Cael unequivocally stated that Zain was not feeling well prior to the match in his post-match press conference - here is what Cael factually stated:
Immediately after making the statement, Cael made statements to make it beyond clear that he was not saying it as an excuse or in any way attempting to demean Sorenson's effort....or that that the match would have gone any differently regardless of how Zain felt prior to the match.... IOW, Cael made it clear that he was simply making a statement of fact about his own guy and how tough he was both physically and mentally - note, Cael didn't say "I don't think" or anything else like that, he stated unequivocally that Zain didn't feel very good prior to the match and thought it was pretty apparent (i.e., "you could probably tell that he wasn't really feeling great" - Cael is saying that just looking at him spectators could probably tell he wasn't feeling well due to the way he looked....being flushed, etc...; absurd to basically postulate that Cael doesn't know precisely how his wrestler felt healthwise prior to a match as his Head Coach!).
Really odd that many of you can't accept Cael's statement that Zain didn't feel well prior to the match for precisely what it was - a simple statement of fact made to compliment his wrestler for the toughness to go out and perform despite not "feeling great". It was intended to compliment Zain on his physical and mental toughness - it was not intended as an excuse or anything else, etc... Zain didn't need an excuse, he WON the match. Did it impact his performance? I guess there is no way to know, nor does it matter.....etc.... But as to whether Zain did not feel well prior to the match, Cael very clearly stated he did not feel well and thought it was obvious to everybody by just looking at him!
"Zain is probably the toughest kid I ever met. He wasn't really a......you could tell that he wasn't really feeling great."
Immediately after making the statement, Cael made statements to make it beyond clear that he was not saying it as an excuse or in any way attempting to demean Sorenson's effort....or that that the match would have gone any differently regardless of how Zain felt prior to the match.... IOW, Cael made it clear that he was simply making a statement of fact about his own guy and how tough he was both physically and mentally - note, Cael didn't say "I don't think" or anything else like that, he stated unequivocally that Zain didn't feel very good prior to the match and thought it was pretty apparent (i.e., "you could probably tell that he wasn't really feeling great" - Cael is saying that just looking at him spectators could probably tell he wasn't feeling well due to the way he looked....being flushed, etc...; absurd to basically postulate that Cael doesn't know precisely how his wrestler felt healthwise prior to a match as his Head Coach!).
Really odd that many of you can't accept Cael's statement that Zain didn't feel well prior to the match for precisely what it was - a simple statement of fact made to compliment his wrestler for the toughness to go out and perform despite not "feeling great". It was intended to compliment Zain on his physical and mental toughness - it was not intended as an excuse or anything else, etc... Zain didn't need an excuse, he WON the match. Did it impact his performance? I guess there is no way to know, nor does it matter.....etc.... But as to whether Zain did not feel well prior to the match, Cael very clearly stated he did not feel well and thought it was obvious to everybody by just looking at him!
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