I realize that KS wrestling intelligentsia already knows everything, won't change and can't learn from what happened in St. Louis. But wrestlers, you don't have to scratch too deeply to find common ground among Johnston, Bunch and Roberson from the previous year.
The common ground is Coach Kevin Klemm. Klemm developed these guys in HS by teaching them to wrestle on their feet in the Spring and Summer. He never taught them to ride and they couldn't use his trapped arm gut at NCAAs. Don't forget about other Klemm students who are coming down the road McCormick, Gardner, Dyer and others. The guy's results speak volumes but Klemm was often dissed by KS's wrestling "thought leaders" around the state who don't get it. Incredibly, he was left off several KS state freestyle teams. Klemm left us for Stanford. Hopefully Aiken and others will pick up where he left off, but make no mistake that Klemm is the common thread among today's KS elite wrestlers and not Nigel, sptsfan02, Jilka, Kanwrmn, Thayer, etc. Klemm taught wrestling like I've been telling you it ought to be taught in KS. Get away from those who espouse that "wrist and ride em" style if you want to be successful at the next level. Riding is a plus, but KS coaches teach it at the expense of teaching you how to compete on your feet. And, the officials are their accomplices by not calling stalling on the top man.

"Those who can't be taken down and can't be rode can't be beat."