Showing my age but I don’t know what’s changed with the rules concerning leg riding compared to 25 years ago. It used to earn you either a stall call or a stalemate very quickly if you weren’t close to a turning the guy, particularly when you had both legs in. Now they are allowed to hang out all day long.
sorta reminded me of when RBY put his arm behind his back during his matches with DeSanto to avoid being taken down...it looked ridiculous and was definitely stalling but at least the dropping to 1 knee was legal and could be utilized for some offensive attacks.
Nothing Penn State does is stalling, it is all strategy. Only Iowa stalls, just ask them.
So... Beating someone with "one hand behind my back" my back used to be an insult for any combat sport (wrestling, boxing, judo, etc.), but now it's stalling? Also, "at least dropping to one knee was legal", but "putting a hand behind my back" is not legal?? Since when? I'm not following you logic here.
I was actually going to make the same point. I personally wasn't bothered by either situation.
They were both stalling and both should have been dinged for it. That is my logic. I get why both did it. What I don't get is why stalling isn't called. They are both doing what the ref allowed them to do, and that is stall and avoid engaging. That is my take.
I couldn’t agree more. What happened to the double stall call? This match would’ve been the perfect place to enforce it.
Wrestling on one knee will get you called for passivity in freestyle.
It is a sure sign the wrestler doing it is not confident in their neutral game. If I was their coach, I'd be screaming to get up.
As a coach I understand when it's done to match levels with their opponent.
I was 5’8” and wrestled 112 and didn’t do it to match levels. I could have about every match I was in. Just not my style.
