Kit:

I've wrestled, read the rules, bought the books, watched tapes, studied the sport, talked to coaches, talked to officials, and studied it all some more. You know what conclusion I came to? Stalling is in the eyes of the beholder. Its never called enough or its always called too much. Depends who's ox is getting gored. Is hooking the ankle stalling? Sure it is, unless the guy is working for the fall. Is a spiral ride stalling? Of course it is, unless he's working for the fall. Is tripoding stalling? Absolutely, unless its an effort to escape. My view is that most wrestlers stall as much as they can as often as they can and some are masters at faking action. If a ref called "stalling whenever it occurs" my guess is that it would be rare for a match to be decided by anything other than a disqualification. Probably the same result if fleeing the mat got called according to the rule, too. You figure out how to get stalling consistently and routinely called, and how to get the coaches to accept stalling calls without the bawling, you have my vote as Coach/Official of the Century. I have one idea...base post-season assignments for officials on the number of stalling points awarded during the regular season....