On a side note...the reviews are ridiculous and the inconsistentcy of stalling calls is hurting this niche sport.
March Matness - NCAA Wrestling Tournament
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As a wrestling ref, I tell all coaches before the dual/tourny, that we have defined instructions in the rule book, but everything else is subjective.
That said, if you are not trying to score or you are delaying coming back for a restart, or you are always parking by the OOB line, I am going to hit you. Before that though, I am talking to wrestlers loud enough for their coach to hear it. It is a warning before the official warning.
Bottomline, if you are trying or look like you are trying to score, you are good.
My biggest pet peeve is when officials wait until the final seconds to call stalling, especially when one is up and immediately backs up. HIT HIM RIGHT THERE FOR STALLING AND DON’T WAIT.
Good coaches know who is officiating their kid’s dual/match. They will instruct their kid that this ref is tight so you need to go! Other coaches just sit their and when we call stalling come to the table, argue the call, and then get a misconduct.
Hard to explain, but there is a quasi-art to it. As long as you are loud and communicative before you bang them with a warning, most coaches usually agree with you.
Fans? Screw their opinion unless they have been a “Brother In Stripes”.
This right here. The best ref is a vocal ref.
Officiating stalling has largely been subjective for each official from my experience. I wish they were stricter with it. Like you said, backing up as your first movement is the clearest example of stalling and is hardly called. There’s many wrestlers who should be called a lot more for stalling and aren’t called enough. Some of them are ours too.
Thanks guys. Tuned in just in time to watch Vega take out Mendez
I never want to call stalling, ever!
If I see it little bit of it, before the warning I loudly tell the staller what he needs to do, loud enough for the coach can hear it.
“Top man, you riding his hips with no internet to turn”.
“Bottom man, the top man separated and you are laying there”.
“Both of you are playing the edge. Wrestle center mat”.
I have found that works best. But, I am only high school.
Again, my pet peeve is calling stalling so late in the match when it could have been call in 1st or 2nd period.
OK, I’m done.
LFG!!!
Go Big Red!!!!!!
Communication during a match - or game in BB - helps tremendously. This works for me for HS. Not sure how much that is done in college. I watch quite a bit if wrestling and the stalling calls are the most inconsistently applied.
Freshmen are killing it in these finals so far. Antrell gonna stop that streak.
I can’t stand the guy who interviews the winners. He has been doing it for years on ESPN and is horribly bad.
ESPN has the money, so get a who can ask open ended questions.
ESPN has the money, so get a who can ask open ended questions.
“You were hugging your dad in celebration, what was that about?”
Lol WHAT? What kind of question is that?!?!
The stalling in college wrestling irritates me the most. Inconsistently applied. They want to reward action but then in the last 30-45 seconds of a match they allow wrestlers to just run around. Stalling should be called more quickly and more often in those situations.
Makes no sense to force action for the first 6:00 and then let wrestlers clearly stall out the clock in the last 1:00.
Makes no sense to force action for the first 6:00 and then let wrestlers clearly stall out the clock in the last 1:00.
Just absurd to call that a win. One guy allowed to back up, another not.
Congrats to the Husker Wrestling Team and staff! fantastic tournament. had a few weights that didn't turn out the way I expected and a couple that pleasantly surprised me. Preparation for next season starts Monday!
See prior posts of mine. Stalling in college needs to be cleaned up. Terrible way for Minto to lose on a stall call.
McEnelly beats Welsh at 184 by running around for almost the entire last 1:00 of the match. Only 1 stall called that resulted in a point.
Shout out Millard South grad Isaac Trumble. National Champion for NCST!!
Jax Forrest beats Ben Davino 
Dude is going to be a 4-timer.
Dude is going to be a 4-timer.
Jax Forrest beats Ben Davino
Dude is going to be a 4-timer.
Did I read it right that he was in high school first semester?
yes, and had been training at Stillwater and perhaps was the impetus for the falling out that Basset had with Iowa.