Are these Comments by Steve Falk of the Asbury Park Press Accurate and is Falk's Reporting Fair?

Barrellroll

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For a program that wrestles in the Big Ten, the standard has to be to have All-Americans every year. YES or NO

Rutgers had more wrestlers in the tournament than it scored team points There is no doubt it was a poor showing. YES or NO

None of its wrestlers were seeded in an All-American (top eight) position. YES or NO

Rutgers finished in a five-way tie for third in the Big Ten regular season standings for its highest finish since it joined the Big Ten prior to the 2014-15 season. YES or NO

Goodale does get major credit for recruiting and coaching Ashnault and bringing in and coaching Suriano as a transfer from Penn State. YES or NO

Over the last two seasons, Rutgers and Michigan State are the only Big Ten teams to not have an All-American. YES or NO

16 of Rutgers 17 All-Americans in Goodale’s 19 seasons as head coach, came during the 10 seasons Pritzlaff was on the staff. YES or NO

Goodale gets major credit for Rutgers' eight straight NCAA Tournament run of All-Americans from 2014-2022, including a program record three in 2021. He gets credit for the two All-Americans the program had in 2024. YES or NO

Since Pritzlaff left in June, 2024, Rutgers has not had an All-American and is 0-5 in the blood round YES or NO

Rutgers’ wrestlers went 8-18 overall. It lost its first seven bouts Thursday and went just 1-7 on Friday. YES or NO

Help is on the way. Rutgers could have a hammer next season in Anthony Knox. YES or NO

Ten of the 14 programs in the Big Ten had at least one All-American. YES or NO

Rutgers did have a couple of big moments in the tournament. Cotton stunned and dominated No. 2 Rocky Elam. Catka who was seeded 27th and knocked off the No. 6 and 11 seeds. YES or NO

Brandt Harer, who was the Pennsylvania state runner-up had over 200 wins during his scholastic career, also could be a hammer. YES or NO

Right now, the narrative when it comes to Rutgers, is it is not getting it done on the sport’s biggest stage. YES or NO

 

SCNJ

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Not sure I understand. Is he asking if we agree? Half of those statements are factual, not sure what there is to agree or disagree with.

Falk is a very strange human and the APP sports department is horrible.
 

njsportsphan

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He wasn't wrong and he ain't lying. It's about time someone from local media says straight facts. Everyone else seems to kiss Goodales ***. This is a wrestling state and we want to see better performances. The last two tournaments absolutely sucked other than the Thursday that Cotten and Catka had.
 

BloodRound

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Not sure I understand. Is he asking if we agree? Half of those statements are factual, not sure what there is to agree or disagree with.

Falk is a very strange human and the APP sports department is horrible.
Falk's article is not asking if we agree. These are just statements he made in the article, OP was adding the "YES or NO" stuff at the end.
 

koleszar

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Not sure I understand. Is he asking if we agree? Half of those statements are factual, not sure what there is to agree or disagree with.

Falk is a very strange human and the APP sports department is horrible.
Barrelroll is just asking from the article if these are fact or false statements. Which half are not factual? Because from my knowledge they all are.
 

LETSGORU91

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Falk wrote that article fully knowing each answer was a 'yes' for anyone who knew about Rutgers wrestling. He missed the conclusion to it all though. Something like this would have sufficed: "If each and every answer is a clear and resounding 'yes', why has Rutgers done so poorly to address these issues and what is their plan going forward? With a fervent fan base, B1G backing, state of the art training center and a hotbed of talent in New Jersey, Rutgers and it's fanbase deserves better." To Steve, feel free to use my conclusion but please make sure to give me proper citation.
 

SCNJ

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Barrelroll is just asking from the article if these are fact or false statements. Which half are not factual? Because from my knowledge they all are.
Yeah that’s fair. Pretty much all of them are fact. I was just confused on the yes or no part. Not sure what we’re answering no to, other than the question about Goodale receiving credit for AA’s 2014-22.