True but fix and Vito probably walk around at 145 so why raise their hand? Gilman lol not happening
Our process is long and grueling. The career window is small I don't fault the wrestlers. You can't win Olympic gold unless you make it to the Olympics. Russians have been doing this forever. The coaches shouldn't be allowed to coach at UsaW events and be at training camps then coach for other countries. Athletes can't comeback after transferring. Maybe it's time for UsaW to make that rule for coaches. You gotta pick your country you want to coach for
If you take away these opportunities they end up ditching and going mma or some other route. I think it strengthens wrestling domestically having the best stay involved. And this is their livelihood they’re going to go where there’s opportunity.
Just spitballing here. Don’t roster’s have to be turned in sometime in advance of the tournament? Richards had plenty of time to prepare for this event. Who coached him and where did he train? Hopefully it was in Colorado Springs?
He trains at the University of Illinois with his RTC coach Bryan Medlin
Well I think there’s 13 Americans qualified for the Olympics and only 4 of them are with team USA so I guess there’s more out there..
Then those 9 should go live in these countries were the opportunities are more vast than the USA.
I think this is going to be the scenario at NCAAs where Gomez is going to mow down the field. He's so talented and unstoppable when he's on.
Thanks for sharing AF. That injury timeout was total BS. A lot of writhing in pain for 20 seconds and then nothing. Hmmm. That said, it looked like Lee turned to his defensive posture way too soon. Once he got a good lead he had one slip that resulted in 2 but everything after that look like a result of either Lee going to his defense way to early and way too often vice staying on his offense, or Lee just losing interest in the match which clearly was not the case. Probably the worst I've seen Lee wrestle during those last couple mins...
That's just dumb IMO. Has RBY even been to Mexico? These guys qualifying for other countries is just silly...WTH!
Not as silly as morans asking these questions when they are oblivious to the location of the qualifier.
100% agree
I don't mind it so much, I mean the Russians do it all the time. The biggest and most frustrating difference though is that the Russians don't ever have to worry about not qualifying weights. If Team USA was consistent enough to at least always qualify weights regardless of who defects, then this would be a non issue overall I think.
You hit the nail on head here. How many times do the Russians fail to qualify? Most Russians competing for other nations will take a dive h2h vs their motherland or their head might end up on a stick.
My issue is having coaches who attend UsaW training camps that then are coaching for other countries against wrestlers who were at those camps. UsaW should make a rule against that
Not good optics. The only way to avoid this whole situation is to limit the athletes to only compete for their actual birth country.
At a minimum, require actual citizenship. If you happen to be a dual citizen, fine, but that is pretty rare. And once you pick a country to compete for internationally, that's it.
Oh, my bad! He was born in fricking Tucson, AZ! Sure sounds f**king American! Why training in Mexico? He’s an NCAA champ US born who wrestled for PSU! Again, I think it’s really f**ing silly idiot boy.
Imagine having to sit in front of him for an entire olympic trials. I should have worn a rain coat and ear plugs. In all seriousness it was a cool experience, dude knows his stuff.
It’s just…. easier to earn a spot on the national team and then only have to contend with one American to win an Olympic medal.
If they want to represent another country, they should not be allowed to train and be coached in this country. Only train in Mexico and only use the Mexican coaches.
This is EASY:
No one is getting by Taylor, he may be the best pfp in the world.
