GentleBeard

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    Bluegrass State Games

    Will you keep us updated on how many are registered and what divisions there are?
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    FCA 2022

    Definitely my favorite weekend of the year. Our guys all said their favorite part was chapel on and off the mats. To hear olympians and other high level wrestlers speak to their struggles and reason for triumphs is something we can all relate to. To see Christ’s life living through the unique personalities of individuals with jacked up ears felt like a family reunion. We will definitely be back with more kids! It’s too life changing to forget about.
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    KY/USA Freestyle and Greco States

    Population alone is not correlated to wrestling participation. In fact, prior to the region realignment this year, Region 3 (74 participants) and 4 (65 participants) had the lowest participation rate of anywhere in the state. Just curious: How far is "too far" to travel to compete in a sport you love?
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    KY/USA Freestyle and Greco States

    Probably close to 1/3 or 1/4 of the tournament traveled more than 320 miles. Where there's a will, there's a way.
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    KY/USA Freestyle and Greco States

    At the beginning of the year, I had a few conversations with coaches regarding freestyle/greco. They said they wanted their kids to participate and were willing to help. None of those coaches have a single kid registered. It helps when there is a little passion and encouragement from within programs.
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    KY Freestyle / Greco National Teams info

    The address and times are at the top right corner of the flyer posted at the top of this thread.
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    2022 State recap

    2nd round in a 16 man bracket are quarterfinal matches. You’ll have 2 sets of matches of 1v4 and 2v3 if the seeds are correct. I think, for example, all the odd seeds from 1 semi state vs all the even seeds from the other semi state would probably be more appropriate.
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    Va beach

    Malachi Rider and Uriah Virzi
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    Middle school state > high school

    Some people still drive 80mph and don’t get caught.
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    120 finals prayer

    1) I didn't know Darth Vader was such a staunch Muslim apologist. 2) Pretty interesting that no Muslim has ever wrestled a match during a sunset. Or maybe they find a way around that - just like Ramadan. 3) The booing or grumblings in your hypothetical scenario (that has never happened in the history of the world, to my knowledge) has nothing to do with religion, but a 6 minute match being stopped prematurely before a pin, tech, or clock runs out. Kinda like watching a movie that gets stopped right before the climax for them to share a word from their sponsors. 4) The bold and underlined prayers seem to be copied and pasted. Did you have to look them up to educate yourself in an attempt to confirm your bias? 5) Breyden is the kind of character every coach should want in their room. I look forward to getting to know him as our paths cross this off season. Kudos to JW for raising a solid young man.
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    Youth State Tournament Prices

    Your email was listed on the email that got sent to 67 coaches as well as the link to all the coaches associated with the KYMWR list serve.
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    Youth State Tournament Prices

    Yes. Go to your inbox on December 1, 2021 at 5:51pm and you’ll find it.
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    Youth State Tournament Prices

    The agenda for the meeting in question was sent on December 1st.
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    120 finals prayer

    You really think highly of the wrestling community - the one sport where politics is largely absent. You would be correct there would likely be booing if “both wrestlers stopped the match” to do a Muslim prayer. However, these kids are Christians and the match had concluded on its own. Note: you’re the one who brought up politics and stretched the situation to its thinnest hypothetical, unrealistic conclusion.
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    You Make the Call

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    Not good KHSAA

    If evaluations/rankings/rating scales work in other states, why can't they work in Kentucky? The officials association is not a corporate entity like you mention. A google form with objective questions with scales is not a hard thing to keep track of, nor does it cost a tremendous amount of money. It doesn't take as much time as you think it would to complete, either (5 minutes, tops). I mean, if Ranger can rank the top 30 kids across 14 weight classes, evaluating 80-100 refs would be a piece of cake - especially if they had PIN's instead of names. Where there's a will, there's a way.
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    Not good KHSAA

    We don’t need all 86 at the state tournament. Just the best 10-12. How do they determine which ones have the privilege of reffing the state tournament? Is there currently criteria to determine that? When I don’t notice a ref in a match, that’s usually a good thing. In any event, I’m trying to figure out how to come to a solution to solve the majority of the issues and the divisiveness between coaches and refs. Bitching about the past achieves nothing….on both sides.
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    Middle School Regions Seeding

    Region 1 is scheduled for Wednesday
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    Not good KHSAA

    Those that think accountability is negative probably need to adjust their perspective. I’ve had to check myself as a coach. It’s not a bad thing. It’s a desire to be better. Rating systems should be objective and unbiased towards coaches as well as refs. That’s why I think there needs to be a give and take. The current situation isn’t working for anyone. I just think we all need to be solutions oriented rather than divisive. I can’t stand whining (complaining without solutions). There’s an answer to every problem.
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    Not good KHSAA

    I think there are very simple solutions to these issues regarding refs. However, there needs to be a common ground and coaches and refs have to meet in the middle. Coaches should, and most likely will, be more patient with refs if they know refs are working hard and communicating better. 1) Maybe have a coaches meeting at the state tournament like we do before every other tournament to clear up any hazy questions. 2) Maybe region refs could show up to their region coaches meetings before the season and not just at the state coaches meeting in September. This would allow each region to at least meet those refs outside of intense situations/competitions. 3) Have a 5 question survey that holds refs accountable by the coaches, by example. 4) I don’t know if there’s a monetary incentive to ref at state, but if refs have high enough or consistent enough rankings throughout the season, there should be. Just some ideas. But I don’t want to be that guy that complains without having solutions to throw at the wall to see what sticks.
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    Not good KHSAA

    What are the qualifications to be a ref in Kentucky?
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    Not good KHSAA

    The reffing was truly atrocious all weekend. Extremely inconsistent. A kid gets DQ’d for stalling after having scored 15 points in 4.5 minutes? Whether or not it was by the book, that 157 pound match should have been decided in OT. There are some things you let kids decide. Especially reading the body language of both kids. They were slow to call takedowns and missed an abundance of calls - not just human error misses which we all agree happens to everyone. There was an unsportsmanlike called for jamming an underhook “too hard”. They called “fleeing the mat” when a bottom guy (who was losing) stood up and was run out of bounds. I’m pretty sure the bottom kid wanted to get out and tie it up instead of running out of bounds. The logic didn’t make sense. These refs either 1) haven’t wrestled or 2) don’t practice their craft in the way it needs to be done in order to perform well in big matches. One thing my home state does is they rank refs based on surveys at the end of every dual and tournament. Coaches fill them out and data is stored at the Athletic Association. Only the highest rated refs consistently throughout the season are given the opportunity to ref at state - regardless of experience. It has worked out well and doesn’t seem like a big ask. Also, recruiting ex-wrestlers who haven’t been out of the sport for very long could be mutually beneficial. Not sure what the best answer is, but the last 4 years have been some of the worst state tournaments I’ve ever competed or coached.
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    Top picks for Middle School

    I’m not convinced that future seasons will be this long. Therefore, no need to adjust bylaws right now. I’m sure there will be a vote and I know some of us who thought the longer season was appropriate would vote differently, now, in hindsight. Live and learn. I also happen to think we should have more mature conversations and not mimic middle schoolers on the forum (though no one is stopping you). This thread was initially about picking wrestlers who are contenders. The last 3 pages are a pretty serious digression from that.