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You need to factor in the sectional round that did not exist until last year. For an accurate comparison, you would need to look at the schools that qualified for wrestlers for each sectional- as that was the round of 32. If this was 2014, those would have been state qualifiers.

Region 1 scrambling to make a two-day region tournament on a Wednesday, that started that Thursday, was pretty bad. Especially for the parents that were driving from multiple hours away to make a 4 o'clock weigh-in.

Guys, I think I should just take over and run things. State duals would be divided into 5 classifications: Private School would keep their current split- however 8 teams would qualify for each division. Public School would be split into 3 divisions: A for schools under 800 students, AA for schools between 801 and 1499 students, and AAA for schools with 1500+ enrollment (As I slowly takeover power in TSSAA this 3 division split system will become uniform for ALL sports- no more teams competing in 5A football and 1A wrestling- this kills me personally). Each of these divisions will have 16 teams qualify for state duals. This system will produce more state champions, and more teams qualifying than it ever has before. Why do we need need 64 total teams at state duals? Because I need to make more money, of course! Now you wrestling purists- don't get your panties in a wad just yet. For individuals- There will be only 1 "real" state champion (real is your word choice - not mine). HOWEVER- there will now be 16 regions spread across the state, and the top 4 from each region will qualify for a 64 man tournament (I also believe 64 state qualifiers per weight class is more than we have ever had before- so look at me go on pushing out that 'state qualifier' patch to put on little Johnny's new letterman's jacket). With this 64 man bracket- I get to bring back my 3 day tournament- as me maximizing my profits in ticket sales is all I really care about after all. But, with 16 regions spread out across the state, we should be able to easily divide everyone up logistically and eliminate parents taking 2 hour drives for regions or sectionals. Now bear with me as I sit and come up with a plan for the girls- because their stuff is more jacked up than the boys as it sits currently.

Personally, I think they should add a division in duals (A, AA and AAA) , while combine them all for individual. The Halls, Gibbs, Soddy, Page, (there are others too) either compete against schools double their size or half their size.

Even with multiple state titles, I still think he is the most underrated coach from this area!

I liked the idea of the sectionals two years ago, but I already can see why people in certain areas hate it. The logistics of this state really makes any type of post season format difficult. It doesn't help that the "level" of wrestling varies greatly across the state either. Yes- there are great programs in every area, but on average, the central part of the state and the south eastern part of the state are much tougher than the other areas. The tri-cities area may not be far behind, but the counties in the greater Knoxville area, and the western part of the state have a distinct drop off compared to the rest of the state.

How many times do you see seniors wrestle under 120? This is the only sport that caters towards smaller kids. If you want to grow the sport, change the weight classes to something that would promote change. In 2022, the average weight for a male high school student was 161lbs... To me, I think that's an obvious sign that half of the weight classes should be under 161, half should be over 161... None of these options are even close to that.

182 has a shot if he is opposite Brenot

Maryville may turn some heads and end up in the top 5 of the traditional tournament. They could potentially have 3 champions with in 95 220 and heavy, and I would expect their 170 to end up on the podium as well. Their lighter weights are scrappy, and could get a couple of wins each to help bring in even more points.

AA District 3 1. Anderson County 2. Karns AA District 4 1. Maryville 2. Heritage

The level girls wrestling has grown in just the last 5 years is astounding. Thanks to both of you guys for giving effort and making rankings for them - even if there are arguments (there is in every set of rankings after all) these girls deserve the same treatment and respect as the boys.

Just like every poll... 1 educated vote is cancelled out by 1 uneducated vote

From my 30 second google search... it appears there are several. However, TN is the first state in the Southeast.

What about other states? If Tennessee is the only state allowing this, you better believe we are going to have an influx of 5-star recruits leaving Georgia and the Carolinas to come play ball here.

The drop off is going to come when a school starts successfully pulling kids from other states. The selling point is going to be leave Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, etc etc and come wrestle for us in Tennessee where you can make money.

Publics with large sponsors will benefit as well. "Mom and Pop's Steakhouse" or "Jack and Jill's Insurance Agency" that has given a 5k donation to a school or booster club every year for the last 20 years can now give that money directly to a player in the form of an NIL. Publics will have a few more obstacles in making sure transfers are legal, but $ on the table can influence a lot of the decisions- especially now that it's directly allowed. Your point remains the same though, the rich will only get richer.... TSSAA Transfer Portal opening soon.

