states and we can just have 5 National Champions at each weight class.......Right?
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    State Populations: Indiana: 6,501,582 Illinois: 12,864,380 Pennsylvania: 12,734,905 When you have twice the number of people you are undoubtedly going to have more good athletes/wrestlers across the board. I dont know how much 'cathing up' we can do unless we double our population. I understand that Indiana doesn't pull in international wrestlers to coach the high school level too often, but the comment that someone was suprised he would come to indiana is putting our state down a little bit don't you think? I'm sure he will be an excellent coach and that there were plenty of opportunities out there for him, but it's not like he was going to walk in and take over a contending D1 program. In many respects i feel coaching high school is much more rewarding that coaching college kids, and perhaps building a program in a good community is his goal. Best of luck to him and I am certainly glad he came back to Indiana wrestling.
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    Yah, yah. Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania are just loaded with great coaches, but Indiana doesn't have class wrestling so all the coaches here suck. Maybe Mr. Hassman can get some sort of Nobel prize for gracing us with his talents. I'm sure he'll do great things and I'm glad he came back, but it never ceases to amaze me how many people on this board act like Indiana is so terrible and the implication that the coaching here is so terrible.
  5. wildcatcountry97
    What?s with the constant contradictions on here? I keep reading that Indiana wresting, as it is, sucks; And that we need to go to class wrestling to help remedy this. (I'm not disagreeing) In addition, everyone congratulates all the ?good? wrestlers for leaving the state for Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, etc. or welcomes them back when they return. But then on the other hand, I keep hearing how the Tsirtsis?s and Mr. Howe are the greatest of all time. Whatever the kids? choice, We can?t have it both ways, so which is it?!
  6. wildcatcountry97
    Thanks for the links. I really thought we'd see Nicky Simmons at 55... (uh oh lookout, mck and maligned are going to blast me for making a post that doesn't include the names Tsirtsis or Howe)
  7. wildcatcountry97
    Wildcat: .....Grapple in the Apple ... where Bunch or Humphrey (INDIANA) can make an Olympic team..., Howe (INDIANA) to Oklahoma, Joey D (INDIANA UNIVERSITY) leaving Indiana - Maligned: It's funny that people would discuss Indiana high school wrestling on an Indiana high school wrestling board--and repeatedly, at that. Crazies. I think I included several topics related to Indiana in my suggestion there, Maligned. And yes, MCKAJC... you are free to discuss whatever topics you want, no matter how trivial or trite. My point was, that there are plenty of relevant, interesting, topics pertaining to INDIANA wrestling, or the advancement of our sport in general that could be discussed. Nearly all who post to these topics have no knowledge that wrestling existed prior to 2000 or so. Also, I'm really not sure you know what a Pun is....
  8. wildcatcountry97
    Again - it appears wrestling only started in Indiana in about the year 2000. This is a tired, boring topic - How (no pun intended) about something relevant - USA vs Georgia last week, .. Grapple in the Apple ... where Bunch or Humphrey make an Olympic team..., Howe to Oklahoma, Joey D leaving Indiana - There are plenty of Indiana - related topics to discuss Or, if you want to compare wrestlers how about Olympic wrestlers; at least something more interesting than two guys who just wrestled high school in the last 10 years or so. If you're a young fella broaden your knowledge base- check out some guys like: Dave & Mark Schultz, Lee Kemp, the Brands Brothers, Kenny Monday, John Smith, Hodge, Randy Lewis, Ed and Lou Banach, Zeke Jones ... Watch some video on these guys and compare them to each other, or past and present.
  9. wildcatcountry97
    That was quite impressive. How many wreslters from Indiana have been invited to this before? I don't know if I have heard of any recently before these two.
  10. wildcatcountry97
    I've seen an aweful lot refuse it. Anyhow, it's only a few bucks for gas money to drive to the school, not really a 'getting paid' situation.
  11. wildcatcountry97
    Y2 - that's the definition of insanity, not an idiot. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -Albert Einstein idiot - A foolish or stupid person.
  12. wildcatcountry97
    I have never heard of a club coach getting paid. Most all club coaches coach for free because they love the sport and want to help our kids improve. Most all clinicians who do RTC's do this for free as well out of giving back to a sport that has given them so much. To me this sounds like asking your buddies to pay you cash for helping them move. The only 'club' I know paying their coaches would be those 'wrestling academies' and such.
