What team had the best singlets?
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I think it's cool that Ohio State had a different singlet for each round.
I like the Illini's new orange championship singlets.
Edinboro has actually tamed the usage of the tar-tar look! Go full Scottish or don't go Scottish at all!
Iowa and Minnesota as always looked great.
I like the Illini's new orange championship singlets.
Edinboro has actually tamed the usage of the tar-tar look! Go full Scottish or don't go Scottish at all!
Iowa and Minnesota as always looked great.
I am old school when it comes to singlets. One or two colors. No flashy graghics. Wear the same one all season. I have never liked the idea of switching singlets for the finals.
I think the Hawkeyes have one of the best singlets. I hope they don't jump on the trendy bandwagon.
I think the Hawkeyes have one of the best singlets. I hope they don't jump on the trendy bandwagon.
Always been a fan of 2 singlets per team and ONLY pull championship singlet out when placing. Just a mentality switch as I had this singlet routine in HS. Btw, Boro and Duke were my favorites
Here is my reasoning...when Metcalf won he never celebrated...why? Because he expected to win..no reason to celebrate when you do what's expected.
Why show up in the finals with a different special finals only make a big deal singlet?
Wear the same singlet you always worn because you expected to be there and you expect to win.
Why show up in the finals with a different special finals only make a big deal singlet?
Wear the same singlet you always worn because you expected to be there and you expect to win.
I am torn on how I feel about singlets. On one hand I really like the traditional and almost iconic looks of Iowa and MN, but I also enjoy the flashy Edinboro singlets. I look at how high school athletes drool over football programs like Oregan's numerous flashy uniforms. Using that mindset, I can't help but wonder if a college committed to a similar concept that some kids would take notice. Obviously the singlet doesn't make the wrestler, but kids can be influenced by a lot of things. If one subtle addition could give a program an edge of some sort, then why not?
Most youths have multiple singlets these days, especially if they Freco. There's a whole cottage industry just for reselling singlets. I see more and more kids wrestling in MMA apparel. All I had for years was the old reversible red/blue. Then I graduated to an all black, sure thought I was a badass in black.
Anyways I always thought a solid gold singlet with tiger hawk logo on the backside would b an outstanding combination.
Anyways I always thought a solid gold singlet with tiger hawk logo on the backside would b an outstanding combination.
Wouldn't hurt us at all to do something a little more flashy and/or some finals singlets. They'll still recognize an Iowa singlet. Not that we have to get on all trends...but I like this one. Market your sport/team.
I liked Missouri and Illinois finals singlets. The solid orange was pretty sweet.
On a side note, I'd rather see them go the fighting short/under armour short sleeve they use at the Flo events. I think we'd get more kids out if we could kick singlets out of the sport.
On a side note, I'd rather see them go the fighting short/under armour short sleeve they use at the Flo events. I think we'd get more kids out if we could kick singlets out of the sport.
Oh, geez, and I've been arguing with you in another thread? I'm sorry, I didn't realize you had a brain injury.Originally posted by artradley:
High Schools and Colleges should go to this kind of uniform. Cool factor for the sport would go way up.
That getup would not look so cool with shoes, socks, and headgear.Originally posted by theIowaHawk:
Oh, geez, and I've been arguing with you in another thread? I'm sorry, I didn't realize you had a brain injury.Originally posted by artradley:
High Schools and Colleges should go to this kind of uniform. Cool factor for the sport would go way up.
Why does everyone want to kill the singlet? That is not what is killing wrestling, it is programs dropping the sport and referees not calling stalling and allowing a boring product to continue. If we want to save and grow the sport this is where we should focus energy, not fight shorts and shirts.
While there's no way to remove the dork factor of headgear, shoes and socks could easily be eliminated. It would make the mats cleaner, too, especially for the younger guys -- who make multiple trips to a skanky bathroom each day then run out onto the mat to spread urine and fecal material all over the place.Originally posted by pablow:
That getup would not look so cool with shoes, socks, and headgear.Originally posted by theIowaHawk:
Originally posted by artradley:
High Schools and Colleges should go to this kind of uniform. Cool factor for the sport would go way up.
If you have never caught a bare toe on a traditional wrestling mat, it hurts! Think of the toe skin getting some traction and the rest of the foot continuing in a different direction. Maybe some of the newer styles of mats that are foam with a "slicker" skin on top would be OK though?
I'm mainly joking about that -- though I really am grossed out at youth tournaments. I do wish, however, that they would either switch to board shorts or compression gear. It won't happen because too many old farts would rather wrestling die than change uniforms, but it would be good for the sport if they ditched the singlets.
I don't know what "opportunity" I have, because it's not going to happen. But I've run a large youth program for over 10 years, and am very in-touch with kids in this sport. While some (my son included) don't mind the singlets at all, I have had top athletes who were interested in the sport ultimately decide against it specifically because the singlets look "dorky" to them. Other guys I talk to have had the same experience. Even those wrestlers who don't mind the singlets admit that to other kids the singlets are "nerdiforms."
