I think it’ll be Dake-Taylor with a Caucasus twist. I don’t see a healthy Sadulaev losing
I think he’s probably been on the mat more and rolling with the guys more. That doesn’t equal “training” for something like WTT but it sparked something and from what I’ve heard he unexpectedly feels great and feels like he can really compete at a high level.
It's unfair to the other side to post facts in a debate. Please refrain.
It isn't like he is far removed from peak form.
I am like a fine wine. An aquired taste, that may take years to appreciate. Then again a few bottles in the case turn to vinegar.
You just work for the wrong company I guess. I can think of several former bosses over the years who were leaders. Had several who were not. Once you've had a good boss, it's harder to accept those that are less good.
Not that I'm rooting against DT, but he does pose a threat where the others currently do not.
The perception of a threat, maybe. I'll call it an actual threat when OKST dudes start winning Semifinals >60%.
Until he poaches one of our recruits, or steals Blaze from us I have to keep rooting for him.
There's no way I'm rooting for Freddie Mercury. Never gonna happen. Unless he's our rep.Until he poaches one of our recruits, or steals Blaze from us I have to keep rooting for him.
I may have to play A Night at the Opera in Freddie's honor today. Vinyl of course.
David poses a recruiting threat at OKST. He has trained so many kids for so many years that his mere presence leading a once great program will attract some young wrestlers who likely would otherwise come to PSU. In terms of a real performance threat, that is a few years off to even have enough data to be meaningful. He has no semifinals winners. Once he has at least 10 semifinal winners that he recruited and developed and they have a winning percentage greater than 60% in those matches, there is no statistically significant evidence that he poses a threat to our dominance.
I hate to see people die so soon after they retired young. This occurs far too often in law enforcement. I want to live so long the City of San Diego is cursing my name, or my wife's name, since I took the option where I get a little less per month but she will continue to receive 100% of my pension even after I go to that wrestling mat in the sky : )
He literally said that once he got in the room and started coaching them on “how we’re going to wrestle” he felt conflicted because he didn’t wrestle like that his last time out and he wanted to rectify that. He also touched on what has been talked about many times which is that these guys like Dake, Snyder and DT weren’t wrestling much. Once he started rolling around he relit the old fire.
I really liked his interview. He was upset about how he wrestled his last 2 matches at 86Kg and he wanted to go out with a much better effort. I am sure moving up to 92Kg help him a lot. What I took from his interview was that he was happy with his performance and that is the way he wanted to go out. He indicated that he may not go to worlds and he would be fine with this weekend being his last competition. He even suggested it may very well be.....that he will take time to think about it and then decide. I actually do think he isn't going to worlds and will call it a career. An absolutely amazing career. THANKS for the memories Magic Man
Cause in my opinion it’s selfish. Now he has to train and worry about getting ready for worlds. Being a coach is selfless. How can you run a program while still Learning how to coach at the D1 level, then train and get ready for worlds.
Cael did the same thing. This really is a nothing burger.
Not totally apples to apples here, the 2010-2011 team was prodding Cael to wrestle again. Cael didn't want to so they bet if they could win Big Tens, he has to wrestle and he agreed.
Weird hill to die on, especially considering your weekly Bo takes.
