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The White Sox are already mathematically eliminated from the play-offs even before the A's. Right @Kyle Ayersman?

Stop hating...  Cubs fandom is sacred!!!!

The Cubs Fandom is just tragic

Joe's son, who is an avid Cubs fan happens to attend some club at Garrett, so I assume Double B would make his new home in the halls that sit on Houston Street..nothing wrong with that 

Joe's son, who is an avid Cubs fan happens to attend some club at Garrett, so I assume Double B would make his new home in the halls that sit on Houston Street..nothing wrong with that 

Garrett RTC -enter door 3 
start time 6-730
What's needed-USA Card
What to expect-Improve your wrestling skillset and wrestle some hammers
Who is welcome-Boys and Girls  grades 6-12

Garrett RTC -enter door 3 
start time 6-730
What's needed-USA Card
What to expect-Improve your wrestling skillset and wrestle some hammers
Who is welcome-Boys and Girls  grades 6-12

After all that, you named a Regional Rep 🤔

I'll start. 
Carroll Regional a nominate @GenHeavyHandz and @nkraus

This is a NATIONAL survey.

1. Implementing a harsher penalty for unnecessary roughness.
2. Wrestlers being considered inbounds with one supporting point.
3. Specific measurement requirements for required girls uniforms.
4. Video replay in championship events.
5. Awarding three points for a takedown instead of two.
6. Awarding two points for near-fall after a two-second count, three points for a near-fall after a three-second count, four points for a near-fall after a four-second count.
7. Charging the wrestler with a loss when using a medical forfeit.
8. Requiring only one supporting point for wrestling to be considered inbounds.
9. Eliminating that knees be inside the boundary to earn a fall or near-fall with the defensive wrestler out of bounds.  
10. Allowing that the pinning area not be the “total” of supporting points when the defensive wrestler is on their back. 
11. Allowing a wrestler to touch the mat in front of the starting line in the neutral starting position.
12. Adding grasping of the ear guards or mat as a delayed call.
13. Adding head-butting to the list of illegal holds/maneuvers.
14. Expanding to include gouging or poking of the eyes to Rule 5-29-1 (Unnecessary Roughness)
15. Requiring at least one coach in the corner of a match.
16. Requiring mat-side weigh-ins. 
17. Mandating coaches’ attire at dual meets and tournaments – similar to other NFHS sports.

BIAS WARNING:
Went to Garrett High School. I had to do some hard thinking given what happened last weekend in Evansville with Mr. Leech as well as Clayton Fielden from a few years ago.. but the best wrestler from my school is still my brother, Hayden Lee:
-2x Indiana Place Winner (3rd & 6th) 
-Ohio State Champ
-NAIA National Champ
-Super 32 - 8th Place
-Best winning percentage in school history
-Pinned Nick Lee at the 2011 IHPO

Well hello there, coach from my high school. Great short list of GHS legends 

I am curious of your opinions on this topic.  Obviously, somebody mentioned that Hockaday didn't "cut weight," but do you feel its necessary to cut weight weight?  I'm in a coach's group message and we have awesome debates all the time. 
 
In my opinion there's a difference between cutting weight and managing weight.  For example, our champ, Chase Leech, weighed 182-184 pre season, and practiced a couple of days and was under 175.  When we arrived back to the hotel after the finals, Chase was 4 pounds under weight.  I would say Chase managed a weight and did not cut weight.  *This decision to go 175 was based on focussing on getting better at wrestling and not fighting the scale.
 
All of that being said, I don't think it's as possible to do what Chase did at the lighter weight classes.  (Hockaday would be the exception, and possibly Hockaday "managed" his weight as well.).   In many cases I think it can give a kid a mental edge if they have to do work to make a weight class...
 
Thoughts?

So here's another example I was looking for--It sounds like Easton "Managed" his weight rather than focussed a ton on cutting.

I am curious of your opinions on this topic.  Obviously, somebody mentioned that Hockaday didn't "cut weight," but do you feel its necessary to cut weight weight?  I'm in a coach's group message and we have awesome debates all the time. 
 
