Yes Church, points well taken about Nelson. Your comments are 100% accurate. He has done quite well inspite of his "lack of experience" prior to HS, but he does come from great wrestling stock and does possess the kind of innate wrestling ability that I was speaking of with regard to Beard. He is a natural. Yes, perhaps if he wrestled earlier, he would be a 4xer as well (knock on wood) and be more "dominant", but that is not the case. Perhaps I should not have used the word dominant. Yes, Nelson is quite fabulous and very exciting, he always gives the fans their moneys worth and so does Detmer which is why they are both in my Fab 5. Nelson also takes challenges and all comers and you gotta love and admire that about him and I do.
No Suckerpunch, I am very confident in Beard. Didn't I just spend several sentences in my last post explaining that and why I feel he is Co-Fab with Caldwell. Perhaps I should not have used the word "blanket" to describe your statement about Beard. You did say though that you thought that Beard couldn't go up and beat Cotton and I do. I was treading on that lightly out of respect for Cotton. Beard could have gone up last year as a 71 pounder and given an 89 pound Cotton fits. Based on what I have seen, if Beard was the same weight as Cotton, I do not think that Cotton could beat Beard, but I could be wrong. We will never know unless they meet in college. Once again, Cotton is totally fabulous and is a great athlete. Beard is a great wrestler. You want to talk about dominant, no one has come close to Beard this year. If you would have seen him man-handle Kolmer and everyone else that he has faced, you would understand what I am talking about.
Either way, these are my unbiased opinions and I am entitled to them. They are not meant to be demeaning or derogatory to anyone else. Everyone mentioned is indeed fabulous, but my Fab 3 are Beard, Caldwell and Napier. My Fab 5 would include Nelson and Detmer. The Fab 7 would include Maple and Watson. Means, Nitcher and Orneales can round out the Fab 10.
Anyone is welcome to disagree with me and list their fabulous wrestlers in whatever order they choose, but please be nice about it.