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This’ll be interesting. choose between stay with coach or money

*bear lol

everything I saw him working on, or rather what I believe he was doing. was stuff that was going to take time to beat fruit

Actually looking to address it rather than ignoring or pretending it made everyone “tougher” like some were.. will do that. Losing guys like mayab probably didn’t help the situation

What are his percentage/odds of doing it?

Tried messaging you. What area of the country is the investigation in

Oh I’m well aware.

Unfortunately that doesn’t include several that should have one pending as well. But it is what it is if the people who were affected don’t come forward

Good interview. Glad he actually is upfront about addressing the.. tension and infighting going on in the Greco community. Ignoring it, and acting like everything is normal.. while it caused massive issues so close to a world championship the other year. I agree about his point that the older generation “had” to make do with less coaching and support, which makes them believe doing it is something that can continue to be done. But after a certain point that attitude some of the older generation has just comes across as petulant adolescence… Don’t complain about wanting more coaching and support. Then say “nah we don’t need it cause we is so tough and special”. More quality coaching and stability that lets the athletes just focus on training will lead to more results. It’s not complicated. Overall I like what I saw and good interview. Hopefully Greco will sort out its drama

I know madrigal is looking at moving up too

You’re better than the no true Scotsman fallacy

I know several that have. They just did it later when they knew they plateaued in the styles you dislike. Don’t worry. I not trying to change you or convince you

If you include smaller schools. There’s a lot more colleges with wrestling than people think. I think those guys are becoming coaches and starting clubs

That’s where the disparity always comes in. Not stipends but everything else. It sucks.

The Izzy voodoo is real

The original list had non d1 lol

Pretty sure Decatur wrestled D3

I was referring to the people who move out of state lol

Dad coach/club culture burns out and/or peaks too soon for a lot of their kids early. That isn’t just my opinion, several top coaches in the state, have told me thats what they think. One even flat out said they don’t like the way it is but they put up with it to “acquire” the talent to win

I almost edited to say Chicagoland or Chicago suburbs. But to be honest I love noticed that the suburban people who move away always claim to be from “Chicago” and “Chicago tuff” even if they’re from Wheaton or Schaumburg. So I figured it’d be okay lol

Illinois is a top 2-4 state consistently. They just never keep enough Chicago kids home

If you want to raise your self esteem and to claim the macho aspect of being a wrestler through other people accomplishments. Do you I didn’t make up anything. I said what it looks like given the timeline and the realities behind PED use and “testing”. And what I see when I watch him wrestle. Especially because he wasn’t the same wrestler at 57kg after. Again, if you don’t like it. Fine. But you have a clear emotional investment in it that I don’t. Trying to claim expertise like a singers entourage doesn’t change that.

I’m well aware of how hard wrestling is. I’d honestly be willing to bet I have a much deeper and intimate understanding than you. In fact that understanding is why I don’t really hold it against Fix if that’s why he’s declined. If you don’t like what I’m saying fine. If you’re privy to inside info. cool. If you’re sensitive about it because of other things that have happened.. that’s on you. But don’t try to pull the “well you guys just weren’t high level enough to understand”. Especially you. Besides. If what the other poster said about watching Fix after his matches with his dad. That explains it better than any potential PED usage.

I watched you talk down Spencer’s world medals. Especially because it looked like he went the weight Fix wasn’t at. The difference this time is that it’s someone you have a bias for rather than against

I could poke holes, but I know you’re a fan of his. I don’t particularly care. Just looking at the situation as I see it. What I know about PEDs, high level competition, cutting weight and the rest. If you want to believe that it didn’t affect him. Go ahead