Cokeley, I like you. I think your good for the sport, but I think that you missed on this one. Should it determine everything???? No. Especially this early in the year, but....a duel is one way to get one teams best head to head with the other teams best. Plus...as a sport I think we have gotten away from the team aspect that makes this sport one of the best. I think that the pride and stratigy that comes into play with a duel brings even more excitement. I know that you are talking about rankings and you are right there, but what is a ranking this early in the year? Question??? Should we even come out with these rankings this early in the year???? With kids not at weight or not in the lineup??? Comments?
Coach Craig,
I love duals and I agree with everything you say about them but KSHSAA competition points system makes it a poor use of your points to have a weekday dual event when you only get a match or two and burn up two points or one if it is a one-on-one dual. The rankings have nothing to do with how a team can perform in a dual because the strategies you spoke of are not deployable in an individual tournament. It would be best for Kansas wrestling overall if we got a few more competition points to be used for weekday only dual events and if we had a dual state to determine the best team instead of using individual placings at state to determine the best "team".
And finally, Rankings are great any time of the year! Rankings create discussion and interest. Our sport needs lots of discussion and interest. We need to get the media more involved with the rankings and get the coaches out of that role.
