Coon takes Silver

[THEMAN 6]

Semenov Gold. Very one sided. 

[THEMAN 6]

Just to add; 9-0 in 1:09

[tbert 561]

He caught him...twice  

[ConnorsDad 596]

Senenov  is really good. He destroyed everybody except Nabi. So maybe Coon's only the 3rd or 4th best in the world. Still pretty damn good for somebody who's been wrestling folkstyle for the last 13 years for the most part

[Housebuye 2,224]

I mean, this was expected. Different levels. 

Still blown away by Coon’s success

[ConnorsDad 596]

Absolutely it was expected. Unlike the guy who beat Snyder in the junior worlds from Russia andhiis eame escapes me, Semenov has improved, doesn't have the worst gas tank in the world and gets after it. One of the better bad body wrestlers I've seen in a long time. How much can Coon close the gap in a year and a half concentrating only on Greco? Or does he concentrate on freestyle? Pretty much the biggest guy there as well and folk style, being closer to Freestyle, doesn't put him as far behind the eight-ball technically

[JasonBryant 1,721]

Coon's wheelhouse .... is also Semenov's. Semenov beat him to the better lock and exploited it. Coon's a homerun hitter and against a guy like Semenov, probably his best shot at getting the W. 

[Ogalthorpe Haywood 346]

18 minutes ago, tbert said:

He caught him...twice  

That’s getting tossed twice not getting caught.  Still great run bye Coon. Congrats on the silver 

[freestyle_fan 114]

Awesome performance by Coon. Though i am not a big fan of Greco, watched Coon's matches from this championships, really nice performance!

[tbert 561]

17 minutes ago, Ogalthorpe Haywood said:

That’s getting tossed twice not getting caught.  Still great run bye Coon. Congrats on the silver 

It was sarcasm. 

The Russian was very comfortable in countering Coons sag bodylock with his own, launching the Aerospace engineer into orbit ...twice.

[silvermedal 207]

Great run by Coon.  Greco needs a stud to rally the program.  Let's hope this is the first of many medals for Adam.

[GranbyTroll 441]

2 hours ago, JasonBryant said:

Coon's wheelhouse .... is also Semenov's. Semenov beat him to the better lock and exploited it. Coon's a homerun hitter and against a guy like Semenov, probably his best shot at getting the W. 

I body lock, I score. You body lock, I score. 

[de4856 361]

Well, even though Adam lost, this is still a great accomplishment. Hopefully Adam can learn from this and get better. And as Silvermedal said, hopefully this is the first of many. 

[Alwayswrestling 208]

Congratulations to Coon in taking the silver!

[2td3nf 547]

Yeah that was a fun run. Great job Adam!

[jcjcjc 117]

11 hours ago, tbert said:

He caught him...twice  

haha...with the same move...which is also Coon's best move and position

Coon had a great tournament. He had three wins by fall, but they were mostly gutty performances with the homerun style. 

[PSUMike 445]

Just watched all of Coon's matches. His run was no fluke. He uses his build to the best of his advantage. His body lock and lateral drop are going to be there a lot due to his length and long arms. Once he locks that up, his leverage and gorilla strength let him horse guys around. He's going to be able to do that to a lot of guys and get falls. Now, I just hope he adds to his arsenal and closes up some of his holes. 

For his 1st senior level appearance, you can't give him grade him less than an A. Really happy for him .

[PSUMike 445]

26 minutes ago, jcjcjc said:

haha...with the same move...which is also Coon's best move and position

Coon had a great tournament. He had three wins by fall, but they were mostly gutty performances with the homerun style. 

4 falls actually :)

[jcjcjc 117]

Just now, PSUMike said:

4 falls actually :)

I'm a poser

[Billyhoyle 2,028]

1 hour ago, PSUMike said:

Just watched all of Coon's matches. His run was no fluke. He uses his build to the best of his advantage. His body lock and lateral drop are going to be there a lot due to his length and long arms. Once he locks that up, his leverage and gorilla strength let him horse guys around. He's going to be able to do that to a lot of guys and get falls. Now, I just hope he adds to his arsenal and closes up some of his holes. 

For his 1st senior level appearance, you can't give him grade him less than an A. Really happy for him .

His performance wasn’t a fluke, but the draw was. 

[PSUMike 445]

12 minutes ago, Billyhoyle said:

His performance wasn’t a fluke, but the draw was. 

Maybe. Having Riza, the Cuban, and the Russian on the opposite side was certainly a plus. But, we have no data points to indicate how Coon would do against them so that remains to be seen. 

[Abdullahgadzhi Khuzin 1,459]

congrats U.S greco silver amazing! 

[spartak 15]

16 hours ago, PSUMike said:

Maybe. Having Riza, the Cuban, and the Russian on the opposite side was certainly a plus. But, we have no data points to indicate how Coon would do against them so that remains to be seen. 

He would lose to anyone of them 

[PSUMike 445]

28 minutes ago, spartak said:

He would lose to anyone of them 

Speculation. Taylor couldn't beat Yazdani. Burroughs couldn't beat Tsargush. Gardner couldn't beat Karelin. 

Until they did. 

[Hubbard 426]

I would not put Taylor-Yazdani in the same breath as the other two match ups you mentioned.  Plenty of people knew that Taylor would beat Yazdani the first time they wrestled.  He ain't no Karelin…..and Burroughs came out of nowhere really to beat Tsargush.  Everybody knows Taylor and what he can do.  Yazdani has nothing on Taylor.  Taylor exploits those underhooks and lack of cardio quite efficiently.

Unless Sadulaev goes back down to 86.....right now I don't see Taylor losing the next 2 years.  Unless Cox beats him for the 2020 spot.