Originally posted by Pepsi man:
Curtis: I don't know if I agree with you somebody gets me in a front head lock and an under hook when I am on my feet I am not going to push into him at all because the result would have been me being tossed to my back. It wasn't like he just ran out. Strawn locked him up, Kearn slowly moved back trying to avoid getting tossed Strawn trying to gain position. Then came the bad call.
If this is one of the best officials in Kansas then we have some serious issues. This is the same guy that in the Peterson Dooley match called Dooley for fleeing the mat because Peterson hit a stand up and started running straight out of bounds. He said Dooley pushed him out and dinged Dooley for he point. Which by the way screwed Dooley out of a state medal. Two calls costing two Concordia wrestlers.
I think with the style of wrestler Jesse is, he was able to prevent himself from being tossed while pushing Chris out. And there's no doubt in my mind Chris was hanging on for double overtime. I think a lot of wrestlers would do the same thing.
Quit blaming losses on the ref. It's the job of the wrestler to take the match out of the hands of the official and get the job done. If you noticed, the 2 matches this ref did for finals, were probably 2 of the biggest matches. 189 and 140. I'm sure this was done because he is one of the best!
