I used to pay to listen to the Ironman/Grace - same cost i can watch. But his insights are great - and his emotions are better.
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So which one is your primary team and which one is your backup. Whomever is doing better that year?
Rhoads normally shoots quite a bit. Even Ironside said he was not as aggressive as usual. That was a different PR out there yesterday. He looked like he wanted to win a close match instead of taking any chances and got burned. He and Topher have had trouble finishing their shots and it appears to be mental.
It's also how he got taken down by Taylor. He was slow in clearing out after his shot. I bet Sammy learns from this. Better now than in a month.
I agree completely with the bold part above. I wouldn't say Rhoads takes many fully committed shots. He takes quite a few half-shots that don't penetrate or put him at risk, but that was really my point. I think it's largely a confidence thing, much like Topher, as you alluded to above.
I get the feeling that both Topher and Patrick are content to try and keep it close. Don't see a lot of desire to put the hammer down and win convincingly. Easy for me to say and much harder to do, of course, but I think both guys have more ability than their results would indicate. The mental hurdle is often the biggest one in wrestling.
You sound like a Penn State fan who just discovered wrestling. I go back to the Wally Johnson era.
Sometimes it seems we put way too much emphasis on winning close matches in Dec., Jan., and Feb. as opposed to developing our wrestlers for March.
Paddock, Rhoads, Carton, Meyers, and possibly a few of our better wrestlers are simply not going very far in the post-season tournaments trying to win close matches. I think we've seen this movie before.
Paddock, Rhoads, Carton, Meyers, and possibly a few of our better wrestlers are simply not going very far in the post-season tournaments trying to win close matches. I think we've seen this movie before.
Not true. Countless wrestlers are out of bounds and they don't call it. It happens in every single match. You see guys circling trying to get back in constantly and nothing was called. Actually, almost every time they wait until both make it out and then will stall the one who left the circle first.
Burak's was definitely part of the action. He didn't go out of bounds to escape being taken down, but went out of bounds after he escaped being taken down and immediately came back in while the other was in the circle. It was the opposite of stalling.
