First to 5,000

The odds are currently being put down for the first USAWKS poster to reach the 5,000 mark. This incredible feet will result in the winner being named the first The Mat King. Odds are being given on the top 5 posters, feel free to make comment or project predections on your own. Odds and projections are as follows.

Currently at 4575 The Swayz.
Odds: 2-1
History: Recently has been slacking off, he is the odds on favorite though because; he is after all in the lead. When he hits the spurts he is capable of watch out. One can learn from past history on this poster, that the likely 5,000th post will be informative, and well worth the read.

Currently at 4096 RichardDSalyer
Odds: 3-1
History: Recently he has been moving away from what he is commonly known as, the King of Cut and Paste with actually making comment on some of the threads. Salyer is a sleeper and while staying hidden most of the time he is a formable foe when it comes to making posts.

Currently at 2995 Mike Furches
Odds 8-1
History, can get on a tangent, and while he may not have the most posts, he may likely have the most words with the longest winded posts. He is an outsider looking in though.

Currently at 2088 Bronco Wrestler, (AKA Alex Ryan)
Odds 267,138-1
History: Once a forum regular this poster hasn't been seen in some time. It is feared that this former regular is long gone, but there remains some hope.

Currently at 1683 usawks1
Odds: 958-1
History: Randy Hinderliter may not be in the lead, he may not be the first to reach The Mat King status, but he is definitely one of the favorite posters. Most every post is worth the read and to the point. While he may be number 5 in the rankings he has attributes that each of the top 5 could learn from.

Who will win the coveted title The Mat King? Stay tuned, watch out, and let's get it on!

I feel so left out...

You're not top 5 buddy, get to posting. Hint, cut and paste.

Cool topic! Where can I go to place a bet? Is there some off-shore site??

Yea off Lake Oologah's shore, at Almost Cherokee Casino, will be taking the bets down from the Wichita area this week. Of course, tampering with the posts numbers will disqualify all bets.

Barring a distraction from his love for womens basketball, the Swayz should win this with half his brain tied behind his back. Richard's outside chance is limited by the fact that he only knows 179 additional facts. That would still leave him 300 posts short. I suggest we bronze the 5000th post and submit it to Gonzalez for consideration to the KS Wrestling Hall of Fame.

That could leave some of the posters well possibly a poster, up in arms.

You do have to keep in mind the fact I've been a member of this board about a third of the time you top 5 have been...

Too bad, I have been a member almost a year longer than Mr. Salyer and he still has more than 1,000 more than me. Length of time don't matter, you will have to get busy and go for the 10,000 club

It's because I'm handicapped now isn't it...

yea I'm a oldie on the board but just with not much to say unless its comical...

... the way I see it is that now, you have ... tiiimmmeeee is on (your) side, yes it is!

Yes it is, but will he come runnin back?

BTW Curtis, you just need to get on board and make meaningless posts, you know the kind that don't have any value, that is unless you consider having some fun and building relationships of value.

Or basically what Furches is trying to say:

"Go ahead and prove to eveyone that you have no life and sit and wait for someone to post to just have something to say..."

Just had to shoot this one in the rib there Furchie

Ouch!

... oh snap ... wait, am I trying to artifically build my total?

There is nothing artificial about intelligent conversation.

































But for some reason I don't think this fits that category.

and there is nothing intelligent about artificial conversation?

and there's nothing conversation about intelligent artificial

hmmm, that one didnt really work did it? made no sense.

yea that last one fell about 9 yards short of a first down

Hmmm, you are both confusing me.

"with exceptional verbal skills" ... perhaps those skills don't translate well in writing Chewie!

Dang, I didn't realize you guys were conversationally posting intelligent artificialness without me! Or else I would have contributed more and padded my post total!

You guys are way ahead of me in opining conversational posts about intelligent artificialness.

Did you say something about oral flatulence?

Or did he orally flatulate in his artificially opinionated post about intelligence?

... regardless, the aroma is getting strong ... must be the dog!

Or perhaps the Swayz just arrived?

... oh, snap ...

Actually Oscar has something wrong with a tooth and it really is the dog.

poor little weiner...

bump....

(Just to get off the 666th post) ha...

I was starting to wonder about you, I didn't think you wanted to stay at 666 and I am really glad you didn't. I can trust you again.

Perhaps he is trying to trick us?

