Originally posted by gutwrench1:
...Are you serious? Do you really think anyone would believe that our best kids who can compete on the national hs level would rather wrestle DII, NAIA and JUCO than DI?..... .
ever hear of Marcus Lavessuer or Akeem Carter - both High School All-Americans....both quite content competing in DIII
Lavessuer is the starting quarteback and a 3X undefeated DIII national champ - who was recruited by practically every major DI wrestling program in the country - went to University of Minnesota and decided it wasn't for him. Doing just fine now. Carter was an NHSCA champ. and now a DIII champ.
How about Emmett Wilson for Montana State Northern. He only won the Hodge competing in NAIA. Won the Vegas Invite and Midlands - what a wuss he is, huh?
Carlton Hasselrig? He won 3 DII titles and wildcarded into the DI tourney, so he won that three times too.
Turk Lords? Cole Province? Mo Lawal? Stevie Williams? Mike Massenzio? ...........
Just because you aren't DI doesn't mean you aren't talented.
Might just mean that the athlete had more in mind wrestling DI. Maybe he wanted his parents to see him compete everytime out. Maybe he wanted to play two sports. Maybe he wanted a life besides wrestling 24/7 while trying to make Zalesky, Manning, Smith, etc. happy. Maybe he couldn't qualify academically.
Maybe......he just wanted to provide more fodder for gut to make an arse of himself with.
oh and one other thing....does anyone else find it interesting that the person preaching the importance of neutral position wrestling has an on-line moniker that represents a mat wrestling hold?
