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I really want to root for the University of Illinois. I have some connections with Champaign, the University, and the team and genuinely like the professionalism of the coaches. So I commonly look at the official University of Illinois wrestling webpage: http://fightingillini.collegesports....estl-body.html And most of the time there is nothing new.
Now I don't want to be ungrateful. At times there is news, write-ups about individuals wretlers, reports of signings, or coaches' comments, and the dual and tournament results generally have been posted promptly in the past. So this isn't a blanket criticism. As this season gets going, however, there has been considerable silence. Most of what I've heard was presented in the Illinoismatmen interview with Coach Johnson-- but this has nothing to do with the University webpage.
The wrestle-offs were announced in a brief blurb and the results listed. No preview, no discussion, no exclamation of how wrestlers are selected to compete at the public wrestle-off, etc.
Last weekend, Alex Tirapelle and Pete Friedl competed at the CMSU Open (probably because the scheduled Missouri Open is the day before the All-Star match). The CMSU Open was not on the schedule. There was no announcement that Alex and Pete would compete at CMSU. In fact, the web page has not even mentioned that both guys wrestled, both guys won the tournament, and both guys each had at least one close match! Total Silence. (If I'm not mistaken, Alex probably won his 100th match at CMSU-- yet, no announcement.)
The Scheduled Missouri Open is Sunday. It is currently 1:20 Friday afternoon and the Illinois webpage has announced nothing. No announcement, no reporting that Alex and Pete will not wrestle (I'm guessing that is the case), that Kyle will not compete (I'm guessing that is the case), that this will be the first college competitions for blue-chip recruits Patrick Bond and Nick Guida. A total lack of communication.
College wrestling fans, coaches, and participants commonly bemoan the fact that wrestling receives little attention in America. Well, if we aren't going to communicate, then we only have ourselves to blame.
(I'm guessing that as soon as I post this commentary that the webpage will post a detailed article. If that is the case, I'll be happy to have egg on my face.)
I plan on being at the Missouri Open-- feel free to come by and tell me I'm wrong about all this. Contact at conquistadors@hotmail.com
Now I don't want to be ungrateful. At times there is news, write-ups about individuals wretlers, reports of signings, or coaches' comments, and the dual and tournament results generally have been posted promptly in the past. So this isn't a blanket criticism. As this season gets going, however, there has been considerable silence. Most of what I've heard was presented in the Illinoismatmen interview with Coach Johnson-- but this has nothing to do with the University webpage.
The wrestle-offs were announced in a brief blurb and the results listed. No preview, no discussion, no exclamation of how wrestlers are selected to compete at the public wrestle-off, etc.
Last weekend, Alex Tirapelle and Pete Friedl competed at the CMSU Open (probably because the scheduled Missouri Open is the day before the All-Star match). The CMSU Open was not on the schedule. There was no announcement that Alex and Pete would compete at CMSU. In fact, the web page has not even mentioned that both guys wrestled, both guys won the tournament, and both guys each had at least one close match! Total Silence. (If I'm not mistaken, Alex probably won his 100th match at CMSU-- yet, no announcement.)
The Scheduled Missouri Open is Sunday. It is currently 1:20 Friday afternoon and the Illinois webpage has announced nothing. No announcement, no reporting that Alex and Pete will not wrestle (I'm guessing that is the case), that Kyle will not compete (I'm guessing that is the case), that this will be the first college competitions for blue-chip recruits Patrick Bond and Nick Guida. A total lack of communication.
College wrestling fans, coaches, and participants commonly bemoan the fact that wrestling receives little attention in America. Well, if we aren't going to communicate, then we only have ourselves to blame.
(I'm guessing that as soon as I post this commentary that the webpage will post a detailed article. If that is the case, I'll be happy to have egg on my face.)
I plan on being at the Missouri Open-- feel free to come by and tell me I'm wrong about all this. Contact at conquistadors@hotmail.com
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