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You know you're a wrestling coach when:
jbburn12 replied to Hornet Coach's topic in Past Discussions
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Seeing Miracle beating Micic sort of blows away the argument that a girl beating a boy can ruin his self esteem and keep him from competing further. Interesting post,you are right lots of familiar names.
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My son isn't going to be a DI wrestler. The point I am making had he been in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio possibly he would have qualified for state. At that point the coach may have at least taken him to the side and explored it further before deciding D I wasn't for him. Maybe he says I have an ex-wrestler who is coaching at Southeastern North Dakota Tech ,I will recommend you to him. Understand this isn't sour grapes or a complaint. This is just an example of how someone that didn't qualify for State was looked at whereas someone that does qualify for State in a classed system may at least get some initial consideration. Again this isn't a vote for classed wrestling just an example of how a coach and probably others look potential recruits.
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I am not making any judgment one way or the other but this happened when I took my son to a wrestling clinic put on by a D-I coach. My son registered and maybe the coach liked how he looked. He asked him if he made it downstate. My son said he made it to semi state. The coach then t speak to him the entire clinic. Were we next door in Michigan with what four classes and he made it to state from a small Division IV school maybe he would have shown some interest. He surely may have lost interest quickly but by "qualifying for State " at least he may have noticed. That's just one example. I will say it is nice that the State Champ is the State Champ.
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Just a shame to let one like that slip away. I imagine it all comes down to wrestle offs but I would have to think Kral could have given them more than White did at heavy.
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My understanding is Wordlaw for Laporte isn't out for wrestling this year.
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My family prays for his full recovery. Something does have to be done so that this doesn't happen again. All the best thoughts to Nick and his family.
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If one dos go the "Cejudo route" , medals in the Olympics, accepts prize money does that then make him/her ineligible for NCAA wrestling eligibility? I suppose if the NCAA allows the Olympic redshirt it would make sense they let you wrestle if you make the team and accept renumeration for a medal or can you, then not accept any of the prize money. Just curious.
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That is great ! Great for Minnesota and a smart choice for Bobby. Congrats.
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What are the three most important words a girl wants to hear?
jbburn12 replied to FCWFan's topic in Past Discussions
Question: Does this singlet make me look fat?????? Answer: You look great -
As a Northwestern fan this is a big "get" . Congrats. This makes up (a little) for the football loss Saturday night. Pariano seems to have a nice pipeline into Indiana. GO Cats !
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Irrespective of their rankings this match would feature two very close wrestlers. What would be interesting to me is how this would figure in the debate that freestyle work helps in folkstyle.You have as I understand Boston wrestling folkstyle in the off season while Micic not only wrestled freestyle all summer but had the benefit if working with some of the best coaches in the country. Should Boston prevail it might it might go to the "keep wrestling folkstyle" in the summer argument. Were Micic win and in fact win in a dominating fashion it would go a long way to the argument of wrestling freestyle in the off season to help the folkstyle. Maybe if Micic doesn't come which would make sense for him to give himself a rest from a pretty intense summer schedule there may in fact be other matchups in this meet that would be towards this point.
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Though the preference is wrestling I do give any of these kids a great deal of credit who play the "non game" sports like cross country,swimming, wrestling ,track and field and others of the like. Still wrestling is a different animal. No great swimmer has ever been quoted as saying "once you have been on the swim team everything else in life is easy". To add to this I give any student credit who is involved in ANY school extra curricular activity,sports the arts whatever. These might not be the best years of a young person's life but they should be among the best. There are so many distractions now a days that being involved in after school activities takes a real effort.
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Though few will ever be scholarship basketball players in college the greater opportunity to play and receive some money in college is incentive for freshmen. Then you have the whole "Indiana basketball" mythology. In wrestling you essentially win or lose,in Bball you can lose and if you score 15 points everyone is still patting you on the back saying great game. Add in physical demands,weight cutting, other factors which can be discusses for hours I don't think it is a stretch of the imagination why many choose basketball.
