I volunteered for Brute and it has been a blast. Some friends and I helped with weigh ins on Friday and helped run bout sheets Saturday. Had plenty of time to coach my kids, and Jenny who runs the volunteers is a very cool lady. I got a free jacket a free pass and got to see some great wrestling. You can't beat it. I highly recommend it. On another note I did see some table workers have some issues with starting the clock and sometimes bout sheets were slow getting to some of the tables. This happens at every tournament. If you have an issue come and be a volunteer. Be someone who is doing something to make a change to make this tournament better than what it already is. PLease don't criticize this tournament and the people who ran it. I want to see it stay here in the mid west. Finally when you go to National Tournaments 20 minutes betwen matches usally doesn't apply. Cliff Keen we wrestled every 10 minutes on the back side. It's something that you get used to at national tournaments. The refs are some of the best in the nation, and Bob miller if you don't come back then you might as well not go to any other national tournaments either beacuse your going to walk away disappointed. You could compare Brute to other tournaments and find negative things to say but remember that many of those other national tournaments have been around for a very lond time and thay have the process of running a tournament of this scale down to a science.

Last edited by CBR's Dad; 04/04/09 10:09 AM.