In my opinion there's a difference between cutting weight and managing weight.  For example, our champ, Chase Leech, weighed 182-184 pre season, and practiced a couple of days and was under 175.  When we arrived back to the hotel after the finals, Chase was 4 pounds under weight.  I would say Chase managed a weight and did not cut weight.  *This decision to go 175 was based on focussing on getting better at wrestling and not fighting the scale.
 
All of that being said, I don't think it's as possible to do what Chase did at the lighter weight classes.  (Hockaday would be the exception, and possibly Hockaday "managed" his weight as well.).   In many cases I think it can give a kid a mental edge if they have to do work to make a weight class...
 
Thoughts?

And that is part about managing your weight that I think many HS kids and their parents don't get or at least aren't willing to fully buy into.  Some kids can eat 3 decent meals regularly, have occasional cheat meals, and even get stronger as the season progresses all while maintaining or even losing weight. But that's because they and their parents have made the effort to ensure they are eating better and continue to work hard during practice.   But, that's the off-the-mat dedication and mental game that some kids and parents have made the choice to buy into. 
 
We all hear about kids who say they can't make the weight though, but in some cases, I don't see that as a cutting issue, its poor off-the-mat decisions and lack of a buy-in to themselves, their team, and the sport.  We all have some kids who are choosing to routinely make poor food choice decisions, sometimes overindulge, and then trying to over-exercise and starve a day or two before weigh-ins.  We then often hear that same kid or parents say as the season progresses that they can't make the weight cut with most pointing out they are barely eating the last couple of days. To me, that is not a cutting weight issue it is a poor weight management issue.  We often have to concede this routine isn't going to change and tell the kid and parent they will need to move up a weight class.  But then low and behold most of those kids will balloon up close to the top of that new weight too and are still sluggish on the mat due to more bad eating habits. 
 
You can throw all sorts of nutrition talks and guides at them to help show that making better eating choices will improve their performance on the mat and make maintaining their weight all season possible.  You can even point out that this isn't about eating small portions or only choosing to eat "twigs and leaves" every meal, but about pre-planning food decisions to ensure you have good options available on a routine basis.  However, until the kids and parents (since they do provide some of those food choices to their kids have a better buy-in on the value of nutritious eating we will still hear some kids and parents talking about cutting too much weight and/or eating little days before the meet.   I also believe there are some effective ways to promote healthy eating habits and removing some of the extreme cutting, but part of that also comes from developing a culture where the other teammates and family understand what supporting each other really means.  

Personally I believe it depends on the weight some and how naturally lean a wrestler is. 175 and above you may get away with not cutting and hanging close to 175 maybe even 165. My 175 weighed 165 and lost ticket round to someone who looked much bigger than him and we had a couple of positions we probably would have held if we were on weight or possibly floating over from time to time. My 190 weighed 176 at semi-state.  Under 175 I think you for the most part need to be lean and around your 7% body mass and actually be strong and not just a skinny rail. We can talk about position and mindset all day long which I think are the most important things. But if the kid doesn't have the strength to hold a position and execute a technique or defend an attack then you aren't winning titles. They have to be at a weight that makes sense for their body and the strength they have. We have been a non-cutting team for quite a while, I even forced a kid to go up a weight due to cutting too much, and I do feel like it has cost us some matches and kids not going as deep in the tournament as they could have. In the ideal world it would not matter but to say it doesn't just isn't living in reality. The size difference I see with some of our kids vs who they are wrestling is sometimes glaring. But... I also hate watching a kid suck weight 2 days before a match and use practice just to just cut weight and survive. Part of it may depend on just how natural of an athlete a wrestler is. 
 
We have also had plenty of kids that didn't get down to their fighting weight before the season or within striking distance and do the fat test and certify over what they naturally start weighing halfway through the season even though they say they are hammering food. So there is that to manage also.
 
With all that said our big focus this off-season is #1 Mindest, #2 Weights/Agility, #3 Chasing Competition, and #4 Technique. That isn't the order every team needs but that is what we need right now.

Kraus, I thought I explained this to you in our chat group. Also for a 175 Chase looked just fine and chiseled.
 
 

Other the the initial "cut"  which for him is not really a cut about 152 to 144.  For him cutting is just eating better and wrestling.  Getting around the knee surgeries when all he could do is lift pushed him a little.  He cut big his freshman year and it really hurt him late in the season.