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5 Characteristics of a Successful Wrestling Mindset
jbburn12 replied to zannetti's topic in Past Discussions
This is nice , informative and applicable to about any sport or endeavor. All of this "kick ass" ,"gorilla on the mat " ,"there is first place and you lost " stuff is all well and good but there is more to take away from this sport than that. Very nice post. -
Nuway Nationals Battle Creek, MI - Indiana AA's
jbburn12 replied to 1oldwrestler's topic in Past Discussions
I do not know what is nationals or not. I do know that within 6 or 7 hours from just about any spot in Indiana is some of the best wrestling in America. I just figure if you have to travel outside of that zone to get adequate competition for your kid or team well I suppose thats a "problem" most wrestling parents would like to have. It just seems like the best wrestling around has Indiana or Ilinois at the epicenter . Except for "showcase" events or Fargo it would seem like all the wrestling anyone would ever need isn't too far from home. -
The "baby faced" assasin.
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I could see the Greek Gods of Sport sitting atop of Mt Olympus deciding that Dake is demonstrating too much "Hubris" by going for four championships in four different weight classes.The Gods have a strong tendency not to reward hubris. Oh yeah who do I have?????????????? Dake. I want to see "cojones" rewarded. I really like Taylor as a wrestler but would love to see Dake rewarded for giving us a lot to look forward to tonight and talk about since the season began.
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Am I missing it or have the individual results been posted?
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How Matt McDonough celebrated his Big Ten runner-up finish
jbburn12 replied to ENoblewrestling's topic in Past Discussions
What he did was wrong period. For all the stuff they teach at IOWA if that's the lesson they take from their years there then its the wrong lesson. It just galls me to go to sectional and regional and see someone rip up their 2nd ,3rd or 4th ribbon usually right in front of parents or team mates just to show that they "know" that only first lace counts. At the state meet the kids who wrestled Robinson and Sliga weren't going to win if they wrestled 10 more times. The kid who was supposed to lose to Micic gave him a hell of a battle and didn't read all the press before the match. A couple of undefeateds go at it at 170 and one loses in the last 30 seconds. Should someone be disappointed after getting that close ? Sure why not but to act out ,I say no. The sport ,the lessons learned, the conditioning and physical confidence it gives young men and women far transcends any levels they may ascend. There are only 14 state champs ,10 national champs, adnd 7 Olympic champions .You only need a couple extra hands and feet to count that on. Strive to be the best the rest is only feedback as to the effort you put into it. I can fully understand how McDonough would feel. 2 x NCAA champion who only lost to the one person in sport history that made having only one leg an advantage. Now in his senior year seemingly regressing yet still very much a contender. It has to be frustrating. I hope for the sake of many thousands of young wrestlers he realizes what he did was wrong and very unsportsman like. The next sound you hear is my big fat a$$ jumping off of the pedastal. -
Way to go NCAA - some more not so common sense
jbburn12 replied to booboobear's topic in Past Discussions
Such crap !!!!! A kid can advertise Nike,Addidas,Under Armor,Reebok and any other company that ponies up money to the NCAA and the schools but this kid gets suspended for writing a song??????????? NCAA 's head is so far up its ass it should have been dismantled years ago torn down and rebuilt. As far as Robinson he got his "thinger in a ringer a' with the NCAA a few years ago so he is probably stepping lightly. Also its pretty consistent with "coach speak" to make a point to concentrate on your sport and school and leave the extra curriculars alone. -
Any one know of a company that makes extra wide wrestling shoes? Asics has a EE line but i would love to find even a wider pair. I have to believe someone like Rulon or Dlagnev or one of the other big boys needed wider shoes than are available in catalogues. I know you can always buy a size or two longer. A lot of the big boys look like Aladdin with the toes of their shoes curled up because they had to buy longer shoes. Thanks in advance for any help
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........And I heard he enjoys it at NU. I would bet the red shirt has been hard for him. Polizzi at 197 looks pretty good. 184 looks open ,I doubt if Berkowitz will keep Sliga off the mat.I am a big believer in freshman redshirts but NU might not have that kind of depth.
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Has any freshman gotten on the podium before at Heavy? I hope he isn't afraid of heights but I would imagine he will stand on top of the podium a time or two(or three?) before he graduates.
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I will bet the BASKETBALL sectional draw goes off without a hitch.