Another good article from TOM.....on the broken challenge rules
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Great editorial! Right on the money about how challenges are handled. I would also suggest that a failed challenge result in a point for the opponent. That would definitely stop the BS.
I agree 100%, without a penalty, some coaches will still raise a bogus challenge to give their wrestler a 2 minute blow. There have been too many clearly bogus challenges, that it is obvious to just about everyone, what the coach is up to, when his wrestler is gassing.
I haven't seen much talk about it, but I thought OSUs challenge in the Nolf/Smith match was the most egregious I've seen.
It had to be obvious everyone that they were giving JoJo a lung break. If anyone was close to a TD it would have been Nolf.
Not a bad idea, but I agree with AgSufer. I think the penalty, like 1 point, has to be stiff enough to completely eliminate the gaming, otherwise coaches will gamble, that it's worth the risk and hope their wrestler will be lucky enough to not need the injury time, later on. One point sounds harsh, but if it were in place, coaches would only challenge on obvious/egregious mistakes by the ref, which is what I think we all want to address.
Since it seems like the issue is coaches using it as a stalling technique, why not just treat a failed challenge as a stall call/warning? That way the coach's stalling technique does not cost the wrestler a point, unless the wrestler has been nailed for stalling already.
That's not a bad idea either. Stalling is stalling whether it's the wrestler or the coach who does it.
Challenge should be a point in my book.
But and it's a big BUT....and I can not lie.....you other brothers cant deny ......they need to get better mat side equipment to do the reviews. Very frustrating seeing the call differently on TV or flo cam and then the refs don't have that view. He'll a AV student w his cell phone could do a better job.
But and it's a big BUT....and I can not lie.....you other brothers cant deny ......they need to get better mat side equipment to do the reviews. Very frustrating seeing the call differently on TV or flo cam and then the refs don't have that view. He'll a AV student w his cell phone could do a better job.
The funny thing was Tim Johnson thought it was Cael's challenge and actually hilariously said that the Cowboy coaches were mad because they wanted the match to keep going.
Uh no and no. Esposito jawing at Cael was funny. Cael was like "bitch, please"
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