You make the sport more "cool" to kids and you draw more athletes. You draw more athletes you draw more fans. Wrestling needs athletes and it needs fans -- anything that can draw them in is good for the sport.
People can scoff about it all they want. And old farts can complain about it around their table at Hy-Vee. But it's the truth.
This post was edited on 3/25 3:46 PM by artradley
Your opportunity is to make your case, which you have done poorly here.
You seem to be claiming that the young "top athletes" are simply turning down wrestling because of "dorky" singlets. And then "other guys" you've talked to say the same thing.
BUT, then all the people disagreeing with you just happen to be "old farts around a table at Hy-Vee". Yeah, great anecdotal bullsht.
Sorry that you are disappointed with all of the current "athletes" who seem to be choosing to wear singlets.
How about I give my anecdotal: All of the wrestlers I know/knew/still friends with not only didn't mind, but understood and liked their singlets. The ones who didn't? The ones who weren't wrestling regardless.
Call it the "truth" all you want, it, well, isn't.
Start a poll on here (probably been done before). Oh wait, that would just be old farts, right?
It is the truth. I know most people on here disagree, and I don't have any metrics to confirm it. But you have no evidence on your side, either. Heck, you even admit that some kids have said they aren't wrestling because of the singlets -- but just chose to not believe them! Our sport is dying, and one of the reasons is people with your attitude.
And, btw, at 58 I am an old fart myself. I simply love the sport enough that if we can promote it by making changes that do not detract from the sport in any way whatsoever, we should do it. Fashions change, styles change, and other sports adapt. Wrestling should, too.
This post was edited on 3/25 5:47 PM by artradley
IowaHawk, Didn't know a person could take a discussion about changing or altering a singlet so personal. Fyi, kids have been complaining about singlets for decades and decades. I guess wrestling could go back to the 2 piece short and shirt uniform or we can try having everyone in tights again. You know, because that was the "old school" ways before your singlet old school ways.
This post was edited on 3/25 6:23 PM by Jaybird319
This post was edited on 3/25 6:23 PM by Jaybird319
Back to the topic, my vote is the Iowa Singlet and it isn't even close.....it you want to switch it up just wear it backwards A.K.A. Danimal Style!
What's dorky is the freestyle singlet. I can imagine kids growing up wearing the shorts and t-shirt pictured and on through college(if changed to that) and then not wanting to try for the Olympics because of the dorky singlets. Not.
I'm probably an "old fart" as well (42, therefore I'm definitely approaching) and I'm also in favor of giving the option of at least hs kids being able to wear the fight shorts/compression shirt. I never would have said that 15 years ago when I was a young coach who wrestled since the age of five through college. NEW kids to the sport, those that the middle and high school coach is trying to recruit are turned off by the singlet. I know from trying to recruit these guys the last 20 years. You can call it dorky but all the ones I talk to call it "gay". Sure, some just don't want to try the sport and are looking for the easy way out but there are some that really don't want any part of the sport b/c of the singlet. I know it's stupid and idiotic to "us" (those that have been involved and grown up in the sport). But to new recruits at that age, I have no doubt it prevents some from giving the sport a try. Honestly I don't think it's needed at the college level but I think an option at the hs level would be a good opportunity to see if it would have any impact on numbers. If it doesn't then we can take the option out and go right back to where we are now and check it off the list of ways that won't grow the sport.
And for all those that think it will somehow hurt the wrestling / no one would wear them...how do you explain that a lot of the Agon and Flo professional stuff where they have post grads wrestling....most choose to wear the shorts and compression shirts? Ruth/Herbert weren't in singlets. The Askrens and I forget who they wrestled but they weren't in singlets....seems to me the guys wear the shorts/compression stuff when it's not mandated they wear singlets. And FYI, the international scene is said to be having a uniform overhaul as well.
And for all those that think it will somehow hurt the wrestling / no one would wear them...how do you explain that a lot of the Agon and Flo professional stuff where they have post grads wrestling....most choose to wear the shorts and compression shirts? Ruth/Herbert weren't in singlets. The Askrens and I forget who they wrestled but they weren't in singlets....seems to me the guys wear the shorts/compression stuff when it's not mandated they wear singlets. And FYI, the international scene is said to be having a uniform overhaul as well.
There are some cool singlets out there - what I think is dumb is when two schools wrestle wearing the same colors - like Minnesota v. Oklahoma, or Iowa v. Missouri or Michigan v. Illinois.
That is where the alternative color singlet ought to come into play - and it is dumb to have a rule that in a tournament the entire team has to wear the same color singlet for the entire round. Like the Jordans in the Big 10 final - that was confusing enough to have Jordan v. Jordan - but when they BOTH wore red and white - it was silly!
That is where the alternative color singlet ought to come into play - and it is dumb to have a rule that in a tournament the entire team has to wear the same color singlet for the entire round. Like the Jordans in the Big 10 final - that was confusing enough to have Jordan v. Jordan - but when they BOTH wore red and white - it was silly!
