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  1. dropster45

    Rank your four 4 timers

    This question could be worded better: “Who do you think is the best 4 timer of all time and why is it Cael Sanderson?”
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    How to Ruin a Growing Sport

    I agree with a good many points on here. There is such a thing as too early specialization. It shows up in the form of injuries, burnout, less interest amongst the newbees trying the sport for the first time, and some really nutty parents! But here’s what I really wanted to say: Wrestlers...
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    Cali allows NCAA athletes to be paid

    Another adverse effect of paying college athletes will be that high school sports that feed it will get weirder. In other words, the recruiting, marketing, and all-star team building that we see today will become more extreme, and in my estimation, less healthy.
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    Cali allows NCAA athletes to be paid

    Adding $ to anything tends to corrupt it. The more dollars involved, the more corrupt it will likely become.
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    List of 19/20 Previews

    Gr8 job here Cali. U do 1 of these for our local team?
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    Kerry resigns at Maryland

    Kerry isn’t interested in coaching full time anymore. He’s got family things to prioritize. Look for him to find some work in an administrative role that butts up against wrestling. He is a highly talented, intelligent, and hard-working individual who will be a tremendous asset wherever he goes.
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    The Legacy of Joe Seay

    That is amazing that someone can have their program sanctioned by the NCAA to the point of not being able to even compete, be fired from their job, and still make it into the Hall of Fame. I would venture to guess that’s the only example of that in the building.
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    The Legacy of Joe Seay

    Good story Dog. I was trying really hard not to read it, but was drawn like a mosquito to a zapper. Funny thing is, the zapper actually felt good for some reason. I will follow up with one point and that is it’s rarely ever just one thing - and that was a big part of the problem in this...
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    The Legacy of Joe Seay

    I can dig that! As there are quite a few who are only handling the positives, I’m comfortable with the role of counterbalancing that with the rest of the story. It’s what it is - Reality.
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    The Legacy of Joe Seay

    No, I don’t think everyone knows that - and by some of the responses, it’s actually quite clear. There’s never a bad time to discuss behaviors that put winning above the ethical responsibility to follow the rules, let alone what can be learned from it. These are the facts. If it makes you squirm...
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    The Legacy of Joe Seay

    It matters not what the rules are today, 50 years ago, or 50 years on. What matters is blatantly disregarding the rules of the day. It would be like skirting today’s rules with the clairvoyant hope that someday they become what we always wanted. Rather than rationalize behaviors tailored toward...
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    The Legacy of Joe Seay

    The NCAA may very well be imperfect, but that doesn’t condone disregarding the rules. We don’t get to pick thru the rules and decide which ones should apply to us. If we don’t like a particular rule, we need to go thru the proper channels to have it changed, not just do our own thing. In the...
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    The Legacy of Joe Seay

    The NCAA called them MAJOR violations. And those are just the areas they could prove. Almost shut down the program...pretty major stuff Dog.
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    The Legacy of Joe Seay

    The writer had it pretty spot on - see here how it panned out: https://oklahoman.com/article/2411531/ncaa-takes-down-oklahoma-state-wrestling-program
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    The Legacy of Joe Seay

    While it’s good for wrestling to acknowledge the great works of individuals, we also have a responsibility to remember those who, as outlined here, cheated repeatedly, lied about it to investigators...repeatedly, and were ultimately fired while the school endured penalties/sanctions. We remember...
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    HR rumor not good for the Goofers

    Hate to see this in the news. I’m glad it’s not us though, but still. It’s a good reason to make sure our recruits are squeaky clean. Drug histories, assault, getting expelled from school, and certainly things that fall into this specific example should be avoided at all cost.
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    Twitter: Jordan Burroughs working to get into Ben Askrens head

    “Never met a man I feared” is such nonsense! I don’t care who you are, at one time or another you’ve felt fear. I’m especially afraid of my wife and she’s not even a man! Only the Terminator can say such a thing... I’ll be back...
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    Twitter: Jordan Burroughs working to get into Ben Askrens head

    I hear Jordan is threatening to cut Askren’s hair?
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    Great Article in Student Paper Today - The Day Cael Sanderson Turned Wrestling on its Head

    I will respectfully disagree with you. 7.65 additional scholarships over a 4 year period seems like quite an advantage and I don’t think it’s “wrong” to say so. It’s also not “one mans opinion”, rather that of the NCAA who investigated it and found Iowa in gross violation of the scholarship...
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    Great Article in Student Paper Today - The Day Cael Sanderson Turned Wrestling on its Head

    I did check the math on that... There were, in fact “less than” 1 billion Germans involved in the Pearl Harbor attack - true statement!
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