To think that non-wrestling fans would suddenly enjoy the sport because takedowns became 3 points, singlets were two piece, and pushouts were rewarded with a point is just silly…
Successfully defended my dissertation today! With a PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, I’m officially Dr. Carter!! As promised,
@Kevin_Norstrem
,
@ZNeibert13
, and
@nickolai_32
are the only ones who legally are required to call me Dr. 😊
For all you seniors affected - this sucks now, but there are gunna be plenty of other avenues in life where you’ll be able to excel. You have plenty more to offer than your placement in the NCAA tournament
Emma and I have a baby due in 8 days. Naturally, I have spent the last few weeks beating Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Super Mario 64, Pokemon Snap, Banjo Kazooie, and Diddy Kong Racing
Wanna know a fun way to drive youth wrestlers crazy? Number them off into groups at the beginning of practice and tell them its for a game later. Proceed with practice and never tell them what game youre playing.
Hokie Nation,
@HokiesWrestling
has a chance at TWO ACC championship trophies in a 15-day span! Come out and show us some love at HOME Feb. 22nd and March 9th!
The golden tongue gets a lot of shit for playing the game. But I’ve seen him defend his guys tooth and nail, recommend tutoring/counseling/therapy/mentoring services, and double down on supporting guys 1% away from rock bottom.
Head Coach Kevin Dresser had a strong statement following this mornings session in regard to Anthony Echemendia.
He wanted to make a clear statement calling out the “twitter world” who he feels continues to crucify college athletes. He spoke highly of the work and journey that
Anyone who knows VT wrestling and the current environment well enough can tell exactly what happened - VT with too much Covid, asked to reschedule, NC state has no obligation to, so they didn’t.
Welcome
@DevinCarter141
to the Chantilly Wrestling coaching staff. 3x All American, NCAA Runner Up, 4x ACC Champ, 2 x Academic All American, PhD in Industrial Psychology
I never understood why guys who know they can take a guy down nearly at will try to ride. Trying to win by 10 has much better results than trying to win by 2. If you know you’re the better guy in neutral, stay in neutral! Decent guys don’t get turned - the points are in neutral
👑𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍. 𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐌👑
Never a doubt. For just the second time in program history, we have a National Champion and his name is 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐁 "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐧" 𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐍!
#ALLINALLTHETIME
#Hokies
🦃
Also, 2 things:
1. Duals should never end on heavyweight (sorry big guys 😴) 2. NC State has next to no offense on their feet. Just a bunch of hard to score on guys. No neutral tools (minus easy-to-defend underhooks from Wilson and Hidlays)
Day 1 of May wrestling shirt challenge. I can’t thank
@WhitBabcock
and
@hokiesports
enough for their support of
@HokiesWrestling
and
@southeastrtc
. The opportunities I’ve received in life as a result of the wrestling program have been amazing. Best program in the country!
On a more serious note, my (non-wrestling experience) wife recommends 3 foolproof fixes:
1. Less “middle school slow dancing” 2. More Andonian “wiggelfits” and 3. “Mic the wrestlers up like Tom Brady and let the trash talk be heard”
Some basic prob/stats for wrestlers: creating scoring and action is in your favor if you’re the better guy.
Example:
Coming Into the match, let’s say you’re the better guy and for any given takedown that occurs, your probably of being the one who gets the takedown is .70.
1/
Good news everybody… My first car (2006) has passed yet ANOTHER safety inspection. I think the secret is to completely neglect it in the earlier years so it becomes tougher when its older
A fan asked a really interesting question about
@M_lewiss22
this morning that one could never appreciate until you really think about it.
Here's a crazy stat of the day - Khi has been taken down a total of SIX (yes, 6) times his whole career. Absolutely UNREAL.
#Hokies
🦃
Day 5 of
#WrestlingShirtADayInMay
is Auburn Wrestling. My father coached at Auburn and continued to do what he loved so much before passing. Thank you so much to
@AuburnHSEagles
for supporting wrestling
Two fun stats about
@HokiesWrestling
ahead of this weekend:
1. Tech is one of three programs to send ten qualifiers back-to-back
2. The
#Hokies
are one of two programs who field qualifiers from eight different states (tied for first)
The
#BurgBoys
are READY to go 👊🦃
I’m not too much of an engaged user of Twitter, but wrestling Twitter is EXHAUSTING. Once a week there seems to be a new issue the entire community is squabbling about, and its usually about one tweet or comment. I need my algorithm rejiggered so I can see more heroic dog videos
Watching BA over the years around non wrestling fans:
“He’s just laying there what is he doing?” and
“He’s just giving the guy his leg..”
Me: “…watch this”
The root of all my heart palpitations over the past five years. Worth every single one. Can't express how much I'll miss seeing BA suit up & doing BA things that don't even make sense on the mat. One of a kind, on & off the mat. Luv u BA. In your corner forever,
@AndonianB
🧡✊🏽
VT football beat Pitt who beat EMU who beat Illinois who beat Wisconsin who beat Michigan who beat Notre Dame who beat Iowa State who beat WVU who beat Kansas State who beat Oklahoma who made the playoffs. Just goes to show they should extend the playoffs to a 128 team bracket
𝐌𝐄𝐊𝐇𝐈 𝐋𝐄𝐖𝐈𝐒
4⃣th - 174-pounds
NCAA Champ & Most Outstanding Wrestler, 4x All-American, 4x ACC Champ, 2x ACC Wrestler of the Year, World Champ. 126 Career Wins. Your work here is done, 🐐.
The man, the myth, the LEGEND. The People’s Champ.
#ALLINALLTHETIME
#Hokies
🦃
With Vegas as an example, I’m seeing more and more instances where underhooks control the DI wrestling matches. Low risk, tons of offensive options, control the match - HS wrestlers take note
𝗔𝗶𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿?
𝐖𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲.
Schedule Drop for your timeline.
Might wanna bookmark this post for safe-keeping 🗂
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#Team100
#Hokies
#ALLINALLTHETIME
🦃