Wyoming dual - Sun, Dec 15
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Injuries happen. Suriano broke an ankle standing up off bottom against Okie St. Nolf dislocated a knee cap against a boxing Rutgers.
Carter shredded his knee at the conclusion of tech falling an Edinboro kid.
I want to see a 60-0 shellacking. I'm sorry.
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Absolutely but when do injuries usually happen, in tough matches or matches that a fairly uncompetitive. If your fighting off a shot from a a high level competitor you are more likely to get a knee injury than if you are just punishing your compition. Easy rpi with some tough matches for your younger guys to see where they are. Wyoming was a great match for this reason, unfortunately the two that where supposed to be just that we're out with injury.
The three examples I used were a match against a tough and highly ranked opponent, a match against a middle of the road competitor and a match against an outclassed opponent. Injuries don't discriminate, they happen.
I concur, again though, which scenario has a greater chance of injury. As for Carters knee last year that was kinda karma!
I wonder if the decreased competition is partially due to NCAA mandated reduced opportunities.
A couple years ago they left a competitive date or maybe two on the table.
Unless Campolattano is deliberately twisting Morgan McIntosh's ankle, injuries are pretty much random.
Therefore they're most likely to happen in practice, simply because of the amount of time spent in practice vs the 7 minutes in a match. Even with guys going less than full speed and letting up.
The next most likely is in a tournament with multiple matches in a day. Some due to the wear and tear within the day with less recovery, and some due to either guy's technique and balance faltering when tired.
If intensity and competition level were really causes, then it's hard to explain Zain Retherford beating up everyone and yet never injuring anyone, not even Malik Amine.
One of my all time favorites. As Amine gets upset and looses his composure Retherford stays calm, cool, and collected while he methodically dismantles Amine.
There have been some notable room injuries, like Nagao's or Van Ness while warming up for last year's first dual.
With that said, it seems (absolutely zero objective data) that there are fewer room injuries now compared to Sunderland's, Fritz's or Lorenzo's times at the helm. Just something that was being discussed with friends over the weekend and seemed to fit in with your post.
Absolutely. Cael has a good track record on keeping injuries as low as possible, and fewer situations such as tournaments are a part of that formula. So while I mourn less competition in the early part of the season, I completely understand why it's being done and support it. March is the prize.
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