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Davis has had a relatively minor knee injury. Why chance it against a guy of Ayala's quality.
Caliendo's style is a very poor matchup against Mesenbrink. KOT or Carr or Hamiti would be a different match, as we saw last year. A great counter wrestler can competitively get to the third period against Mesenbrink. Of course none of them are at 165 this year.
That would be a very good investment for OSU wrestling.
For many reasons, it’s not likely to happen.
Mainly soccer, football and baseball being HUGE in that state.
If you could get something like M2 or AWA set up in Frisco area it would produce. Doesn't have to be huge but give somewhere for the studs to group up and start training. Sports in North Dallas area are absurd.
I agree!
The amount of athleticism that would transition to Wrestling (other sports attrition) and the number of kids that leave those sports could generate some serious Wrestling.
I’m not sure why it hasn’t taken off at all?
Theres no major club/academy. It's high school rooms only. The athletes are here, just need a room and a few coaches with the right name IMO.
I’d love to say build it up in Houston, but north Texas makes the most sense to start. So many kids that you don’t need to be as big as football, just capture like 2% and it’ll take off. Go after kids who are great athletes but too small to be true top end football or basketball talent.
I mean honestly I think even with the kids right now already committed to wrestling, just giving them better development will make a huge step up. Then you start to see more interest after that.
Gable just went double leg straight to back to pin Slav of Rutgers. He's an animal.
Jordan Williams reflects on how OSU coaches 'saved my life'
As he sat in a cold cell at the Payne County Detention Center last August, Jordan Williams heard a voice call his name.
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I know it’s not a coach’s jobs to babysit their guys every waking minute, but I do know a lot of wrestlers liked to party both in and out of season during my time at OSU. And some of them were pretty mean drunks.
I could be way off but I think Jordan got plenty of chances. I'm a big fan of the kid and hope he thrives.Great article following up with Jordan Williams and how he’s seeming to get it put together at UALR. Mixed feelings reading it because it kinda comes across that he was a kid who desperately needed guidance and he just didn’t get it last year.Jordan Williams reflects on how OSU coaches 'saved my life'
As he sat in a cold cell at the Payne County Detention Center last August, Jordan Williams heard a voice call his name.
I know it’s not a coach’s jobs to babysit their guys every waking minute, but I do know a lot of wrestlers liked to party both in and out of season during my time at OSU. And some of them were pretty mean drunks.
Yeah, over the last few years that stuff was turned a blind eye too and may have even been encouraged by some of the leaders of the team. When DT came on, he had to put an end to it quickly. I am glad that Jordan is doing good because that shows he learned from his decisions.Great article following up with Jordan Williams and how he’s seeming to get it put together at UALR. Mixed feelings reading it because it kinda comes across that he was a kid who desperately needed guidance and he just didn’t get it last year.Jordan Williams reflects on how OSU coaches 'saved my life'
As he sat in a cold cell at the Payne County Detention Center last August, Jordan Williams heard a voice call his name.
I know it’s not a coach’s jobs to babysit their guys every waking minute, but I do know a lot of wrestlers liked to party both in and out of season during my time at OSU. And some of them were pretty mean drunks.
Great article. I hope Jordan's story has a similar ending to Chance's story, which also ended in a small town. Sometimes the pressure to "fit in" as a prominent athlete puts a toll on kids. I certainly was young and dumb, but I wasn't under a microscope either.
I think Little Rock is also 4 hours from Tulsa/Owasso, whereas Stillwater is an hour at most. Sometimes getting away from home (and maybe bad influences from your hometown) are exactly what a kid needs.
I remember stories about wrestlers crashing fraternity parties and doing things basically daring the hosts to ask them to leave/kick them out, and then proceeding to (unsurprisingly) beat the crap out of anyone and everyone who stepped to them.
Sounds like a certain sports car of the Italian variety.
Predates him but wouldn’t be surprised lol
I pray that God uses Jordan to do great things with his life!
I was in school in the late 90’s and that was never the case. I was actually pretty impressed with the focus a lot of them had.
Not sure when/why it changed but I can tell you that wasn’t the case for guys in the 2010’s. At least not all of them.
A lot of people on here may not like this response, but it changed when Coach Smith let it change. He could have put an end to it immediately, but he allowed it to linger around and spread. Smith did a lot of great things for OK State wrestling, no one can take that away from him, but he did lose control of the team towards the end.
When I was in school there were stories of Lee Roy and Eric Wais kickin' a few asses around town. I never witnessed it but talked to those who said as much.
