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He'll land somewhere great for him. His resume and coaching experience are tip top.
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Wow, can't believe he got that last takedown on Sujeet! 1 more to go!
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Man greco really is a whole other animal! A guy like Kamal Bey specializes most of his life, is good enough to win a junior world title, and doesn't even qualify. It's brutal.
Got me wondering if our greco guys would be better served going through a collegiate run before fully focusing on the senior greco scene. I know it might sound odd at first but for what we can offer our wrestlers in the states, it seems like a high level collegiate program might be able to get a wrestler to a higher overall level than going through the typical greco pipeline where they stick to the main OTC, NMU, or the US Army WCAP.
Think about this, Rulon Gardner, Adam Coon, Joe Warren, Brad Vering, Matt Lindland, Colton Schultz, Randy Couture, Garret Lowney, Marty Morgan, Brandon Paulson, Lindsay Durlacher, and Greg Gibson were all top tier collegiate wrestlers before fully excelling in greco.
And guys like Dennis Hall, Jesse Thielke, Justin Lester, Heath Sims, were all extremely high-level and/or spent many years pursuing success in American folk style wrestling before winning medals in senior level greco roman wrestling. It just seems like cutting out the years spent wrestling at the highest level in a style that features leg attacks does not create better US greco wrestlers.
Got me wondering if our greco guys would be better served going through a collegiate run before fully focusing on the senior greco scene. I know it might sound odd at first but for what we can offer our wrestlers in the states, it seems like a high level collegiate program might be able to get a wrestler to a higher overall level than going through the typical greco pipeline where they stick to the main OTC, NMU, or the US Army WCAP.
Think about this, Rulon Gardner, Adam Coon, Joe Warren, Brad Vering, Matt Lindland, Colton Schultz, Randy Couture, Garret Lowney, Marty Morgan, Brandon Paulson, Lindsay Durlacher, and Greg Gibson were all top tier collegiate wrestlers before fully excelling in greco.
And guys like Dennis Hall, Jesse Thielke, Justin Lester, Heath Sims, were all extremely high-level and/or spent many years pursuing success in American folk style wrestling before winning medals in senior level greco roman wrestling. It just seems like cutting out the years spent wrestling at the highest level in a style that features leg attacks does not create better US greco wrestlers.
