The absurdity of Folk Officiating on full display at these Championships. Folk Official after Folk Official rewarding obvious passive tactics and the defensive wrestler thereby effectively penalizing the more active wrestler (the diametric opposite of what the fundamental rules of wrestling prescribe). We saw it over and over and over again.
How about the utterly absurd stalemate the mat Official called in Van Ness' match as Shane was sliding his ankle free??? (How is that not one wrestler still improving his scoring position??? Not to mention that it was like the 4th Van Ness shot and deep penetration that Swiderski had defensively stalemated without a stall call.) The Refs antics clearly were benefitting Swiderski who was beyond question wrestling in a purely defensive and passive manner.
Did anyone else catch Burroughs answer to the "Does Folk make you a better Freestyle wrestler or does Freestyle make you a better Folk wrestler?"? Burroughs without hesitation immediately said Freestyle without question makes you the better Folk wrestler, and better wrestler overall, because it teaches you that you have to learn to score from the center of the mat.... Free teaches you that you can not use passivity and the edge of the mat as a defensive crutch and security blanket because you will lose every time doing this in Free.... he said it taught him that you need to go out and "win matches" from the center of the mat with your offense.
How about the utterly absurd stalemate the mat Official called in Van Ness' match as Shane was sliding his ankle free??? (How is that not one wrestler still improving his scoring position??? Not to mention that it was like the 4th Van Ness shot and deep penetration that Swiderski had defensively stalemated without a stall call.) The Refs antics clearly were benefitting Swiderski who was beyond question wrestling in a purely defensive and passive manner.
Did anyone else catch Burroughs answer to the "Does Folk make you a better Freestyle wrestler or does Freestyle make you a better Folk wrestler?"? Burroughs without hesitation immediately said Freestyle without question makes you the better Folk wrestler, and better wrestler overall, because it teaches you that you have to learn to score from the center of the mat.... Free teaches you that you can not use passivity and the edge of the mat as a defensive crutch and security blanket because you will lose every time doing this in Free.... he said it taught him that you need to go out and "win matches" from the center of the mat with your offense.
