sportsfan, you and i obviously have different views on duals. here is my take:

Duals are for mat time, and experience. If i do coach, I will get as many of my wrestlers on the mat as possible, even if it means going into unfavorable matchups. My team will understand that we are there to win individual matches, and if we do that, then we win dual. I would also not take any unnecessary opens, who wants to win a dual by default? If we lose the dual by 30 points, but I believe we have become more prepared for state by doing so, my goal will have been achieved.

Part of this view comes from wrestling on a small team where we could not fill up all of the weights and subsequently lost most duals. Now if we had a full team and winning duals was a little more achievable, then maybe I would see things differently.