AnklePicker
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Congrats Mike and Dom!! Kept clearing that collar tie and her technique was terrific. Great knee pull, great transitions/reattacks. Impressive young lady.
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17 hours ago, moodybooty said:My man..
wrestling is a niche Olympic sport with maybe, MAYBE 8 digits of funding across all mediums and and sources across the country.. you gotta chill on Flo. I hate the state of multimedia in wrestling just as much as you, but we’re not gonna get ESPN coverage. It just ain’t gonna happen. Your hate for Flo is weird to the point that I sometimes wonder if I’m missing out on some sort of sarcasm or facetiousness.
If Flo has anything more than an Associate Producer getting paid ~60K that’s taking on the task of uploading side footage for Final X while still doing their regular job, I’d be surprised. Just skim the video and get quotes to post to Facebook and vibe.
Didn’t Flo alone get a couple rounds of 8 digit venture capital funding? I know in 2019 Flo got 47 million. Not that’s for Flo sports not just wrestling but that’s nothing to sneeze at.
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Taylor is the man. Love the fact that he put it right back on the line after he won the Olympics especially against a competitor as tough as Yazdani. He won that Olympic title by the skin of his teeth so he knew it was a risk but he’s a competitor. He has to be injured right? Why hasn’t he competed? Seems to me size wise Hall is perfect for Zahid. Opposite is true of Taylor.
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Well my tits were hot. Maybe, maybe you could make your claim if we’re talking folk style coach, but no way freestyle.
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More of an elite understanding than a 6 time world champ? Not sure I agree.
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23 hours ago, spladle08 said:Yes he could cut a bit more but for what?
Zahid can beat everyone but Yaz, DT, Russians....
79kg was brutal (he wasn't navigating that either... and not sniffing JB)
Never making 74kg
He was WTT Runner up to a World Medal quality wrestler, good achievement.
What more could he hope forI know he was bigger and it’s practice but JB has said that Mark has beaten him several times in simulation matches.
I think his problem is he just doesn’t generate enough offense. He’s always been so good defensively. Zahid is constantly on his offense or setting it up. Also don’t think he has a good natural gas tank which contributes to his lack of offense. He’s a fantastic coach. I went to PSU camps for several years while he was there and he was my favorite clinician and I saw them all there.
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WTH happened to McKenna. Did he have a bad cut or something?
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Great match vs Joseph. It seems Vincenzo is much smaller but man he's able to hang strength wise with Dieringer and that last TD was super clutch.
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On 5/12/2022 at 2:58 PM, Plasmodium said:Tell me you don't like corn and I'll call you a liar!
Love corn, and one thing I know for sure is that New Jersey’s corn is better than Iowa’s!
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On 5/2/2022 at 7:26 AM, jackwebster said:It's that time of year, again: JO comes up short, and I try to figure out why. Maybe I'm just a fan that keeps hoping for some breakthrough that's not in the cards.
You know what his style reminds me of? Super-hero/action-movie fights. When Hulk and Thor fight, they both close the distance and then proceed to kick, punch, throw the other across the screen and chase em down to do the exact same thing again. Why not just grab the dude, ground n pound, and strangle them?
JO does something similar: he closes the gap and then does a two-arm shove. Repeat.
IDK I also root for the Washington Football Team. Just a frustrated fan.
Where did that 2 arm shove come from? I seem to remember him employing it during his matches with Pico as a way to thwart his pressure. Maybe I’m wrong but around that time he added it to his game. Do other wrestlers do that? I know Burroughs does it occasionally but It’s not as pronounced and I can’t think of many others.
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On 4/30/2022 at 2:47 PM, 1032004 said:John Smith says his nephew JT Realmuto could’ve been an NCAA champ
Phillies fan here and watching pre game the other day, guy was talking about how JT was a former wrestler and that he can deal with the pain because wrestlers are known to be a little psycho and he gave the old whirly bird by his temple. I got a kick out of it. JT is a beast.
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And sadly, this isn’t just about “the kids.” Adults are just as taken by social media as the kids are. It’s had an enormous impact across the board.
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On 4/30/2022 at 9:44 AM, jackwebster said:I'm always cautious when claiming that a new medium is radically different than older media that received the same "societal cancer" tag. Poetry (Plato), Elizabethan/Jacobean drama (William Prynne), novels (poets), TV (Theodor Adorno), film, comic books, rock n roll (Allen Bloom), rap (Tipper Gore), video games (Joe Lieberman) -- all marked the end of civilization. But, man, I must be getting old bc I have become a pearl clutcher. Social media -- admittedly, an absurdly vague term -- seem to have destroyed our attention spans and enfeebled our boredom thresholds. The iphone was the gun in our hand, but the pandemic put one in the chamber. Our poor kids have trouble watching a 30-min sitcom. Ohhh the kids!!! I hate myself.
I’m with you, but this feels different. This is something in your pocket 24/7 that gives you instantaneous feedback whether good or oftentimes bad. None of those things, that I know of, we’re blamed for causing, or at least greatly increasing, anxiety and depression. Yianni is smart beyond his years.
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Social media is our societal cancer. Who’d a thunk it?
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The NYAC tournament was renamed the Bill Farrell and then they move it to Iowa? Does anyone know the long term status of this tournament? The tournament is terrific at the NYAC. Nothing like it. Right there mat side with the athletes warming up. Was top notch with Russians, Japanese etc. Was one of my yearly destinations. Please bring it back!!!
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That last paragraph is very interesting. Sounds like Ivanov will implement the style/system he thinks can work and coaches will have to follow suit. I love the idea of developing a style that is our own.
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This is Sammy Henson’s kid right? Dang he must be pissed at the Brands bros. That would be an interesting scrap. Tom or Terry vs the bull right now.
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Is the tournament location change permanent? Loved it at the NYAC. It’s a shame no Russians.
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2 hours ago, Katie said:Dean and Hoffman wrestled earlier this season and it went to SV-1.
I think all the PSU guys have tough matches, but that’s true of everybody in the semis, aside from the occasional Steveson-type guy.
Yeah and Dean lost to Caffey. Do you not think Dean is better?
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PSU will win every semi aside from Kerkvliet. RBY will beat Desanto worse than he has, Woods is tough but Lee is next level. Have you watched his freestyle match vs Yianni? Starocci is also a class above. I’m a Hidlay fan but Brooks is better. Dean might lose in the finals but he’s not losing to Hoffman the freaking 21 seed.
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Any other states adopt the new weights early like we did NJ? 175 to 190 is a big jump. After coaching under both I prefer the weights from last year.
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14 minutes ago, MDC said:I don't mean this to sound bad against JB, as he's iconic in USA Wrestling. But what could he possibly offer as a coach in both freestyle and folkstyle? His "technique " isn't quite as an elite Wrestler, per se. His explosiveness and freak athleticism is not the most teachable attribute.
Was he an amazing top wrestler in Folkstyle? How about his hand fighting? Did he turn well?
In free, how was his par terre? How was his technique when not allowed space? Did he even have an ankle pick? A HC? How well could he finish if it wasn't his infamous blast?
I just don't understand the possibility of him being an elite coach. Granted, he'll get recruits no matter where he goes, if he decides to. I just don't see the way he dominated to translation as an elite coach.
Is this a joke? How many JB matches have you watched the last 5 years? How about his hand fighting?
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Burroughs has said he plans on opening a wrestling and MMA gym in southern New Jersey. Can’t wait.
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Nolf scored one TD. Otherwise he wasn’t very close. Big Nolf fan but I’m not sure what makes you think that. Closing the gap is Waaay different than beating Dake.