DaChampsAgain Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Congrats to the Purple Irish, a team virtually no one on this board appeared to believe in...at some point, the word "dynasty" has to be applied, and after repeating as both Duals and Traditional champions for the second year in a row, the time may be now. Very good program. Very glad that Braldey and FR has became such good allies and practice partners. 2 of the very best in tennessee. Bradley just won their 26th state title. Hope bradley and FR contjnue their bond and dynasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D2Wrestling Posted February 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Very good program. Very glad that Braldey and FR has became such good allies and practice partners. 2 of the very best in tennessee. Bradley just won their 26th state title. Hope bradley and FR contjnue their bond and dynasty. 100% agree. I'm an FRA guy by diploma but obviously have deep respect for the Ryan program, and have been fortunate enough to watch them multiple times throughout the years; I haven't missed a state final in years. So I was fortunate enough to watch an incredible scene a few weeks ago: Bradley and Father Ryan celebrating their dual titles together! Apparently they practice with each in the week leading up to the tournament? Too neat...can you imagine Alabama and Clemson working with each other leading up to the playoff?! Such an incredible scene with those boys so happy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaChampsAgain Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 (edited) 100% agree. I'm an FRA guy by diploma but obviously have deep respect for the Ryan program, and have been fortunate enough to watch them multiple times throughout the years; I haven't missed a state final in years. So I was fortunate enough to watch an incredible scene a few weeks ago: Bradley and Father Ryan celebrating their dual titles together! Apparently they practice with each in the week leading up to the tournament? Too neat...can you imagine Alabama and Clemson working with each other leading up to the playoff?! Such an incredible scene with those boys so happyLOL as I don't like Bama or Clemson, it would be great to see them practice. I'm pretty sure that a few Bradley and FR kids are very good friends and well, just both teams bond together. That's what it takes to be an elite team. What I hear is that Knox and King are very close and they do wrestle together a lot with each other. Wouldn't mind seeing that one up close! Looking forward to seeing these 2 work together next year. Congrats on your Ryan team and hope you all get many more! Edited February 19, 2017 by DaChampsAgain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D2Wrestling Posted February 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 LOL not "my" Ryan team, just a friend from down Franklin Road...but watching those two programs come together a few weeks ago was just one of the neatest things I've seen in sports: just such genuine and pure enthusiasm from kids from two dominant programs. Can't imagine the energy in that room when those two teams are scrapping together, I'd pay admission to watch that practice! Congratulations to both the Bears and Irish, what a finale both programs put on in these last few weeks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaChampsAgain Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 LOL not "my" Ryan team, just a friend from down Franklin Road...but watching those two programs come together a few weeks ago was just one of the neatest things I've seen in sports: just such genuine and pure enthusiasm from kids from two dominant programs. Can't imagine the energy in that room when those two teams are scrapping together, I'd pay admission to watch that practice! Congratulations to both the Bears and Irish, what a finale both programs put on in these last few weeks! Yes sir! Looking forward to next year! Once again, congrats on your Ryan team and hope y'all keep up the good work! I liked watching them come together. Just wish they was videos of it to keep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbg Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Congratulations to both Bradley and Father Ryan! I would be careful to place the word dynasty on any Tennessee team at the present time. The whole key to the Father Ryan program is the programs CEO Pat Simpson. He truly has ZERO ego and allows his assistant coaches the opportunity to do their job with little if any interference. With Pat it's all about the kids getting better and winning. While Pat Simpson won National Coach of The Year for his work last season he clearly demonstrated this year why he is the very best coach in the country. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperypeat Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Congratulations to both Bradley and Father Ryan! I would be careful to place the word dynasty on any Tennessee team at the present time. The whole key to the Father Ryan program is the programs CEO Pat Simpson. He truly has ZERO ego and allows his assistant coaches the opportunity to do their job with little if any interference. With Pat it's all about the kids getting better and winning. While Pat Simpson won National Coach of The Year for his work last season he clearly demonstrated this year why he is the very best coach in the country. Congrats to both teams as well. Bradley was stacked this year, and Ben Jones has done an amazing job. I agree with cbg on the dynasty thing. A dynasty is when a team rules over everyone for an extended period of time. I looked up the state duals for the last 10 years. I don't see a real dynasty here, but actually more parity than some might realize. One thing you can give Coach Pat Simpson credit for is always having a good team. They have been in the finals 9 of the last 10 years and come away with 3 titles. That consistency is amazing. Among many other great coaching traits, that alone makes Pat Simpson the best coach in TN, but I think it might be a stretch to call him the best coach in the country. For example: Is he really better than Jeff Jordan up at St. Paris Graham? I guess I really don't know. 2008 Baylor over FR 2009 Baylor over FR 2010 FR over CBHS 2011 Baylor over CBHS 2012 CBHS over FR 2013 CBHS over FR 2014 Baylor over FR 2015 Baylor over FR 2016 FR over Baylor 2017 FR over McCallie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D2Wrestling Posted February 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 I looked up the state duals for the last 10 years. I don't see a real dynasty here, but actually more parity than some might realize. Traditional titles in that same time span: 2008 2009 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 So in the last ten years, Ryan: made nine Duals finals won three Duals titles won seven traditional championships. Seems fairly dynastic to me, but that's just semantics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soms2 Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 The old man sees Baylor, Cleveland, Beech, McCallie who could win Cleve. Duals maybe more, Science Hill, Bradley as tops. Watch for Wilson Central, even Purple Bros, Arlington, Blackman, Independance and Tennessee to break top ten again. No particular order really, Right Soms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sommers Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 True grasshopper soms, the Blue Raiders & Blue Tornados will be very strong top to bottom with maybe three grads, and should take duals IMO. Baylor will likely be close, ESPECIALLY Individually, but for 2018,,,, not sure that will matter in the end. Love the united wrestling family the Purple Irish and Bear Nation have become... Huge Kudos to Pat and company please Ben Smith and his team, Cordell and Blackman+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soms2 Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Not to highjack this Great Thread on Simpson's team who everyone should totally love, but we Saw you soms on tv last night near the Boykins, Kennedys, fowlers, Solomans, Wards, Smartts, Sells and a bunch of Hixon folks behind you like Jona Shackford and J Bird and fam, that Red Bank kid who pulled that one out at the last sec... Good for him! Back to topic, I must say that for me personally and so many others outside of Father Ryan we are so grateful for the off season training we got from the Simpsons, coach Connell and also the Bradley folks who always open their mats for the kids. Love these bonds, yeah, like family Hats off to the Ryan Tradition and Success Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sommers Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 That's Jonas btw. Congrats on Ryan's first 4x'er in Eli King. His dad told me he loved wrestling from a very young age, but it appears he's done now. Kudos to coaches, family and friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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