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Of course it is.. I won’t be there. What other reason you need lol

can’t argue

It tells you something that literally none of the other Illinois people had a problem with my opinion of that area lol

That literally almost happened to me my first year in Chicago. I looked up directions to NW. then was told I had to drive for over an hour of bad traffic to go watch

I’m well aware. I probably would have lost a dual I won recently if they changed the rules. But I still think it would help especially with fans. I also would like to do dual meets with 11 or 13 weights. 14 for tournaments. Criteria 1. Weights with matches MUST be wrestled first 2. alternating picks by coach of weight class minimize forfeits without actually cutting weights

True. My point about overall decline stands

Agree Willie should have just taken it over. Another location would be great but idk where you would put it instead in Chicagoland. My jokes about Schaumburg notwithstanding. ALL the tournaments will continue decline, just like good dual meet matchups if the current incentive structure continues Some sort or committee or commission to coordinate teams to maximize number at certain events would be nice but we know it won’t happen

That’s for former presidential candidate Bob Dole to decide. I of course will abide by his decision as.. I don’t really care that much. And I do this forum when not busy with work or other things. Hence why I missed the error in the title. An occasional typo is going to happen.

Mods can I edit the title please

Some of my least favorite people are from that area lol. I’m refraining from talking bad about the area in general.. but.. I wouldn’t wish those people on Iowa lol

Decided to post here and not the HS thread so hopefully it gets traction. I think we need to make dual meet team scoring much more simple for a host of reasons. I’ve more and more come around to “a point scored is a point earned” type of idea. Basically if a match ends 10-2. The team score is 10-2. Add 10-15 points for pins. I think simplicity and an extra incentive for athletes to score points are greatly needed. I think people forget how convoluted and weird normal team points can seem to an outsider. I don’t want to overload the first post. But I do ask people actually discuss ideas and not just cover their ears and scream

*Northwestern University lol

They need to bring the tournament back to northwestern. I’m not driving out to freaking Schaumburg to watch

Like others have said. Smith has seemed a bit fried mentally/burned out the last few years. Any coach that’s done it as well as he has for so long gets my props. Me and my buddies were joking about how we now understood in our bones how and why Gable retired so early lol. I actually might root for Fix to win now. I don’t want Smiths last NC to be.. Ferrari.

You got 15 minutes to edit. Thus says lord Dole. Rejoice and be glad, it minimizes chicanery.

Unless one can “acquire” talent. The trend in wrestling for mid tier programs is this. The athletes are either 1-3s or 7-10s. The days of having the “average” guys around a 4-6 if you will is disappearing

Shrug, what they mean by fun is often misinterpreted I think

Agree to disagree. I think Fix is too dependent on bully boy wrestling lately to go up being so short limbed

A big one. Someone used his interview about it as an argument for matside weigh ins

As a squat person who was stuck in the position of. Cutting to 149 was.. a chore but having a leverage/length disadvantage at 157. I have a strong feeling that’s been a big reason for why Fix probably hasn’t ever considered going up. Its not “just” height. It’s the limb length relative to build Its actually why I get so irritated when people are like “oh my gawd, that there skinny fella with long limbs seems really wrasslin strong” because it makes it look like they never wrestled a long lanky person. But if you point that out they get butthurt like ban boy did over people pointing out his underhook probably wasn’t the best

Fix is too short for 141

Iowa state will be in position for a team trophy. every team including penn state will look far more vulnerable than most expect There will be at least <5 seed national champs. Watch these predictions crash and fail spectacularly

Don’t sleep on Griffith

It took me years but I’ve finally started to be able to just look at them and watch them melt. It’s so much easier than yelling

Had an experience that made me make the thread. Kinda thing that you eithber laugh at or over stress yourself about. Yesterday: bus comes at 4:30. 3:30 - me: “go get your nails checked by manager and cut em if needed” 4:00 - my freshman 106 literally right in front of me when I said to do it. “Coach I need the clippers”. Me: “I told you to do this 30 minutes ago…” him looking terrified: “uhhh yeah I um wasn’t listening”. Sigh. “Go do it” 515: warming up: holds his thumb up to me. “Coach I need clippers”. Me: “I told you to and you came later to cut them and you didn’t finish it?” “Uhhh ummm yeah”.. please don’t tell my dad”. Sigh. “Go” and the classic, “all I ate was an orange” stories