wrestler17105:
"It takes a lot to get me"

HAHA, I got you at the Tyler Clinic.

i'm with rudy...

how did chaz hill not get picked at 145?

he for sure earned a spot on that team.

I got you though computerized shoes. So leave my tag team champion partner alone. I got your back wrestler17105.

Yeah, Chaz not making it is absolutely ridiculous.

Randy W.,

I'm sure everyone on this selection committee is a well respected coach and I'd like to think they were fair and impartial in the selection process. However, this isn't unlike any other political selection or appointment, people just don't want secrecy. When you keep hearing about this "criteria" that no one seems to be able or willing to explain, unfortunately it gives the perception of "back door politics" or the "good ole boy" system. Maybe sometime you can explain the criteria that was used at 145 or 189, besides Cisper. I spend a lot of time looking at statistics and results and both seem to defy logic. rhill

I would be glad to talk to you about it in private. I really don't want to embarrass anyone by discussing names and weights of good wrestlers here in a public forum and airing that type of discussion about high school kids. It embarrasses good kids and good wrestlers to do so. That is really my point here. If you would like to know generally how we do it I would sit down with you and give you some idea. The point is no matter who we picked someone isn't going to like it. You understanding it or someone else doing so isn't going to change that. We don't have a set criteria as such but we use a lot of different ways to come to a consensus. Sometimes it is just far easier to sit in judgement than it is to actually do the deal. If you would like some insight come see me after the meet and we will sit down and jaw about it. I would be glad to.
Randy

One other thing that I don't understand really is the idea that some kind of "politics" or some underhanded or devious thing happened during this meeting. We don't do that. We don't always do everything right and sometimes what we do might not be what someone else would do, but we don't do that because we are corrupt or because we are mean spirited. We just try to do a very tough job so that we can get our butt kicked by every person in eastern kansas who doesn't personally agree. That is ok with me, I expect that. No secrets here though and no evil alterior motive. Its a wrestling match and we really don't have a vested interest in the picks.

Therein lies the problem Curtis: I did not brag of being "hard to take." I am easy to takedown just ask Dan Gable.

Randy,

Let me be clear, I'm not suggesting in this case that there was anything dishonest. I don't know that and I wouldn't say it here if I did. I am saying however, that when you can't find out how decisions were made or even who made them, it leaves that perception. We can always say, "just trust the people doing it and don't question it", but we're way past that era. Until you posted here, I hadn't seen any information about the selection process. The one person I knew was involved hasn't bothered to respond to an email I sent. I'll contact you by email or see you Tuesday night. One thing for sure, regardless of how I feel about this, I'll be there in full support of Team Kansas! rhill

i know i'm easy to take down it's just one heck of a challenge to pin me and that's what he did. what i'm best at is reversals anywayz.

They picked Carrera over me last year even though I beat Carrera. I think it's because I choked at state and took fifth at 215 while he won heavyweight. Eh, oh well.

When and where is the Metro classic????

how many of our guys do you think will win?

Tues., Mar 8 at Kansas City Community College on State Avenue. I am not sure of the starting time, but believe it is 7PM.

looking at the matchups i think kansas will lose. This is really disappoining if it happens with all of the really great wrestlers in the east this year as evidenced by the success the metro area teams had at state.

Maybe Kansas should start sending kids who aren't from the Kansas City area...

Which would make for an awesome METRO classic...

Mayb there should be 3 189 matches.Pursel won 3 state championships. Tyler is a very worthy wrestler who won a state championship and was a runner up this year.

Well, it doesn't look like this one will be that great.

What was the result?