Are there new rules in place? Watching this meet, every Iowa wrestler has gotten at least one stall call. WTF is up with that?
Please explain stalling
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If you're this ref, it's when Iowa guy is on top and goes 1 second without trying to pin the guy.
There are new rules. Riding to ride and holding down and covering the hips without working for an angle and turn is now stalling.
I can’t explain the call on Woods.
‘Take that stall call and shove it.’
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Yep, he had his guy flat and got called for stalling. The ref has been so quick to call Iowa, but doesn’t want to call it on Nebraska at all. Home cooking I guess.
Don’t ask the ref tonight. Not sure he knows what it is either.
There’s no explanation for stalling. It’s called when it shouldn’t be and not called when it should be.
the one against Glazier was crazy too.
Print the damn tshirts
There is ZERO consistency that’s the problem. But the guy tonight had absolutely no idea what he was doing
Neither can I. He was actually in the process of pulling the wrist in. I was getting excited. Stalled!!
When a referee wants to appease a home crowd, or a home coaching staff, or keep a match close, he can use stalling calls to do so.
From the Twitter.
Christian Pyles
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I don't understand the neutral stall application here. Lovett is certainly outworking Rathjen from neutral, but two stall calls compared to Real who had very similar output against Hardy didn't get the calls.
Christian Pyles
@CPyles8
I don't understand the neutral stall application here. Lovett is certainly outworking Rathjen from neutral, but two stall calls compared to Real who had very similar output against Hardy didn't get the calls.
It wouldn't surprise me if another ref looking at that same action would have called a stall on Robb.Neither can I. He was actually in the process of pulling the wrist in. I was getting excited. Stalled!!
The new rules seemed to only apply to Iowa tonight.
I think he knew exactly what he was doing.
"Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence".
Inconsistent, head-scratching stall calls...another example of why many of us want freestyle to replace folkstyle. In college folk, riding to just ride is an art form. It sucks.
You came to the right place to get this answer.
The definition of stalling:
"A way to keep the home team in matches they have no business being in and haven't earned."
"A way to keep the home team in matches they have no business being in and haven't earned."
Glazier was dominating the match. He was attacking. Other guy doing nothing. And Glazier gets called for stalling.
Thanks, but that doesn't seem right. Seemed more like 10-2.
Pretty sure the ref had been paid for an even dozen against Iowa. Wonder if they docked his pay?
I’ve been around wrestling my entire life and I honestly can’t remember ever seeing an official struggle as much as we saw last night - especially at this level.
The guy didn’t have a clue how to call stalling, he talked to the wrestlers all night, most of which was nonsense.
At one point he said “I need you in the center, guys” as the wrestlers were in the f’n center of the mat.
That dude should be officiating middle school duals.
The guy didn’t have a clue how to call stalling, he talked to the wrestlers all night, most of which was nonsense.
At one point he said “I need you in the center, guys” as the wrestlers were in the f’n center of the mat.
That dude should be officiating middle school duals.
Just seemed that way because Iowa was hit in matches they were the agressor
Stalling has been a hopeless subject for many years now and is lost forever into the abyss. You just gotta put it on ignore if you’re gonna have any hope of watching wrestling and enjoying it.
By the way, is the fish in your avatar…
A) Flexing at the granite ledge,
B) Flipping it the bird, or
C) Calling it for stalling
???
The cute comments to the wrestlers was nothing more than knowing he was wearing a "mic". Such stupid ass showboating to try and impress somebody.
Guy might actually make Angel seem competent.
In a close dual, which it wasn't, the guy could have really determined the outcome.
The ref was enforcing new rules that the top wrestler must be attempting to turn his opponent…he just wasn’t doing it well.
He was completely clueless as to what was going on in a given position. He was guessing on all his subjective stall calls. His call on Woods on top was one of the worst I have seen. Real was working to turn with nub guy completely bellied out. Crazy. And then in a later match he was fine with somebody throwing double boots and hanging on. He was completely out of his league. Hope he isn’t around in the post season because someone is gonna get screwed by this guy when it really matters.
Riding to accumulate riding time is more or less against the rules. Hanging on and holding down is no longer allowed. We’ve seen this called differently this year.
The call against Woods was bizarre, as was the failure to call Lovett. He did call it right a few times.
Hardy didn’t even try to build a base. Woods even left space between the hips. Definition of homer officiating.
Especially when Woods is trying to lock up the arm for the Spencer Special and kept working and nearly had it and he says “nobodys doing nothing i need you both working” and he said it TWICE!!!!
Guy was a clown
It appears they are concentrating on the top man for stalling and have forgotten the bottom man completely.
Exactly. It wasn't just the stalling calls. The guy kept opening his mouth and showing everyone how clueless he was.
Unless someone throws legs in, then they ring the bottom guy up like a damn slot machine.
Agree as to the constant yapping. I found the non-stop banter as annoying as the inconsistent stall calls. He was talking to hear himself talk, and most of it was pointless.
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