LJB Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2023/January/11/Coon-returns-Petkovic-joins-Cliff-Keen-WC personally, way more interested in Momir back on staff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Momir is awesome... He's been helping locally in the Louisville metro for a little bit, during the last Bellarmine dual I heard their coaches yelling "do the Momir" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJB Posted January 11, 2023 Author Share Posted January 11, 2023 i have never met mo... but... i know how his athletes from back in the day talk about him... reverence is not a strong enough a word... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMardigain Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 (edited) Momir has a grandson currently on the Wolverine wrestling team, which he had been working with through high school. So continuing that family connection may have played a factor in his decision to help their program. Edited January 11, 2023 by MadMardigain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherkov Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 This sounds like a really polite way of saying Coon was cut and is exploring his options going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mspart Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Yeah, sounds like it. NFL is tough even for college football players to make it into, much less college wrestlers. mspart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherkov Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 6 hours ago, mspart said: Yeah, sounds like it. NFL is tough even for college football players to make it into, much less college wrestlers. mspart Something that sounds good on paper and in small talk (Oh you're big, lineman, you know Stephen Neal) but in reality almost always leads to dead ends instead of the aspirational reassurances. The whole NFL endeavor was always a long shot, that world silver and his size could only help so much in the turnover saturated lower rungs of football. A Greco return isn't smooth sailing on paper. Coon is a world silver. A world silver who couldn't qualify for the Olympics; not in an unlucky way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interviewed_at_Weehawken Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 On 1/12/2023 at 8:12 PM, Cherkov said: Something that sounds good on paper and in small talk (Oh you're big, lineman, you know Stephen Neal) but in reality almost always leads to dead ends instead of the aspirational reassurances. The whole NFL endeavor was always a long shot, that world silver and his size could only help so much in the turnover saturated lower rungs of football. A Greco return isn't smooth sailing on paper. Coon is a world silver. A world silver who couldn't qualify for the Olympics; not in an unlucky way. But I heard he was going to be better than Neal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Luchador Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 I can't keep up with the GR soap opera. When did Momir leave the OTC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJB Posted January 19, 2023 Author Share Posted January 19, 2023 10 years ago? there might be a few other things you missed in the last decade... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherkov Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 On 1/18/2023 at 10:04 AM, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said: But I heard he was going to be better than Neal! I suspected that with his physical attributes he wouldn't last long. Not that it really matters for football, but Coon was not as good at GR as Neal was in FS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mspart Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Wishing him great success with GR now. Neal didn't play much the first few years. It was his determination and work ethic and improvement that kept him on the practice squad. It did not come fast but with perserverance it did come and he became an offensive titan. Not everyone can do that. mspart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Luchador Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 On 1/19/2023 at 8:43 AM, LJB said: 10 years ago? there might be a few other things you missed in the last decade... I remember talking with him mat side not that long ago. I assumed he was still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJB Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 5 minutes ago, El Luchador said: I remember talking with him mat side not that long ago. I assumed he was still there. i get it brother... i have reached the age that i didn't even know it was christmas until last week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Luchador Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 8 minutes ago, LJB said: i get it brother... i have reached the age that i didn't even know it was christmas until last week... I've been out of the loop for the last few years especially with social media having taken over the news and information role in wrestling. I refused to go beyond wrestling forums and YouTube. I just recently learned of this forum. I see not much had changed here, ban basketball is still an ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJB Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 ban is a teddy bear... there is a large number of people that might say the same about me and i am a sweetheart... regardless... there will be greco conversation here going forward... it may just be me replying to myself... but... there will be greco talk... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Luchador Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 5 hours ago, LJB said: ban is a teddy bear... there is a large number of people that might say the same about me and i am a sweetheart... regardless... there will be greco conversation here going forward... it may just be me replying to myself... but... there will be greco talk... I'm a Minnesota Guy, we love our Greco. I think we are looking at significant changes in the near future so my interest is piqued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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