It looked like Cael bailed in a hurry as well.Finally watching the match. Penn State coaches calling for stalling repeatedly while David is doing mat returns likely influenced the refs to call so many asinine stalling calls during the match. Calling stalling on David for being pushed out of bounds as he came out of an escape at the edge of the mat is ridiculous. Nobody that isn't wrestling a Penn State wrestler gets called for that. Then the cherry on top. He gets a stalling call for going forward into a shot that results in a takedown. What. In. The. Actual. ****. The refs absolutely tried to steal this from David. If this was heavily bet on, there might be an investigation. I was very impressed with Mesenbrink's talent. He's not 1 point shy of DC yet, but a very solid freshman that will be trouble for the next 3 years. DC should've won by 3-4 points. The announcers were weird AF. David was clearly the better wrestler.
I don’t care about reactions on your post I’m just saying you have no idea how much those guys respect David and Nate Carr and their legacy. They can be impressed with MM, a lot of people are impressed with that kid he’s an absolute stud and great for the sport. But by saying that was the most unprofessional crap commentating and all they know is Penn State tells me you know nothing about who those guys are. They are legacies in this sport and live and breathe it every second of every day.Yeah I am going to say based on the reactions to my post compared to yours, I do think I know. And I know exactly who was calling the matches tonight. I’ve followed wrestling and the MMA world for 25 years.
To the casual Iowa State fan that doesn’t know much about wrestling, maybe I guess?This is an outlier opinion.
Cormier is terrible. Unprepared, doesn't know the rules and doesn't know the kids. Give me JB and Gibbons all day.I don’t care about reactions on your post I’m just saying you have no idea how much those guys respect David and Nate Carr and their legacy. They can be impressed with MM, a lot of people are impressed with that kid he’s an absolute stud and great for the sport. But by saying that was the most unprofessional crap commentating and all they know is Penn State tells me you know nothing about who those guys are. They are legacies in this sport and live and breathe it every second of every day.
You got me, I'm a casual college wrestling fan. Others who aren't seem to disagree with you. I'm a pretty serious MMA fan and DC is legit ass on UFC broadcasts who does not care to understand scoring or get better in that sport. I promise you DC does not "live and breathe it every second of every day" for college wrestling. The fact you even said that makes you a clown.To the casual Iowa State fan that doesn’t know much about wrestling, maybe I guess?
Bastida could very well be half of it. Then if a couple guys push into the 3rd place match vs the 5th place match that’s another 7. The other qualifiers who didn’t place win a couple matches and whoever takes over DCs spot wins a couple matches and we have 20 pretty easily.Where do we make up DC's 20? Group effort from the 3 listed?
Cael is a petty bit*chIt looked like Cael bailed in a hurry as well.
Did he not even wait to congratulate a national champion from his alma mater?
Isn't that common courtesy?
Or was he that petty about not matching the 1997 Hawkeye's number of national champions?
Because, isn't team scoring somewhat changed with takedowns now being 3 and not 2?
Isn't it easier to increase the scoring margin now, which would add points to margins of victories?
Why didn't Carr get choice of position when Mesenbrink took a timeout at :44 seconds in the 2nd period? He clearly stopped the action. Both DC and JB thought he should have gotten choice.Cormier isn’t the best but he’s definitely not the worst. You guys must not know he is the head coach of one of the best high school wrestling teams in the country. The guy lives and breathes wrestling still and knows a thing or two.
I'll agree there are people out there I like better than DC on commentary, but I do appreciate DC for being wholly unpolished yet somehow find a way to deliver.Cormier isn’t the best but he’s definitely not the worst. You guys must not know he is the head coach of one of the best high school wrestling teams in the country. The guy lives and breathes wrestling still and knows a thing or two.
Living and breathing a sport and coaching it well are both separate skills than being a commentator. The commentators were legitimately terrible all last night. They may love the sport, but they need to improve their skill in commentating it.Cormier isn’t the best but he’s definitely not the worst. You guys must not know he is the head coach of one of the best high school wrestling teams in the country. The guy lives and breathes wrestling still and knows a thing or two.
OkI don’t care about reactions on your post I’m just saying you have no idea how much those guys respect David and Nate Carr and their legacy. They can be impressed with MM, a lot of people are impressed with that kid he’s an absolute stud and great for the sport. But by saying that was the most unprofessional crap commentating and all they know is Penn State tells me you know nothing about who those guys are. They are legacies in this sport and live and breathe it every second of every day.
Hey now you don’t know **** dude! Do you know who these guys even are? In fact do you even know who you are man?!?Living and breathing a sport and coaching it well are both separate skills than being a commentator. The commentators were legitimately terrible all last night. They may love the sport, but they need to improve their skill in commentating it.