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Every month, WIN talks to some of the most influential people in the sport and/or these leaders express their views in columns that appear in WIN. The following shows what some of the sport’s biggest stars said in the Dec. 7, 2015 issue of WIN Magazine:
“To give you a perspective on time since our last (World
Championship) team title, (Kyle) Snyder in September became our youngest World champion ever and he was born in 1995. The last time America was dominating the world in freestyle wrestling, our current champ was snuggled up tightly in momma’s belly, waiting patiently to enter the world. “
“As a competitor looking back on this, you can say that I was a part of it and there are going to be a lot of posters and pictures for a long, long time. The biggest thing is that they got ready to go. The performances that we had that were positive, those guys definitely got ready to go.”
“Maybe in an attempt to do everything for “this generation” to be successful in areas that are all temporal and fading, we have actually taught them that the world centers around their 10-year-old universe … We have traded the team and community approach for flat-billed hats, brand new bats and bags and travel teams that are too good to play in their hometown.”
“We can take a “stance” and come together as a sport to stop bullying … on the spot. I don’t mean to suggest that wrestlers need to fight bullying with violence. Wrestlers should stand up and make it known that we will not look the other way. We will not be mere bystanders when it comes to bullying. What better sport could represent the effort of bringing awareness and solutions to the serious matter of bullying?
“I don’t think (redshirting) is make or break. I feel like I am capable of making the Olympics (despite wrestling the college season). Guys have done it before. If I stay healthy and keep a freestyle mindset in a training aspect, I don’t think I will be far behind.
“We have kids from all over the place with multiple different personalities and multiple different skills. It’s our job as coaches to get them to jell and mesh. That’s why we’ve been able to have the success that we have. We know we have something special with the kids that we have. We’ve put a lot of emphasis on retention the last two or three years. At this level, that is so huge and one year can make a world of difference in who they are as a person, as an athlete.”
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