Just a Coach

The 140 lber f Kyler Jones from Newport completely annihilated region 3 bracket injured the number 1 seed (3rd in State) and flat out beat the Number 2 seed (5th in state). he may be the sleeper of the day.

70- Vega vs Gardner* 6-3 75- Tucker* vs Trumble 10-7 80- Spalding* vs Sander 1-0 86- Moore* vs Messerly 10 - 5 92- Thomas* vs Bowers 7- 3 98- Chapman* vs Herron 105- Walls vs Thornton 8-5 113- Strauss vs Beane* sudden death 121- Goss* vs Messerley 7-4 130- Blue* vs Moore sudden death 140- Adams vs Hatchett* 6-4 152- Huff* vs Kidd pin Gotta choice My Kidd 168- Giannone* vs Bikakis 9-7 190- Long* vs Green Refuse to call both my boys 240- Wayne* vs Stevenson 3rd period pin

http://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/VideoPlayer.jsp?matchId=334094132

Live stream was cool i got to watch several matches from the house hete in NKY. Hey Duke see I told you I wasnt that bad. I've not been kicked out of a tourney.

I was told Sunday at youth they weren't

Never you know me better thaN THAT.

Use conference rankings

Wow Keith that was some fancy thinking for you. I am impressed.

Braves coach, that's the point why risk a kids chances that close to the big dance? 3 years ago we had an 8th grader from Campbell county who should have taken 1st but got eliminated at weigh ins with ring worm. This is a meet that needs a new date like a week after State.That way all your top kids are not at risk and the rest are at top form.

Sufsted is taking Woodland

I do agree partly. The point of state duals is to show team ability and sportsmanship,however we had a kid get his leg broke in December from a bad fall on the mat. That being said if you have a kid who is in serious contention for a top finish at state tournament where it is about the individual I personally wouldn't want to take the chance of risking their chances. That is why we lay it all out to our contenders and let them decide. Just say you have a wrestler that is 8th grade been to state every year and barely places but now he has a chance at top 2, why take a chance at him not being able to achieve what he has worked for? Although we are teams we are still an individual sport.

They feel that head to head at state duals may change seeds! Most state placers will not be wrestling duals for cautionary reasons..

Braves Coach, The 10% i referenced was just a thrown out number based on experience. And I agree why make this type of rule change ? I have to believe it is along the lines of what Heavy stated.

That would not be fair to many of the kids. Remember this is about the kids not coaches, we all have above par and below par wrestlers. The old way ensured that some kids who by default got to go to MS State and went 2 and out got a chance to compete with kids more on their level. However this new rule takes that opportunity away. I personally think if a kid goes to MS state as a default and 2 and outs may actually learn from the experience and be a better wrestler. Then at youth state the same kid may meet a wrestler from another region who is at the same level but couldn't qualify for MS State and have a very competitive match. This is just my observations over the last 7 years .

Coach i agree with you and we have spoken about these types of things before. I just wonder why it was changed? It used to be if you placed at MS state you couldn't wrestle youth state, Spencer hasn't wrestled youth since he was like 3rd or 4th grade. Most of us like the old rule, this is another reason we as coaches need to make the meetings. These things come up and if only 10% of our coaches show up then the other 90% lives with the decisions of the other 10%. It is too late to change it foe this season, but we can bring it up at the meeting at state and at the spring meeting. Let's take this for what it is an eye opener.

That sucks Duke, I hope everything works out.

Thanks Again Duke. Takes alot of work and time to keep this up. Keyandre Larry from Holmes is unfortunately out for the season. Broken leg.

With all the infighting and crap slinging. I think we need a positive stream. Ee have a couple wrestlers who I think would benefit from Fargo. How can i get some early access to info so I can start fund raising for those boys?

True I just took it for granted that was implied. Don't Forget Coach C,because nobody argues with The Man The Myth and The Legend!

The other few kids we are talking about are older 7th graders and a couple 8th graders

Thanks ranger Dionte is very interested in going and we have a couple MS wrestlers that would benefit from that experience

The amount of coaches who decide these things varies. If at a vote there are 10 coaches then 10 decide. On the other hand if there are 80 coaches in attendance then 80 decide.

Bond, That was precisely the point i just made. We have not been able to make last couple meetings so we deal with it .

The point of the matter is like it or not if there is nobody at the meetings to voice opinions then the board and association members present will do what they want. So if you want to make a difference for our kids and our sport Step Up or Shut Up. I personally have done what i can and plan on doing more as my schedule allows.