Men's Olympic Freestyle Thread
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Cox loses 2-1 ... real close, and a real shame. Of the 4 decent shots, he took 3 of them. (The only decent shot by Turkey turned into the near-spladle by Cox.)
Got a pushout in the 2nd to tie. Apparently was losing on criteria. Got a shrug and scored the winning takedown about a half-second too late. USA challenged the no-score call, point for Turkey on the failed challenge.
Got a pushout in the 2nd to tie. Apparently was losing on criteria. Got a shrug and scored the winning takedown about a half-second too late. USA challenged the no-score call, point for Turkey on the failed challenge.
And that my friends is why freestyle sucks. It takes a special kind of dumb to come up with the criteria that decides who wins these matches.
this is why i don't enjoy olympic wrestling. too much is in the hands of the officials.
Ummm ... link or it didn't happen:
https://bwi.forums.rivals.com/threads/what-rules-changes-would-you-like-to-see.131539/#post-2063758
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Such as: Turkey earlier threw out the Challenge Pokemon on one of the pushouts. The ref just tossed it back to them. If that had counted as a failed challenge, then Cox is up 2-1 after his pushout point. Changes the entire complexion of the match.
I vaguely recall an NFL game a couple years ago, where the coach threw out the flag when he wasn't allowed to -- and it cost them team a 15-yd penalty. Don't understand why that can't be the case here. It would also cut down on the Russian Stall Flags.
Isn't it up to the wrestler to accept or reject his coach's challenge? And if rejected, as was the case in the Cox match, it's as if it didn't happen?
If that's correct, then the rules incentivize an organized shell game of stall flags. Wrestler knows coach will throw the flag any time he thinks his guy needs a breather. Wrestler merely waives it off. Free rest!
I generally agree there are too many ways to game the system in FS but the rejecting the challenge sequence doesn't take up any time. Ref looks to wrestler who nods yes or no, if no, they restart. A few seconds maybe. Guys lying on the mat with bs injuries is a bigger problem, approaches soccer "simulation" levels of ridiculous at times.
Perhaps J'den didn't understand, but it appears that at least Zadick knew Cox was behind...
Question, for those in the know: Do Espinal and Gomez like, live in State College and train there full-time? Or do they live in their competing countries, and come over for camps, etc? What's that whole situation like?
Are there any upcoming freestyle wrestling events on TV or online?
When and where is the Frank Molinaro coverage.
Again, SIAP
http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2016/August/13/How-to-watch-Olympic-wrestling
Molinaro and Snyder are tomorrow.
Kinda like not seeing PSU vs. Iowa live on BTN, due to some Woody/Bo Retrospective being re-run.
BTW, there is wrestling on MSNBC right now -- Venezuela vs. Azerbaijan, not sure what weight.
Got it on too. Well I believe it.
I unfortunately think BTN will only get worse. In 5 years we will be subjected to A 60 minute documentary taking an intense look into how Harbaugh chooses Kahkis.
Cox up 1-0 after first on passivity. Salas doing zero, entirely letting Cox shoot and then trying for a lift in the scramble. Cox has been in on 3 or so ankle picks plus a good snatch sinigle, just hasn't converted.
IIRC Salas is the same guy Ed Ruth wrecked previously.
IIRC Salas is the same guy Ed Ruth wrecked previously.
