Originally posted by Aaron Sweazy:
Originally posted by Jared C:
How about this to talk about! Has wrestling declined in the ability of the wrestlers? My freshman year there were the likes of jared vogel, doug hoover ,luke metzler, charbanuea. In my opinion the ability of the wrestlers has deteriorated. Not saying that there arent good wrestlers left but there are not as many? What are your thoughts?
I think interest in a lot of schools for wrestling has gone down...you are now just getting some schools with die hard wrestlers going out there against Billy-Bob from Podunk, who was pulled out of the hallway to field as a 285lb guy...it really is getting sad watching some of these kids that don't want to be out there get tossed around easily. Its always been that way even when I wrestled a long time ago. People would talk heavier wieght kids to come out so they could put a full team on the mat and many times it was embarrassing to watch. Its easy to see the teams that have high numbers in the room are the most successful, even if a shcool has some good wrestlers and good coaching if the numbers are low its a struggle. But I still think the talent in Kansas is as good know as its ever been and maybe even better than in years past.