GranbyTroll 454 Report post Posted April 25, 2019 How is this the ideal weight for him? He made the world team last year at 72kg/158lb and he was an D1 AA at 165lb... and now he's looking pretty thick up a 82kg/180lb. What's the deal with the massive bump up? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nhs67 2,114 Report post Posted April 25, 2019 He can't beat who is at 77 and cannot make 72 anymore. He just feels his best chance to be our #1 is at 82kg. No harm there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShakaAloha 433 Report post Posted April 25, 2019 37 minutes ago, nhs67 said: He can't beat who is at 77 and cannot make 72 anymore. He just feels his best chance to be our #1 is at 82kg. No harm there. Is K. Bey THAT good? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
klehner 756 Report post Posted April 25, 2019 59 minutes ago, GranbyTroll said: How is this the ideal weight for him? He made the world team last year at 72kg/158lb and he was an D1 AA at 165lb... and now he's looking pretty thick up a 82kg/180lb. What's the deal with the massive bump up? He likes to eat and he likes to wrestle GR? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nhs67 2,114 Report post Posted April 25, 2019 Comparatively? When these athletes are trying to maximize what would be their athletic prime? Yes. Bey is longer and better at everything in Greco. I was particularly surprised Manville didn't make the jump to 82 as well or at least make a proper attempt at dropping. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GranbyTroll 454 Report post Posted April 25, 2019 Kendrick Sanders just crushed Chavez, so I guess it didn't work out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nhs67 2,114 Report post Posted April 25, 2019 27 minutes ago, GranbyTroll said: Kendrick Sanders just crushed Chavez, so I guess it didn't work out. Bey would have done it worse. Controversial attitude, or not, he is the present and the future in Greco for us. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ohcomeon 57 Report post Posted April 25, 2019 15 minutes ago, nhs67 said: Bey would have done it worse. Controversial attitude, or not, he is the present and the future in Greco for us. When is the last time one of these young, explosive athletes won a world medal after stepping up to seniors? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nhs67 2,114 Report post Posted April 25, 2019 35 minutes ago, ohcomeon said: When is the last time one of these young, explosive athletes won a world medal after stepping up to seniors? You can google just as well as I can, I'm sure. So google it yourself. Nowhere did I say Bey was a shoe-in to medal or a lock to medal at any point in his future. All I said was he was the present and the future. What in the last two years of domestic competition makes you say otherwise? There isn't anybody in our pipeline that looks to be able to sniff him prior to Oly Trials, nor is there anyone coming up who will do so within the next couple of years after that. So unless he gets hurt(possible) or someone comes out of nowhere, he is the present and the future of our US Greco Roman team, at whichever weight he chooses. 72, 77, or 82. I don't see him getting bigger than 82 in any way shape or form any time soon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scribe 1,848 Report post Posted April 25, 2019 He couldn't make weight, which is why most guys go up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yonz_g 68 Report post Posted April 25, 2019 4 hours ago, nhs67 said: Comparatively? When these athletes are trying to maximize what would be their athletic prime? Yes. Bey is longer and better at everything in Greco. I was particularly surprised Manville didn't make the jump to 82 as well or at least make a proper attempt at dropping. Manville and Bey have had a pretty fun rivalry over the last few years; they're 1-1 in terms of making a Senior World Team. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Relentless125 79 Report post Posted April 26, 2019 3 hours ago, yonz_g said: Manville and Bey have had a pretty fun rivalry over the last few years; they're 1-1 in terms of making a Senior World Team. That Manville win was when Bey kinda stopped wrestling after getting hit in the head pretty hard. He didn't look right in that match and gave it up. Manville didn't make the finals tonight. Lost to Pat Smith. 1 cjc007 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