You'll get different numbers per coach based on the expectations of the school, booster club, county, administration and coaches. Real questions that the answer varies from school to school: How often do helmets and shoulder pads need to be replaced? every year? two years? five years? What works for a pre-game meal? Does each kid need a chicken breast and baked potato, or does a hamburger and bag of chips work just fine? Theres probably a hundred questions just like that that affects the cost of season that the answer varies all over the state. Multiply the difference in the answers times 40 kids for small programs, 120 kids for large programs... Thats how you get such different budgets from school to school.

Clearly explains your bias on the matter. The play is literally paused on a separate tab while I am typing this. You're completely delusional. I completely agree!!! Aside from the argument of "The adult's misbehavior is justified because the child did X" never holding any merit- I re-watched the play over and over to try and see what I had missed, and after studying the play, I noticed that the player did absolutely nothing wrong! I already get upset when adults talk negatively about kids on these forums, but when I have first hand evidence that what the adult is saying about the child is a lie, I can't "not" say anything. My explanation/breakdown was solely to correct the narrative that #4 and #2 for West did anything dirty at all. The only thing they are guilty of is playing hard in a big game.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that was wondering what the heck he was talking about

How you are describing the play, and what actually happened are two very different things. If you truly believe there was a late hit or a shove, it is clear you have never actually played the game of football. Both of the west players are engaged with the ball carrier in-bounds. While attempting to make the tackle, the ball carrier is driven out of bounds- perfectly legal play. Even if you've never played football or tried to tackle someone yourself, a simple understanding of basic physics would tell you that just because the players cross that white line- their bodies do not suddenly stop moving and disengage with one another. The ball carrier is a great athlete moving at full speed, the two defenders are also great athletes moving at full speed- That is ALOT of force being built up and asserted up until they go out of bounds. Obviously momentum is going to carry them all a few feet out of bounds. I would assume the 3 kids are stronger and faster than your average player too- so they'll probably go a couple of feet further than the average player. I think that's called inertia? (something like that at least) Anyways though.... Your comments had me bewildered, so I spent far too much time watching the play on diamond clear media (which is a terrible system to rewind and fast-forward for a few short seconds btw) and over analyzing those few short seconds. You can see the two west players perfectly clear. Yes - they are fighting to make the tackle while in bounds, but at no point after crossing the white line does either player assert any type of additional physical force. Also, if you actually take the time to look at the bend and angles of their bodies, assuming you have a basic understanding of how anatomy operates through fundamental movement, it is perfectly clear that both players "hit the breaks" when they go out of bounds. There is zero level change, zero knee drive, zero upper body movement like an attempt to wrap, slam, twist or do anything else that would be considered dirty. What you are calling a late push- could also be described as someone putting their arms down. His hands are up with arms bent as he's attempting to make the tackle- That's his arm position while in bounds. Obviously his arms have to come down at some point. I'll admit, if you wanted to argue what he did was a push- some overzealous parents may have a valid debate if that movement was done on the playground at pre-school- but this was the semi-finals of a high school football game- he was pushing the ball carrier in the exact same manner while in bounds a fraction of a second before that-which is perfectly legal. Even if I gave you the point that what he did was in fact an additional push, I am 100% confident that that specific "shove" would not knock over my 3 year old granddaughter. To try and imply that what he did was malicious or unsportsmanlike in anyways is incredibly dishonest.

Gotcha! Well being that I didn't even remember the pass interference call, I assumed that means I thought it was the right call when watching the game

I don't know anything about Page this season but I have to go with West on their resume alone.

I missed the start of the game Friday night, so I went back and watched it on Diamond Clear Media to see what you were talking about.... and WOW that was bad and extremely embarrassing.

I believe he was called for unsportsmanlike conduct after the play. Either way, it was the only inconsistent call of the night I thought. And to anyone that says the call was the only time a player used hand signals, or got in the opponents face with the taunting, you are clearly watched this game through rose-tinted glasses as that stuff was going on the entire night (and the refs were almost consistent the entire night of keeping questionable situations as no-calls- accept for this one single play).

And what did they do to inflate the number of football classifications?