Beware of the moors, stay close to the road.

Any idea what movie that was from?

An American Werewolf in London?

Excuse me, I forgot to put it in the form of a question. What is an American Werewolf in London?

The only thing that stinks is that you you need 16 credit hours to maintain medical redshirt and might lose that and regular redshirt if you don't do something quick.

It stinks furthermore that Missouri is knocking down your door to try to get you to get "eligible" but you are pissing away a golden opportunity at going to the next level, possibly becoming a multi time all american and paving your way to a golden opportunities based off of nothing more than success as an athlete.

Touche...

speaking of Touche...mine hurts. Hope I don't have to have another minor surgery tomorrow/today.

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Only 4,937 to go! I'm betting on Nick!!

messed you up didn't I? Shucks beat me to it.

My senses tell me some one is cheating....Randy, you're not distracting everyone with your trench coat methods again are you?

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I think it's the butler in the pantry with the candlestick!

147 to go for Swayz! I wonder if he's writing it now? The pressure is on for it to be a classic.

He's actually asleep in my guest bedroom at this current moment...

Now Chief, that is to assume that Swayz has ever written anything but a classic.

25 posts away. I can hear the drum roll. I should call Rick Reilly about this one.

I suggest we have a questions for Richard and Swayz section to maybe see if it all possible for Richard to make the race close. Keep them open and honest, and non threatening please.

I do have one for Richard.

Richard, I really do appreciate all of the updates you provide, I am amazed because they come from all kinds of places. My question would be, do you have those pages bookmarked or what? In other words how do you get your information? Again, I am impressed and realize the value that provides to these forums.

One for Swayz, would be: I know you keep in touch with various college coaches. What are they saying as of recent regarding Kansas HS wrestlers, and anyone under the radar that we don't know about?

Well not to go into deep into detail, but I know we were all dissappointed with the performance of our guys at Sr. Nationals, but there are college coaches (especially from the East coast) that are contacting me like crazy.

For the most part colleges right now are looking for these weights in order of need (top 3 weights): 174 is top need, 197, and 285. If you are a light weight there is really not a high need this year, but the flood gates will open, although I will say that in the last week a lot of kids that have signed have changed their minds freeing up scholarship money.

I know of a DII school that contacted me out of PA today asking about several guys that were mainly runners up or 3rd in KS this year in the 112-125 range. I will say this, if you are going to be 112 or 103 as a senior you best have a record that has you having about 30 wins and less then 5 losses to even drum up interest (especially if you don't do summer wrestling).

As for some of the other weights, there are guys that took basically a Tshirt home from state, but impressed coaches at tournaments prior to that. Guys that wrestled in offseason folkstyle events really get coaching eyes opening up because for a lot of coaches it is the first time they have seen a kid wrestle, and folkstyle is what college does so it translates over better in terms of style then free or greco.

Talking with about 3 coaches, they said Fargo is great for competition, but bad in terms of recruiting and really getting a feel for a kid because of the inability to walk around closer to the mats in a more intimate setting, and the fact that FS/Greco are a different Beast then Folkstyle (I've seen some guys that are just poor at those styles that will be in a Folkstyle Championship 9 out of 10 times). These coaches shocked me but they really want to see kids at stuff like Sunflower State Games, Fall Brawl, Super32 and other events like that which take place off season but are folkstyle.

However, don't think doing FS/Greco is a waist of time. A majority (like 99%) of college coaches love the FS/Greco for conditioning sakes during the summer, and realize that the better athletes you are going to get to your school are the ones that focus on wrestling year round.

I know there are some kids that are multi-sport superstars and another thing that shocked me is some coaches don't seem to mind. If a kid is doing Football, Wrestling, and Baseball...then good, reason being it is good is because some parents push their kids too hard at one sport and you see burn out majorly on the next level. A kid once they choose to enter college will be emersed in a sport anyway that for now they need to just be kids.

Although if you are a senior and are wanting to be a college wrestler but are playing football or other sports, you need to allow yourself time during the season to work out a bit wrestling wise and have the ability to tell your respective coach, hey...I'm doing this to help you all out, but my plans in college are wrestling, that way if a tournament comes up like Fall Brawl or something and you are on a team, you can say, "Coach I'm not going to be here" and they can find a body, if they don't understand your long term goals, then they are being selfish (especially if you are in a big school where talent is a dime a dozen) -That was a long run on sentence by the way.

