I pictured several of those HR guys puking down their shirts when Gilman started talking about growing as a man, being grateful and having fun.
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Either that or throwing their lap top against the wall!!
#alliseeissomemuchyoungeruglyblondguykickingmyass
Not to nitpick but he shook his hand right as the match ended...brief and more of a slap maybe...but he did shake his hand.
Creamery Therapy removed all of the Pitt from Geno Morelli, now removing the Iowa from Gilman.
Is there anything it can't do?
We'll end the discussion here because that is ridiculous. NO ONE said they are light of character. Nor did I say ANYTHING about quitting. I must not be communicating what seems to be a simple concept to me, because you are tossing dynamite onto subtleties. Happy Easter to you
This seems like much ado about nothing. Bo and David are teammates and brothers. I'm confident they hugged it out behind the scenes. Seems more likely to me that Bo cleared the scene quickly to give David the stage and all the deserved attention.
It is failing miserably at making me thinner, no matter how much of it I eat.
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You can just be fat and identify as skinny. Be Translender!
You can just be fat and identify as skinny. Be Translender!
Do I have permission to use this line?
I always give proper credit.
I just love when the board nitpicks a guy after getting to the edge of his Olympic Dream, but then as a weekend golfer they hit a bad shot and words and phrases are invented.
Most of what I say on BWI is original. This line is not. My (skinny) son says it. I think he heard it on YouTube.
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Our kids get so much new pop culture. When I told him my new word "liguratively", he said, "that is like "ligma". I asked, "what's ligma?" He replied, "ligma balls!" So stupid funny I couldn't stop laughing. That was an Internet joke from a few years ago, he told me. Who knew!Most of what I say on BWI is original. This line is not. My (skinny) son says it. I think he heard it on YouTube.
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To state the obvious, the thing about nitpicking is that, if someone did not do this one not-best thing, they would still get no credit, because they would be criticized for the next not-best thing they did. This is always possible because nobody is perfect. There is always one next not-best thing they did.
The above is obvious if someone says it, but if we examine our nitpicks as coaches, parents, and spouses, we often find ourselves guilty.
Most of what I say on BWI is original. This line is not. My (skinny) son says it. I think he heard it on YouTube.
I am taking this as a "yes".
You’d be grateful too if you were a senior-level wrestler and you were offered an opportunity to join a club where you are not only allowed but encouraged to roll with other senior-level wrestlers. What a concept!
Wow! T Gilman is highly like-able, smart, intellectually curious, self-aware, etc.
The “came out of nowhere” question was not well placed (especially if you know anything about wrestling/ US wrestlers) but he handled it well
TG’s interview sounds is a great testimonial to what Cael and company can do to help an athlete be the best version of themself.
They took a bonafide heel and forced him baby face, but it worked.
This wasn’t how I looked at it, coming in. Ugh.
please don’t “nice-up” Howard.
At iowa, you may not wrestle program savers or future ADsYou’d be grateful too if you were a senior-level wrestler and you were offered an opportunity to join a club where you are not only allowed but encouraged to roll with other senior-level wrestlers. What a concept!
The girls showed off some great wrestling, I thoroughly enjoyed their matches
just watched it again ... missed the ‘handshake’ ... my bad ... apologies
Look, I want to preface my comment by saying that I haven't followed Gilman closely and I am doing my best not to have my PSU bias show through.
So here goes: I really, really disliked this guy when he was at Iowa. I thought he was arrogant, self absorbed and just an all around...DICK!
My God has my opinion of him changed after listening to this interview. He has done a 180 degree personality turn imo.
I of course give this young man all the credit in the world, but you also have to tip your hat to the coaching culture created by Cael & Company.
This interview makes me want to root harder for Gilman and reinforces my admiration for the classy, elite wrestling program PSU runs.
A 180° personality turn? From that interview? Wow. Nope. that's Gilman. He is 26 now, got married recently, and seems to have more devotion to God. He is becoming a man as he ages and gains more life experience
To late already using it. You should see the look on my wife's face right now trying to make some sort of meaning to translender. Ohh wait I think she gets it lmfao
Frankly, I wanted more. I wanted to see a sincere EMBRACE of respect!But why not a better, more full handshake?!? No respect.
I've heard interviews with him before and he's always been a deep thinker, but also an agitator with a chip on his shoulder. I don't detect the chip on his shoulder anymore, and he seems to have saved his agitation for the mat. I know a lot of Penn State fans want to attribute the change to coaching and atmosphere, and while I think he's in a very good atmosphere right now, and Cael & Co. deserve a lot of credit for delivering, both on the mat and off, I think the difference from Gilman six years ago to now could just as likely be attributed to maturing that would've happened anywhere. A lot of drastic change happen between the 19 to 25 years, especially in angry young men types.
The thing is that the only Gilman interviews non-Iowa fans ever saw were the ones where he said something audacious, but that was the vast minority. He honestly sounds no different. He wrestles no different. If he needed a change of pace/mental reset, that probably helps, but he looks like the same exact Gilman to me. And to be clear, that's damn good.
Entirely possible, but he sure doesn't hesitate to give Cael and company credit for helping him on and off the mat. Who are we to question him, after all he has experienced the entire saga 1st hand.
Mad Chum? Lmao. Made me spit my beer.
How many here had an edge about them as a teen, early 20-year-old? For those of you that grew out of it, you can probably relate to Gilman at least a little.
And while Cael & Co. sets the environment, anyone in the PSU program or NLWC that matures does so themselves.
And while Cael & Co. sets the environment, anyone in the PSU program or NLWC that matures does so themselves.
Yeah, I'm definitely not saying Cael deserves no credit, I'm suggesting that it's difficult to determine causation for something that might have happened naturally and gradually. Gilman and the NLWC were surely good for each other, but I don't think it therefore follows that Gilman wouldn't have matured if he had stayed in Iowa, which is what I think some are implying.
I do think it's safe to infer that he felt like the room was too crowded with Spencer there and that he wasn't getting the attention he felt he deserved from the staff, but that's on the mat stuff. I'm glad he's around, he's clearly helped our lightweights and they look up to him.
Found a Nick Lee interview after beating Yianni for 3rd and securing a spot on the national team.
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