Iowa Wrestle Offs
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Thanks for the reports WT.
I trust you are surreptitiously recording on video for uploading later (out of view of Terry Brands’ eagle eyes)
I trust you are surreptitiously recording on video for uploading later (out of view of Terry Brands’ eagle eyes)
Bowman vs $ could be interesting. I was impressed with Bowman as the season went last year. He is one of those guys who seems to get better on a consistent basis.
Was it Bowman who almost stuck Martin last year? That was an impressive match (though I seem to recall Martin wound up with a Major).
It was indeed. He is probably not the most physically gifted guy but a real hard nosed dude who always shows fight. I like Cash as well, so not too personally vested in the result as much as just curious. I was a little surprised by the low scoring 285 match just because that Cass has a big motor for a big man, but familiarity has consequences when we hope for action.
Everybody can't be Spencer. Hawks need to wrestle like Hawks.
Hey turk or other hawk fans or MBWs....why isnt Nelson Brands taking a grey shirt?
Cant be about money or working out because thats built in.
I think it would be good for the sport (absolutely for the boards) and certainly the mat side antics appreciation community to have as much brands coaching brands as possible.
Cant be about money or working out because thats built in.
I think it would be good for the sport (absolutely for the boards) and certainly the mat side antics appreciation community to have as much brands coaching brands as possible.
Lol. I do agree with Dunk. TnT are great for wrestling. I love the intensity (Tom) and the insanity (Terry).
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I also agree that they're good wrestling entertainers, but their conduct is often deplorable, as representatives of a major university.
Their behavior has improved dramatically over the last 10 years.
The bully routine began to disappear rapidly when Tom ran onto the mat at Big10s during a heavyweight match between the Iowa kid and PSU's Cameron Wade and nearly fainted when he looked up and saw a pissed off Cael standing there daring Tom to take another step. When Tom turned and ran to the Iowa corner and while standing behind the other Iowa coaches yelped out at Cael, the intimidating Brands routine was gone. This is fondly remembered as the bug and windshield moment.
The year after that when Penn State knocked Iowa off the mountain top the Brands boys behavior was downright childish at times, and supposedly the brothers were summoned to the principle's office when they got home from nationals and were told as representatives of the university their behavior would improve beginning now.
When Terry calls out wrestler's from opposing teams for not having "guts," or whatever he was ribbing Lewis about, I fail to see that as improvement.
To me, that was the lowest point of their antics, but, of course, I'm wrong.
The Brands' bring a passion to the sport that few other coaches bring. Tom's interviews are candid, and imo, honest. For those of you always looking for what's wrong with others, oftentimes based on a biased view of right and wrong, that's what you'll find. If you look for good in others, that's what you'll find.
Cael's not perfect, I'm not perfect, Tom's not perfect, and none of you are perfect. Just my opinion, Tom's a very good coach and a great fit for the Iowa program.
Cael's not perfect, I'm not perfect, Tom's not perfect, and none of you are perfect. Just my opinion, Tom's a very good coach and a great fit for the Iowa program.
I love Cael and Penn State, but I'm a lot closer to Tom Brands than Cael Sanderson when it comes to coaching. You try waking up at 1000bpm and then sitting with your hands behind your head in the corner. It's impossible. I've tried.
Nope, Terry sure doesn't belong in a mental ward. Excellent father and coach. Respect!
Maybe, but disrespecting and taunting athletes from opposing teams isn't in a coach's job description, and nor does it go into a coach's highlight reel at the end of his/her career.
Bad behavior cannot be excused, but what would a fool like me know?
Come on everyone knows “Pantsuit” is the Women who made the pantsuit infamous and the word “deplorable” into a badge of honor. But you already knew that Grendel.
My "forever" image of Terry is him running out of BJC to avoid the post-match handshakes this past season. Says it all.
And, yes, any claim that they have "cleaned up" their act was belied by the interactions with Lewis and Massa in Nationals in 2018. Either that or the bar was so low ....
And, yes, any claim that they have "cleaned up" their act was belied by the interactions with Lewis and Massa in Nationals in 2018. Either that or the bar was so low ....
Guess I'm just that ignorant, and even more ignorant than I thought, particularly choosing to call me by a name that I'm also ignorant of.
I'm not your enemy.
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Grendel, the Troll from Beowulf. Required 8th grade reading, at least in Jersey. No harm intended. Forgive me? Let’s get back to wrestling.
I was a lit major in college. My wife is an English teacher in New Jersey. Our daughters were educated in New Jersey public schools.
lol at any poor 8th grader whose teacher requires him to read Beowulf.
lol at any poor 8th grader whose teacher requires him to read Beowulf.