A thing kids need to realize too is how few wrestling (or any sports for that matter) are out there on the collegiate level. I hear about dissapointments when a kid doesn't hear from a certain program...Well, this is a no brainer to me, You have to Sell Yourself! Create a resume with stats from 9th grade on up including offseason including things like Record and weight each year, # of falls, School, Contact Information, GPA, ACT, off season succes, awards and honors in sport you are being recruited for, awards and honors in other sports participated in [coaches love the diversity], and Coach's Contact Information (this is so that a college coach can learn more about your work ethic and leadership in the room).

I think I rambled on long enough. If anybody has a desire to wrestle in college (especially some of you that just graduated but still can't find a school to go to, then contact me asap, and I'll fight to find you some money...trust me it is still out there!)

Swayz I think that is the longest post I have ever seen you make, if you had broken it up you would have had that 5,000 post. Great stuff though.

And he started it all of with "Well not to go into deep into detail"...

I would say that summer wrestling helps get your foot in the door but like Swayz says creating a resume is what kicks the door wide open. At least it did for me.

Is there any benefit to filling out those recruiting questionnaires on the various college websites? My gut tells me no, but I thought I would ask the experts.

Yes that sometimes is your first contact with a coach. Some guys don't need to sell themselves, their ability and acheivments do it for them. But that questionaire is your first chance to let a coach know that you want to continue your wrestling career and your first chance to begin selling yourself. Some of the smaller schools don't get out of their own states or neighboring states much.

Keep in mind there are only so many coaches on the college ranks and so many kids on the High School level coming out each year. I am hearing of guys in Kansas that I never even knew about until I had to research...but have colleges from other states asking about.

Sell yourself, go to pre and postseason tournaments, and visit a campus or try a camp/clinic from the colleges you are looking at before your high school days are over, that way you can see if you mesh with the coaches well at that program...saving money by staying closer to home isn't always the best fit, even though it may be the cheapest!

From Stillwater, Oklahoma and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame "Honors Weekend" ceremony.

There is some exciting news from the Hall of Fame as they will be embarking on a fund raising event for improvements to the Hall to include major constuction and renovation.

The Pennsylvania State Chapter of the Hall of Fame made the first donation in the amount of $10,000.00. Much more to be done however this is the first step towards a new home to honor Wrestlings Finest.

Richard Salyer



3 - 1 initial odds pay out pretty good, as at track time they had gone up to 15-1, looks like very few took this long shot as having a chance. I as well as I am sure many others are curious as to how he did it, maybe he will let us in on the secret. Until then, here is the recognition for the 5,000th post. As long as it took to get to this milestone, I hope I am around when we reach the big 10,000 milestone and see who is in the running for that one.

Man, did Richard want that one or what? Turning 6 posts into over 200 is a good trick. I would have thought that he would want to win it fair and square. A hollow victory had the first laugh. Everybody else gets the last.

WHERE IS EASY SWEAZY??? He's been sitting at -2 and holding for quite some time now! Did he become a casulty of Wanita or just waiting in the brush to make his last fews posts memorable to be the first to REALLY hit the 5000 mark?

Got a call from the Swaz himself today about 3pm. He told me his reasons for "laying low" and asked me not to elaborate on here.

All I can say is this, the big boy is doing just what I expected, he's waiting for the right time and the right reasons to post and his 5000th will be memorable!!!

This is from a PM I got from "The Swayz"...

Aaron Sweazy
Member
Registered: 22/01/02
Posts: 4998


It is official, you can be the bearer of the good news and post that I have been named the new head assistant wrestling coach as Neosho that would be fine.
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Yours in wrestling,

The Swayz

Reuniting families in the common goal of hitting 5000 first!



SO LET ME BE THE FIRST ONE TO CONGRADULATE HIM ON GETTING THE JOB!!!
(He told me that he's been staying off the forums, as he was looking into HS jobs and he was worried about anything negative coming from this forum and the posting of stuff. So he's laid off and didn't find much he liked. Got a college gig instead and will do very well, in my opinion!!!)

Aaron:

Congratulations and I wish you the best in your new position.

Vince

That is great news! His passion for the sport and his nationwide connections will be an asset for Neosho. Way to go Coach Swayz!