Nextlevelwreetling

Like they are kids but this kid “hicks” is a tough wrestler been watching him. Also with a outstanding resources like Cumberland university in his back pocket… being he is the son of the head coach at Cumberland I’m sure he doing some extra training like walker does. Just let them wrestle but don’t count the kid out till he’s out. I get walker is a Cleveland favorite and a tough competitor. I’m sure he does all the right things. I’m not taking away from him just do the other young man the same courtesy. Let them lace up everyone is entitled to a opinion. If ether win it won’t be a fluke they both put work in.

Brayden is the current standout on UTC’s team. Last ranking had him 19th that’s a move up from 22 from previous ranking. His trend up is good to see I hope your right love to have the dry spell broken for UTC. Between him and Cooper at VT I hope to see TN get an AA (D1 level) that would be cool!

Thank you!

Most high school coaches don’t realize how tough it is till they have a athlete go through it, and talk about the experience with them. They know their athletes a stud in state but they don’t understand that the jump to college is like middle school is to high school it’s tremendous on any level. There are no scrubs on the three toughest divisions. D1 is a Hugh commitment, but if you don’t pick the right school you will look like your a scrub even if your not. It’s all about practice partners and coaching staff. On the college level if a program isn’t producing AAs and that’s your goal you may not want to sign with a college that hasn’t had one in over 10 years. They need to know how to get you there. If a D1 isn’t top 15 and produces AAs in recent years your just going to say you went period it’s a harsh fact but you need to be an absolute stand out to AA at a program that isn’t at least top 20 D1. Though same goes for any other level in college. D1- commitment above all other factors even school. You choose your major based on how it works around your wrestling. You don’t go home in summers you train. A day in D1 is three practices morning weight lift, a one on one, and then normal practice. NAIA/D2- I group these cause they are the same level. Multiple time state placers and champs who do not want to commit their who life to it. This division is tough but the training is just twice a day. One on one, and main practice and summer training is also not as intense or as long sometimes can be optional.

We absolutely do we have plenty of talent. Just about making sure the right kids sign to the right level of competition. We have a lot of kids think their D1 just cause they win a title or two that aren’t, and that’s not being mean it’s just a fact. Those that are D1 like chitum, mason, and older dupil who are nationally ranked and compete well. mason-VT chitum-Minnesota will surly do well or have a good shot to cause they choose the right program too. Can’t go to a D1 program that’s not producing AA’s and expect to do it just not reality if you want to be successful once in college got to sign to a team and a coaching staff that knows how to get you to the podium…

I think you miss interpreted something there… I clearly State it was trending up. Turnaround- in my post means (short term success) my post was long term goals. There are only in select areas where the coaching staff actually understands how to build summer wrestling up. My post was about turning pockets of good summer programs into a more state wide growth with new/more opportunities for wrestlers across the state . That’s all…. we still can have more opportunities in state to wrestle f/g, and folk, also provide more kids opportunities to wrestle out of state. Only a few summer programs actually do this consistently and correctly, and it’s clear on who they are because they are the only ones producing kids from our state that place at the tournaments I listed Fargo, super 32, flo, Virginia Beach…

On this I believe we completely agree, numbers do not lie and states that are proactive in freestyle and Greco have more wrestlers placing super 32 and Virginia Beach and of course Fargo! We need coaches to buy into a full season of hosting f/g tournaments. If they need training I’m sure we can find volunteers/paid coaches to do some instructional videos on the basics of both styles. Better yet we could have affordable clinics for athletes and coaches alike. This isn’t going to be a quick turn around, but the success of our athletes on national levels would go up tremendously. As we have seen in our neighboring states.

Your not wrong and that’s a valid point! Popping back up from the rabbit hole I made. My objective wasn’t to really compare State to state , but too say that we need to share recourses and build better functioning summer clubs like compound, storm, grind house, and more. I believe our clubs are trending up in the right direction and they need to travel and wrestle more active in the summers. I just want our coaches focus there cause that’s where we will see our wrestling state wide take leaps. It costs money and time but most parents would do it I think if they knew it would benefit their child. If we came together about that rather then arguing about a single state championships I think we be better for it…

A quick glance at participation numbers at Division I NCAA Championships paints a picture. The 2015 tournament had zero Georgia qualifiers and the 2016 tournament had one. That shifted to eight in 2017, nine in 2018, 11 in 2019, and nine qualifiers for the 2020 championships that were canceled due to COVID-19. A look at Fargo All-American data provides an even greater snapshot of Georgia's rapid ascent on the national stage. The state produced 111 Fargo All-Americans and 12 champions prior to 2010. In the past decade alone, it produced 132 All-Americans and 13 champs. Additionally, 10 Georgians are currently in the Trackwrestling national high school rankings, including Chase Horne (No. 2 at 285), Gabe Arnold (No. 2 at 170), Caleb Henson (No. 3 at 152), Matthew Singleton (No. 4 at 170), No. 4 Noah Pettigrew (220), and Caden McCrary (No. 7 at 138). this is small data from track article but I’m not talking just D1 cause that’s 1 level the highest level. Georgia D2, and NAIA participation has been overwhelming… why is that important because those kids are tough wrestler and come back to the state and give back. GA produces more D2 and NAIA all-Americans then we do just last year life university won the NAIA CHAMPIONSHIP BREAKING a 9 year winning streak from grand view. That’s just an example I found and I’m from TN this it’s just an observation they sign more kids to all divisions and produce more AA across the lower divisions and then they come back and help others achieve higher success.

We are in a state that rarely produces any college All-Americans in comparison to a state let’s say like Georgia. That’s a fact a hard fact to swallow but a fact. I mean college All-Americans on any Division level… We should stop talking about consolidating one state championship an start making sure we the coaches are preparing our athletes not just to get a scholarship D1, NAIA, D2, D3, and juco but to actually start on said teams, and then compete on the next level and bring some honors home to TN. If you want to consolidate something We need to be pulling together in the off season training more to get these kids ready for the next level success. Why? So those kids can come back coach and raise the level of wrestling. Y’all complain about Georgia but they produce more all-Americans then we do across all the college levels…