Originally Posted By: XGHSWC
Dang Ricky, what the heck?

This is exactly why I said that I shouldn't respond.
You totally twisted everything I said. Also I usually don't ever make "off the cuff" remarks. I usually put a lot of thought into everything I say or write. My opinions don't just materialize from nothing. They have been developed over several years as a head coach that has been and is in the know. It was developed from real life experiences over twenty years. And I have tons of data in my memory bank that was generated over that time period. I am not just some guy like you that had enough time and desire to go dig up data from the past but really had no real life experiences. At least that's how it appears.


I've had plenty of real life experience as my documentary "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Rick Bobby" shows. Shoot I went from a low level scab on a pit crew to the number one competitor in NASCAR to a pizza boy back to top dog in the Sprint Series in over a 10 year period.

Maybe I'm not the most knowledgeable on wrasslin', but I sure as heck know what it's like to compete with the best in the world. Heck I got arm broke by a French man, maybe I should take some lessons from you, Coach, on wrasslin'.

Originally Posted By: XGHSWC
I never said that 5A nd 6A regionals were tougher. I was really just eluding to the fact that 5A and 6A are tough enough as it is
and that combining them because they don't have 16 man brackets or they have losing records at state is ridiculous.


This is where making the 2 regional tournament system that splits the 32 teams in half and allows 8 placers from each 16 team regional would be a better method of weeding out the competitors who qualify with losing records. Make it to where some of the Kansas City teams head west and some of the Wichita teams head east. Sure they might have to stay overnight, but teams in the 4A western regional have been doing it for years.

I believe that former Maize head wrestling coach, Roy Oeser, proposed a format like this several years ago, so I'm not just blowing hot air.


Originally Posted By: XGHSWC
I certainly never said that you had to be on Chief's list to be good or tough, that is ridiculous.


In your previous post you eluded to the fact that the original 7 brackets I showed did not appear to have good competition in them because there were no All-Class ranked wrestlers. I'll post it below so you can refresh your immaculate memory bank.

Originally Posted By: XGHSWC
I don't want to be a d..k but honestly most of those kids are not that high caliber and there level of competition is low. I really don't want to be disrespectful, but that is really the way I see it. I am sure if you research their level of competition, etc. you would find that to be the case. How many were ranked or placed at state? How many were even anywhere close to cracking some kind of All Class Rankings?


Sounds like you hit the nail on the head with that comment...NOT.

Well, I better be hittin'' the dusty trail I can hear the asphalt oval calling me in Daytona, I've got to get ready for the 500 on Sunday.

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