Originally posted by coachtwink:
I think that wrestling is a TEAM sport which involves INDIVIDUAL competition. That being said, the 14 wrestlers who are best at their weight class for their school should be the ones representing their schools' at post season competition. It is a shame that some deserving wrestlers may get left behind, but I don't think the answer is to allow multiple wrestlers from each school to compete in the same regional tournament is the answer. I have experienced this both as a wrestler and a coach, and know that those individuals who were 2nd or 3rd team (and possibly state qualifier material) still gained something from their participation, which is really what matters in the long run.
Well then I think if we believe what you say then really state should be a team dual tournament and not a Individual tournament as we have now. Wrestling is a team sport in a way but lets face it- State is all about individuals and not so much team. To extend it a bit more- small teams that cant field a full rooster (in your opinion) should not wrestle at all since they really have no team.
To me Wrestling is an individual sport that keeps team points. When it comes down to it- it is all individual. Of course I wrestled for a team of 5 and we never won a dual because of it but had 3 make state. Not bad at 60 %.
