Go study Alabama football, Georgia football and get back to us. You might just find the Iowa fanbase as mild, all wrestling fanbases are wonderful for the sport, though you will do all you can to stroke the fire between fanbases. You aren't an independent journalist. You simply are a schill that goes with whoever pays you the most in sponsorship. You are not a carrier of the sport you make a living off of.
Did I kick your dog? Or are you just thin skinned and can't accept reality. I'm amazed at how Iowans think they're so kind and understanding yet they're in general just an angry unaccepting bunch of people. And I am one of you but I'm not you. Perception is so different from reality. I've never met a closeted, unaccepting, angry people so much who just lie to themselves.
probably just thinned skinned... I am also very good at lying to myself... You are not me is very correct. You say we are angry yet you just went after Willie (a guy who spends 24-7 in the wrestling world and about 1000 connections) saying he knows less that junior writers at flo??? That's pretty closeted and unaccepting don't you think? Please explain how your know;lege is so much higher than his???
It's not. I judge impartially. I don't care if you read Willie or like them as a journalist I don't. I love reading wrestling websites. I love going to other fan bases sites and reading their takes. I don't comment on what they say. I like to know what they see about the sport, their own wrestlers. That's how I learn. I'm not even the smartest man in the room. I know that then and you can admit it. I simply just don't like Willie, I don't like the brand he puts out. And I'm not telling you who to read or enjoy. I simply give my viewpoint. And now I don't care what you think or feel this is not a sport based on emotions. It's based on results. Do I care about you as a person and your well-being and health, of course. I would love to see you flourish and healthy and happy, The sport is not made for people who are thin-skinned. And by the way, the further I've gotten for Iowa since I left at 24, the more I realize that Iowans just aren't as loving and accepting as they make themselves out to be.
Agree.
You might be a litte more thin skinned than you think... You are acting like people can't complain about wrestling and still be happy people. Maybe take a step off the cliff my man.
Letting Telford go would also be a bonus... Super good guy but not a D! coach
I honestly don't think Davis is a bad wrestler. I do However feel he was pumped up and pushed by PSU and the media as the next 125 champion and now the Baby Faced Assassin not only fell short but was bounced completely out of the tournament and the PSU fans are already looking to replace him with Lillendahl for next season. Maybe Nagao has to give back some of the NIL $ he got since he didn't deliver either ??? Would these two fall under the category of wrestlers who regressed since arriving at PSU ? I mean if Woods Regressed then these 2 should fall into that category as well. I am sure Cael probably has another 133lber or maybe 3 to replace him with.
This is the dumbest, and perhaps poorest though out post I have seen in quite a long time. Considering the source, why would anyone pay for content coming from someone's brain that generated this statement?
Sounds like Herky needs to be a little more Jerky to toughen that skin.
Sure, my whole point of existing is simply to have people like you commenting about what I say. I don't comment on people, I comment on topic. We now live in a world where people just judge others by the simplest stroke of conversation. They don't look at the topic. They judge an emotion, Nothing gets resolved. Nothing can be conversed. This whole place becomes better when I push against, whether to be told right or wrong I simply don't care, This world isn't meant to be static. It's supposed to evolve and be better. Be better, or not And just in general I've found people who don't respond to the topic of conversation and just respond with bluster tend to have thinner skin than all others.
We all have different experiences and I’m not sure where you live now, but I have probably lived in 10 states. I have to think Iowans in general are some of the nicest, most caring people around. Having said that, the wrestling fan base may be a bit different, and this board would be a lot more “loving and accepting” with a bit of moderation. But Iowans in general are great.
True, in general, Iowan's are great people, though the sporting populations of all tends to be a microcosm of negative emotions. No patience or understanding. I was born in Bethesda, Maryland. My parents divorced when I was less than a year old. I moved to Davenport with my mother at nine months. Grew up there. Burlington, went to Northern Iowa, move to Texas and Florida and then California have been to 23 states. I found that people in West Virginia tend to be the kindest and most understanding, people in the Midwest tend to be similar. People in California are actually the worst. I only try to carry my Iowa principles everywhere I go but I am can't even say that their Iowa principles. I just try to carry myself the best I can. You seem like a very kind and thoughtful person and I appreciate that. If the the world only had that, had people like you to have discussions with, without anger or frustration. Complete understanding this world would be a whole lot better. And I do prefer to be found I am incorrect, it's the only way to become a better person. All the troglodytes on here, the throwing up and knashing teeth of them all, can not be saved so I couldn't care less for the unmovable object they reside in.
That is just silly. Davis was in on the winning double and had the eventually national champion push it to a scramble that he barely lost. Davis's other loss was equally close. All as a true freshman who wasn't even the starter at the beginning of the year. Anyone on the PSU board who is kicking him to the curb is a fool.
Is Davis' 2024 tournament the trend or the exception? When you're setting the scoring record, you get a tiny bit of leeway that the coach with 67 points doesn't get. Also, it's not just about one year. Look at the past decade plus.
-Whatever we are doing for recruiting isn't working.
You said there is a perception issue (which there may very well be) but then use Cornell as an example and wonder why an Iowa board sees a problem with it. I would offer this as a comparison, if Iowa was perceived as a superior academic school because of a few years of success, and Cornell fell lower than past standards over that same period of time, how exactly do you think the Cornell elites would perceive the comparison to Iowa?
oh dear lord baby jesus.
Was gonna say your head looks like a ball, but I have more class than that (just kidding). In all seriousness, I'm not great at following the ball (which is why I chose wrestling), but you said you were referring to recruits' perceptions rather than the fans' perceptions, correct?
Also, those suspended wrestlers would bring some points at Nationals as well - so we would be safe 2nd. However, still way behind PSU, and that is a reality now...
are you sure about that??? Would those wrestlers be better this year or regress like others this year??? Nelson would add some points because 184 was so dreadful for us this year (love riggins but out of his weightclass) The heavies were as good as ever... Cass going to AA this year?? you cant say for a fact.
Cass would be AA, in my opinion, at least...
that's a false equivalence, and it was part of my original point.