I am curious of your opinions on this topic.  Obviously, somebody mentioned that Hockaday didn't "cut weight," but do you feel its necessary to cut weight weight?  I'm in a coach's group message and we have awesome debates all the time. 
 
In my opinion there's a difference between cutting weight and managing weight.  For example, our champ, Chase Leech, weighed 182-184 pre season, and practiced a couple of days and was under 175.  When we arrived back to the hotel after the finals, Chase was 4 pounds under weight.  I would say Chase managed a weight and did not cut weight.  *This decision to go 175 was based on focussing on getting better at wrestling and not fighting the scale.
 
All of that being said, I don't think it's as possible to do what Chase did at the lighter weight classes.  (Hockaday would be the exception, and possibly Hockaday "managed" his weight as well.).   In many cases I think it can give a kid a mental edge if they have to do work to make a weight class...
 
Thoughts?

*This decision to go 175 was based on focusing on getting better at wrestling and not fighting the scale. I think you answered your own question.  Weight management is the key in my opinion,  I'd rather focus on getting better: especially as a senior.  Get fat and happy and improve your technique, position and mindset.

Easton was usually 1-2 lbs.  under Thursday-Friday.  Eating 3 times a day through the week.  Pick a weight, like you said Nick, that you can concentrate on getting better at wrestling and not loosing weight.  Made the most difference in Easton's success this year.  It does take some discipline on both the wrestlers and parents, but meal prepping was also a huge part of it.  We would cook all his meat (chicken, hamburger, steak, pork chops) on Sunday or Monday for the week and he would pack it for his lunches and take to school.
So many little things go into being successful and these are just a few.  It takes time also, this has been something me as a father, his mother and Easton have been trying to dial in for a few years now.  

I am curious of your opinions on this topic.  Obviously, somebody mentioned that Hockaday didn't "cut weight," but do you feel its necessary to cut weight weight?  I'm in a coach's group message and we have awesome debates all the time. 
 
In my opinion there's a difference between cutting weight and managing weight.  For example, our champ, Chase Leech, weighed 182-184 pre season, and practiced a couple of days and was under 175.  When we arrived back to the hotel after the finals, Chase was 4 pounds under weight.  I would say Chase managed a weight and did not cut weight.  *This decision to go 175 was based on focussing on getting better at wrestling and not fighting the scale.
 
All of that being said, I don't think it's as possible to do what Chase did at the lighter weight classes.  (Hockaday would be the exception, and possibly Hockaday "managed" his weight as well.).   In many cases I think it can give a kid a mental edge if they have to do work to make a weight class...
 
Thoughts?

I am curious of your opinions on this topic.  Obviously, somebody mentioned that Hockaday didn't "cut weight," but do you feel its necessary to cut weight weight?  I'm in a coach's group message and we have awesome debates all the time. 
 
In my opinion there's a difference between cutting weight and managing weight.  For example, our champ, Chase Leech, weighed 182-184 pre season, and practiced a couple of days and was under 175.  When we arrived back to the hotel after the finals, Chase was 4 pounds under weight.  I would say Chase managed a weight and did not cut weight.  *This decision to go 175 was based on focussing on getting better at wrestling and not fighting the scale.
 
All of that being said, I don't think it's as possible to do what Chase did at the lighter weight classes.  (Hockaday would be the exception, and possibly Hockaday "managed" his weight as well.).   In many cases I think it can give a kid a mental edge if they have to do work to make a weight class...
 
Thoughts?

I am curious of your opinions on this topic.  Obviously, somebody mentioned that Hockaday didn't "cut weight," but do you feel its necessary to cut weight weight?  I'm in a coach's group message and we have awesome debates all the time. 
 
In my opinion there's a difference between cutting weight and managing weight.  For example, our champ, Chase Leech, weighed 182-184 pre season, and practiced a couple of days and was under 175.  When we arrived back to the hotel after the finals, Chase was 4 pounds under weight.  I would say Chase managed a weight and did not cut weight.  *This decision to go 175 was based on focussing on getting better at wrestling and not fighting the scale.
 
All of that being said, I don't think it's as possible to do what Chase did at the lighter weight classes.  (Hockaday would be the exception, and possibly Hockaday "managed" his weight as well.).   In many cases I think it can give a kid a mental edge if they have to do work to make a weight class...
 
Thoughts?