Might we expand it a bit to include people that helped us - other than coaches?
I sucked as a timid, young wrestler. We had an undefeated state champ on our team. He always was kind to me and helped me. He role modeled good sportsmanship and hard work. That was cool. He was a humble dude. His name was Mike Porter. We are talking about the late 70's on the MO side! From his encouragement and example - i turned into a decent wrestler with a winning record and a good coach with several state champs (i no longer actively coach).
(On the flip side - we also had another undefeated one who was a total jerk.)
Have many of you other struggling wrestlers were helped by a studdly one? I imagine many of you Hutch wrestlers benefit from Cody Garcia in a similar way?
