With the upper-weights a lot of times, we use the term “plodding”, where guys are basically leaning on each other in the hand-fight, or barely moving their legs and hips when trying to pummel and adjust position. Tanner Farmer - 130 kg, IRTCĥPM: Your footwork and nose for position seem very natural, and presumably some of that is from football. The conversations surrounding his potential are entirely stress-free. He himself is calm like a bomb if asked about where he sees all of this going. There needn’t be any rise in heartrate when ruminating on Farmer’s projected pathway. What do you think is going to happen when he enters a tournament with triple the amount of work hours logged? He admits to having felt uncomfortable during that tournament yet, he still pushed, smashed, battered, and bruised his way into the argument against athletes beholden to much more experience and significantly-higher profiles. It was emboldening due to how he performed. But after seeing what you have seen, and knowing what you now know, the question is: would it have made a difference?įarmer’s result from his first Senior Open wasn’t encouraging because of where he placed. That is enough ammo for critics to suggest slowing down on the post-Coralville Farmer train, one might assume. The Coralville Nationals did not include the likes of ’18 World silver Adam Coon (NYAC/Cliff Keen, world #6, 5PM #1) - or the Army/WCAP tandem of Jacob Mitchell (5PM #4) and Toby Erickson (5PM #5), both of whom have Open titles on their resumes. His two losses? One was a 4-3 decision to Cohlton Schultz (Sunkist, 5PM #2) and the other was a 3-1 drop-off to Longendyke in the third-place bout. Two of his victories were recorded at the expense of Olympic Trials-qualified Donny Longendyke (Minnesota Storm, 5PM #8) and ’17 Dave Schultz Memorial gold Malcolm Allen (LOG), respectively. What most weren’t banking on was that said impact would arrive less than three months into his emerging full-time career.Īt the US Nationals in October, Farmer finished fourth with a record of 3-2. A prevailing belief was, is, that Farmer - who did win a pair of state titles in high school - has more than the requisite amount of total wrestling ability in reserve to stay head above water until his Greco-Roman skill-set is vast enough to make a definitive impact on the Senior level. The consensus was that he simply needed matches, or “match time”. The reviews following that initial training collective were unanimously positive. What might a super-athletic big man be capable of if pulled in the right direction? When might we find this out?
Once that bit of news was realized, particularly by this writer, the hype then made more sense. That Farmer, 24, had been an NAIA National finalist for Concordia University last winter wasn’t even a footnote. Word was some former Division I lineman from Nebraska wanted to start learning the proper style and perhaps get to work on fabricating a new trajectory. It began months ago, just prior to the “Summer Series” Greco National camp that touched down in Utah. No, to be sure, there haven’t been many easygoing, forthright conversations in 2020, but when Tanner Farmer‘s (130 kg, IRTC, 5PM #10) name has come up, all involved seem to be telling the truth. The other party is reflexively relieving stress before they answer, ballooning the chance that you will be graced with a dose of candor in return.
Casuality is barren, regardless if the context is in and of itself informal.Īnd if you hear a sigh prior to receiving a response, that’s good. Responses are either very long or very short. If you pay close attention, it is easy to tell.
Thus when they speak, an exertion usually becomes detectable. No one knows anything right now, not with any reasonable certainty or clarity. The same thing tends to happen when hypothesizing sans credible evidence or baseline confidence. When someone lies, their heart rate increases, which, in turn, results in shallow breaths. Or an innocent brand of dishonesty, if such a thing even exists. Stress tightens the vocal cords, leading to utterances of pained sentences should a topic pertain to the future. Isn’t that something? Seems like the last one was only a week ago.īut this year, city sidewalks are no longer busy sidewalks and not as many are dressed in holiday style though the hope is that somewhere, and despite the confusion, children are in fact laughing - even if for most adults, smiles aren’t yet as plentiful as they used to be.Ĭonversations within the wrestling world have taken on a similarly tenuous tone. Difficult to believe, but Christmas, at least in the United States, is almost here. The Earth has continued spinning on its axis.
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