Zahid probably born in 97. Zahid is a complete monster. I'm glad Bo got his title this year. Not that he can't beat Zahid in folk, but I'd be sweating it pretty good if he was a 2x runnerup and staring down Zahid or Moore the next two years.
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Zahid probably born in 97. Zahid is a complete monster. I'm glad Bo got his title this year. Not that he can't beat Zahid in folk, but I'd be sweating it pretty good if he was a 2x runnerup and staring down Zahid or Moore the next two years.
Thanks Lemon. Wasn't thinking birth year, dam we're old
it does make Hall's path easier with Zahid up, Wreck Hall will distance himself from a certain Husband and Father of 2The big change that Zeke initiated was to identify the best talent early and get them in training with the senior guys at a young age. You can look at Mark and he started coming to OTC camps very young. The article I posted yesterday from Track goes into that in a lot of detail.
That wasn't happening before Zeke, but guys like Lee, Hall, Zahid, Stevenson have made tremendous leaps because of that idea.
shit, apparently it started a half hour earlier than yesterday. Bronze 55 up now.
In the entire last decade (2001 through 2010), the U.S. had three junior world finalists (Henry Cejudo in 2006, Bubba Jenkins in 2007, and Dom Bradley in 2010).
In the past 25 championships (going back to 1986, since they don't hold them every year), the six finalists this year is the best the U.S. has done.
The U.S. did have five finalists in 1998. That was the last time the event was held on U.S. soil, and there were 10 weight classes at that time instead of eight.
The U.S. has won two gold medals three times in the past 25 championships - 2016 (Spencer Lee and Mark Hall), 1998 (Stephen Abbas and Don Pritzlaff), and 1992 (Jeff McGuiness and Kerry McCoy). We have never won three in a year over the past 25 championships.
This team probably is already the best U.S. team in recent history. A team title or even just a pair of gold medals today would seal the deal.
Fix gets a quick drag, goes for patented turn. RUS doesn't open. Fix gets eternity on top but no turn.
Fix gets a nice duck double. RUS STILL WON'T OPEN. Ref calls for caution+2 twice, to get white-paddled. Wow... Gets one trap-arm. 6-0
How was there no call on that? If you have to be warned that many times! C'mon!
Jackson in the background, "YEAH BOI, YEAH!" in his best Flava Flav voice.
Awesome.
Stream glitching hard, though.
Jackson in the background, "YEAH BOI, YEAH!" in his best Flava Flav voice.
Awesome.
Stream glitching hard, though.
100% agree. My whole point is that jackson is good at following orders and direction (colonel) than he is a general (having his own vision).
how you can say that the guy that just hugged daton and handed him the american flag gets zero credit is beyond me.
Edit: i dont get paid for my writing, so if that wasnt clear its on me. Im not a journalist. just a dude with a keyboard.
Appreciate both your responses, I wasn't necessarily saying that I thought they deserved no credit, just that they couldn't possibly deserve all of it given the work so many of these kids have put in elsewhere. But obviously the idea to expose the cadets and juniors to the seniors has paid dividends. I didn't realize that was all Zeke.
Need one of these girls in the figure-skating-looking-outfits to escort me to the mat, from now on.
Baev is ranked 16 on the senior side, I believe. Deakin was in over his head. Still, I don't think many had him picked to medal even so congrats on that silver.
Baev beat Kubanaliev(World Champ.) at Russian Nationals a few weeks back.
Maybe everyone looks small compared to Deakin, but crazy to think he was at 70KG. I know Russia has a killer down at 65, so maybe that had something to do with it.
Have to go back to 1984 to see a comparable USA Team...that's 33 years!! The USA crowned 7 champs that year (including Ken Chertow) of the 10 weight classes.
No, it was clear. I just don't think Jackson gets any of the credit. He inherited the situation and the wrestlers this year, and he did nothing to develop them. He just started a month ago. Handing someone the flag after they win doesn't mean he had any part in the win.
If I was hired as PSU head coach 1 month before NCAAs next year, would the team still win the championship? Yes. Would Nolf, Zain, Bo still put up dominating performances? Yes. Would I deserve any credit for them doing that? No.
I didn't go back that far because the 1984 tournament was held in the U.S., and it looks like the Soviet Union and Iran did not compete. Nearly all of the medalists were from the U.S., South Korea and West Germany.
Zahid coming out heavy with the hands. RUS looking for elbow passes. Zahid hits a half shot. RUS ends up in rear-standing and can't finish... WOW. RUS complains about fingers and ref caution+2's him. Jeepers. This might be corrupt.
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