I cannot imagine why anyone would say that the quality of the GWAL finals were down. Some weights maybe were not as good, many were better.
Come on, Patterson/Creekmore, Hurd/Elliott, Adcock/Jonas, Tucker/Arnold, Rodriguez/Jonas, Sponsel/Edison, Jessen,Louis. All of these are top quality competitive kids. Most of the finalist are state ranked. I thought that the finals were very entertaining and that the fans definately got their monies worth.
In the 189lb. match, the referee made the right call. Blood was visible and the whistle was blown prior to the takedown which could be considered a "dead ball" if you will. Sorry, that is just the way that it is.
And your assessment of the thoughts or feelings of the Southeast coaches and wrestlers is not only innappropriate and offensive, it is wrong. Steinacker lost to Brenner 11-7 in the dual. Although he may have been "outclassed", I can assure you that none of us were looking for a "mercy killing" as you so eloquently implied. But thanks for your "opinion" anyway.
Have a nice day.