  13. wildcatcountry97
    "I cannot believe that we give out tainted titles in football, baseball, basketball, softball, soccer, etc. " Football - team sport Baseball - team sport basketball - team sport softball - team sport soccer - team sport etc.
  14. wildcatcountry97
    I'd send him to some local RTC's for good practice partners and good instruction, and the ISWA puts together quite a few tournaments. I know over the past few years many people feel they are 'too good' for local tournaments and need to travel out of state (not saying this is your case) but if we want the sport to grow and you want your kid to improve, I'd start there. There are an aweful lot of talented practice partners and coaches to provide world class instruction right here in this state.
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    If you vote yay or nay it'd be cool if you elaborated!
  16. wildcatcountry97
    I'm gonna lose my mind of one more person uses college recruiting as their reasoning for anything. I'd say about 90-95% of the kids that wrestle do NOT go to college to wrestle. and of the maybe 5-10% that d0 less than 10% of them are getting any real money. So, all this garbage about recruiting blah blah blah as a need for class wrestling is silly. There are good arguments for class, this just isn't one. And as someone very keenly put, if big bad John Smith wants to come recruit anyone I really don't think he cares about the bottom half of the qualifiers - He will be visiting to look at a kid with Fargo Titles, State Championships, WTT, not the kid who got 5th in 2A.
  17. wildcatcountry97
    I didn't really see anything about this on the board - Did anyone else think Jordan Oliver was screwed with a terrible call of No takedown to ruin his chances at a 2012 National Title - or good no call? I vote - Screwed - If this had been on the edge of the mat - would have been 2. So, why not in the center of the mat? Match Below - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg12FJr40jE
  18. wildcatcountry97
    Mao- No, all that matters is not the champ, thats why we have Regionals....Semi-State and advance 3 NON-Champs from SS. Otherwise we would only advance the champ. I'm fine with the way it is. I am however tired of people crying that they got a bad draw. As I stated, everyone has the same opportunity to get the draws, so it is fair by definition. And if you draw into a returning state champ you probably didn't win your regional. Trying to have all of these extra matches only delays things, reduces excitement, and you still wont get the best 16 always because you cannot seed between regionals. Plus the IHSAA isn't goin for it ever, the other sports don't have 're-tries' to advance through the state tournament. Well I don't know if you have ever been to an Illinois state tournament, but it runs quite different, and the class system allows for smaller sub-sets to incorporate wrestlebacks. It's so different you cannot compare. The system cannot be perfect. Win 2 matches or shut up and go home.
  19. wildcatcountry97
    mao - I feel like you didn't even read the other posts before composing that nonsense. Mao sounds communist anyhow... I'm just sayin
  20. wildcatcountry97
    Yes, it is a risk. That is why it's a strategy and not just going with the norm. Other strategies include onside kicks in football, holding the ball for the last shot in basketball, dropping water weight at the last minute, circling to your left against a guy with a good high crotch, choosing neutral when given the choice, keep the match on the mat or on your feet....
  21. wildcatcountry97
    TPL - I don't know what your photo is supposed to be... but you definately lose a cool point for that.
  22. wildcatcountry97
    umm, yes, it would be transfered and spread out, thus making the rounds less exciting. I think it's kind of common sense that if you 'spread out' the drama then its less exciting than putting all the drama together. No? For instance if Obama has his way and I spread out my wealth, I have less wealth. You spread out the drama, less drama. TNT Semi-State We know drama.
  23. wildcatcountry97
    Ha. I figured I'd just beat everyone to the punch!
  24. wildcatcountry97
    This isn't what it seems at first. I don't see that as a big deal, actually a good move. Phillips is going to the state finals to WIN, not just to get a medal... So, if your worried his head isnt in the game for a consol, forfeit instead of hurting his confidence worse by dropping 2 in a row b/c he's hung up on the 1st loss. Regardless of whether that's the case or not, as a 4 he'll draw a 1 first, but this is perfect b/c when he beats the 1 he essentially is back on the track of the 1 seed after only 1 match instead of being stuck in the middle with 3's and 2's. As a non-1 seed he would have to beat a 1 anyways at some point to get back to the finals, so why not first round. I think this is really good strategy, but it only works if your kid is superb and will likely win that match-up against a 1 friday night. Raw deal for the semi-state champ that draws Phillips Friday night!
  25. wildcatcountry97
    I wonder where MD recruited those 9 from?
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