This is in response to comments in a few threads below:
1. Wilps should have won the match with Brown - when he got a takedown to go ahead by one point with 20 seconds left, that match was his. He didn't win it because he was called for stalling with 3 seconds left in the match, and after the re-start at 3 seconds, he touched his hands while riding Brown when Brown's knee was on the mat.
The stalling call was his second, which is an automatic point. The first stalling call against Wilps was a judgement call. While neutral, Wilps repeatedly backed up and twice went out of bounds instead of circling back to the middle of the mat. Different referees enforce this kind of stalling differently, and even sometimes the enforcement is uneven during the same match. However frustrating this may be, it is absolutely a subjective call as to whether a wrestler is avoiding action and so the referee was within his discretion to give Wilps a stall warning.
The second stall call was required by rule. Wilps was trying to ride out Brown for the last 20 seconds of the match but allowed Brown to get to his feet. Instead of returning Brown to the mat (probably very difficult to do), Wilps dropped to Brown's leg, hoping to work up to control Brown's waist. In this position, the rules require the referee to count to 5, and if by then the wrestler in control (Wilps) has not move up the leg to the waist of the other wrestler, there is a mandatory stall call. It was clear from the replay that Wilps did not improve his position on Brown's leg until late in the 5 count, and he never controlled Brown's waist. Under the rules, this point had to be awarded to Brown.
As unfortunate for Wilps as that was, the match was tied and Wilps would have every chance to win in OT if he could just ride out Brown for 3 seconds. He should have been able to do this, and what transpired was hard to believe. But the replay showed that there was 1 second on the clock when Wilps allowed his hands to touch while Brown's knee was on the mat. This had to result in a technical point awarded to Brown. The referee has no choice; the award is mandatory. There really should be no argument about it.
Frustrating? Absolutely. Sanderson exercising demonic power over the officials? No.
2. Young Guns wrestling club, run by Jody Strittmatter with help from his brother John, is an absolutely top notch club. There are many excellent wrestlers in the room from all over Western PA and the coaching is excellent. Both Jody and John are stand-up guys. They have lots of integrity and are very positive with the kids.
My son has wrestled with YG for over five years and I can say from that experience that there is no agenda regarding which colleges kids visit and where they ultimately choose to wrestle. When my son was being recruited, Jody and John were helpful and supportive, and I can't thank them enough. But absolutely no effort was made to steer anyone to any coach or program. If you hear anything to the contrary, you can be assured that it is simply rubbish.
1. Wilps should have won the match with Brown - when he got a takedown to go ahead by one point with 20 seconds left, that match was his. He didn't win it because he was called for stalling with 3 seconds left in the match, and after the re-start at 3 seconds, he touched his hands while riding Brown when Brown's knee was on the mat.
The stalling call was his second, which is an automatic point. The first stalling call against Wilps was a judgement call. While neutral, Wilps repeatedly backed up and twice went out of bounds instead of circling back to the middle of the mat. Different referees enforce this kind of stalling differently, and even sometimes the enforcement is uneven during the same match. However frustrating this may be, it is absolutely a subjective call as to whether a wrestler is avoiding action and so the referee was within his discretion to give Wilps a stall warning.
The second stall call was required by rule. Wilps was trying to ride out Brown for the last 20 seconds of the match but allowed Brown to get to his feet. Instead of returning Brown to the mat (probably very difficult to do), Wilps dropped to Brown's leg, hoping to work up to control Brown's waist. In this position, the rules require the referee to count to 5, and if by then the wrestler in control (Wilps) has not move up the leg to the waist of the other wrestler, there is a mandatory stall call. It was clear from the replay that Wilps did not improve his position on Brown's leg until late in the 5 count, and he never controlled Brown's waist. Under the rules, this point had to be awarded to Brown.
As unfortunate for Wilps as that was, the match was tied and Wilps would have every chance to win in OT if he could just ride out Brown for 3 seconds. He should have been able to do this, and what transpired was hard to believe. But the replay showed that there was 1 second on the clock when Wilps allowed his hands to touch while Brown's knee was on the mat. This had to result in a technical point awarded to Brown. The referee has no choice; the award is mandatory. There really should be no argument about it.
Frustrating? Absolutely. Sanderson exercising demonic power over the officials? No.
2. Young Guns wrestling club, run by Jody Strittmatter with help from his brother John, is an absolutely top notch club. There are many excellent wrestlers in the room from all over Western PA and the coaching is excellent. Both Jody and John are stand-up guys. They have lots of integrity and are very positive with the kids.
My son has wrestled with YG for over five years and I can say from that experience that there is no agenda regarding which colleges kids visit and where they ultimately choose to wrestle. When my son was being recruited, Jody and John were helpful and supportive, and I can't thank them enough. But absolutely no effort was made to steer anyone to any coach or program. If you hear anything to the contrary, you can be assured that it is simply rubbish.
