Jimmy Carr's only 2 losses in PIAA high school folkstyle matches were both in the NW Regional Tournament absolutely had everything to do with the vagaries of how "folkstyle" is officiated most especially tactics to effectively shorten the match to the last two periods and eliminate the most important period - the neutral period - relative to the "traditional rules" of wrestling. In the Spring of 1972, Carr lost to Henry Green in OT (6-5) largely because Green used tactics to eliminate Carr's massive advantage in neutral (and was permitted to do so by the officiating). In the Olympic Trials held the summer before, Carr beat 2 NCAA Champions en-route to winning his weight class at the Olympic Trials....As the link that Cary Kolat put up on his website and Carr's victory over Roman Dmitriyev demonstrates, Carr could takedown the absolute best in the world who were mid-20s when he was 15 and 16....except for PIAA schoolboy wrestlers......uuuummmmm yea, okay....sure - maybe it had more to do with the fact that they wrestled the edge when in neutral and immediately backed OB whenever Carr attacked? (looking to shorten the match to the "mat rounds" and eliminating the most important period - neutral - relative to "real wrestling" rules).
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