The chief's last post setting forth the Shawnee Heights/Sante Fe Duel match-up this past season (wherein Jake Kober (a steller wrestler, in his own right) "bumped-up" to test his mettle against the mighty Atticus Disney - one of the best wrestlers in the state of Kansas (arguably the nation, at his given weight) - serves as a perfect example of just the opposite, so-called, "point" I, evidently, quite lamely, attempted to make: that many, if not most, elite wrestlers tend to avoid wrestling each other during the course of the regular season, if at all possible.
I still believe that my suspiscions in these regards hold true. Again, this is not to say that there are not valid, tactical reasons which persuasively argue against allowing these highly anticipated match-ups to take place during the course of the regular season. I know that there are many valid reasons for "avoiding" a steller opponent, before it really counts.
I simply choose to believe that the "Jake Kober's" of the high school wrestling world are, for whatever reason, in large measure,an aberration and not truly reflective of the competitive instincts of many, if not most, elite wrestlers and/or their coaches.
I'd venture a guess that alot of you can name wrestlers of the past, who, "took on all comers" - bumped (up and down) their usual weight brackets, during the course of a regular season, to challenge the very best that the state of Kansas has to offer - when it really didn't matter.
I'd be interested in hearing comments/stories setting forth occassions when elite wreslters of the past, went out of their way to establish their dominance/superiority, against another "stud" wrestler, when nothing was really on the line.
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