Originally posted by usawks1:
I guess my position is that the takedown is the key to winning wrestling matches. More precisely, the first takedown is critical
No one on this thread, to my knowledge, has disputed the importance of wrestling in the neutral position.
Originally posted by usawks1:
Coach Johnson, Coach Garcia, Coach Peterman, Coach Vest, Coach Riech, Coach Fergola, etc. And they are also learning from recent grads like Bunch, Spalding, Hermreck, Blanding, Metzler, Gable, etc. Is the Kansas coaching fraternity willing to learn?
If these great coaches aren't in the "coaching fraternity" who is? When gutwrench insults "Kansas coaches" these fine coaches are included because they are Kansas coaches. I think this is where most of the outrage toward gutwrench stems from.
Is every coach in Kansas great, probably not. Is every coach in Oklahoma, Missouri, Iowa, Pennsylvania, or New Jersey exceptional, probably not. Are most doing the best they can, probably the vast majority of them. And as our recent successes as a state continue to pile up, it looks like there are a lot of reasons to believe we are doing better than most. Do we have room to improve, of course. Are most of us working to improve, of course. But when gutwrench insults an entire group of men who selflessly give of themselves, it understandably creates a backlash.
Gutwrench, if you have so much wisdom to share, do it. I for one would love to be at that clinic and gain any knowledge a hall of famer like yourself could share, that is if you are a hall of famer. Until you are an active participant you will not see the change you want to see.
