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Re: HOW ABOUT DAN GABLE?. . . . .

Posted By: Brian Swedrock (204.180.195.2)
Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008, @ 7:35 a.m.

In Response To: Re: HOW ABOUT DAN GABLE?. . . . . (Bill Shine)

Larry Owings was his name. He beat Gable to 13-11 his sophomore year to win the 1970 national championship. It was Gable's last collegiate match. Owings went on to take second his next two years at NCAAs and was lost 7-1 to Gable at the '72 olympic trials. That was the only point scored on Gable that year. He won the olympics without being scored on. Owings also won the '69 senior freestyle nationals. So it wasn't just a fluke match, Owings had an outstanding wrestling career, it just wasn't quite the legandary status of Dan Gable.

With that being said, Gable wouldn't be my number one US Wrestler to coach as a weightlifter. He was a little lanky in my opinion. I would go for a guy built like a fire hydrant like Sammie Henson, Brandon Slay, or Cary Kolat. Or a guy known for crazy explosiveness like Stephen Neal, or Mo Lawal. Or maybe Danny Hodge who still crushes apples with one hand now in his sixties. Any elite wrestler has the work ethic and will to win, might as well pick the ones with the best build.

Messages In This Thread

• Who would you recruit to coach . . . . . .
  Don Weideman (74-37-85-226.dsl1.ekgv.ca.frontiernet.net) -- Sunday, April 20, 2008, @ 1:06 p.m.
  • Re: Who would you recruit to coach . . . . . .
    Don Weideman (74-37-85-226.dsl1.ekgv.ca.frontiernet.net) -- Sunday, April 20, 2008, @ 1:46 p.m.
    • Maurice Jones-Drew
      n/a (c-98-224-40-181.hsd1.fl.comcast.net) -- Sunday, April 20, 2008, @ 7:31 p.m.
  • Re: Who would you recruit to coach . . . . . .
    Jack Dluzen (70.44.78.32.res-cmts.brd2.ptd.net) -- Sunday, April 20, 2008, @ 1:49 p.m.
    • Deion Sanders
      Lincoln Brigham (pool-71-112-93-64.sttlwa.dsl-w.verizon.net) -- Sunday, April 20, 2008, @ 2:13 p.m.
      • Bingo!!!
        Regis Becker (pool-151-201-224-249.pitt.east.verizon.net) -- Sunday, April 20, 2008, @ 4:08 p.m.
      • NO HEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *NM*
        TIM SWORDS (c-98-201-71-60.hsd1.tx.comcast.net) -- Sunday, April 20, 2008, @ 7:20 p.m.
  • HOW ABOUT DAN GABLE?. . . . . *NM*
    TIM SWORDS (c-98-201-71-60.hsd1.tx.comcast.net) -- Sunday, April 20, 2008, @ 3:17 p.m.
    • Re: HOW ABOUT DAN GABLE?. . . . .
      Don Weideman (74-37-85-226.dsl1.ekgv.ca.frontiernet.net) -- Sunday, April 20, 2008, @ 4:35 p.m.
      • Re: HOW ABOUT DAN GABLE?. . . . .
        Iain Douglas (CPE000f669dafdf-CM0012c9a9aa82.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com) -- Sunday, April 20, 2008, @ 6:54 p.m.
        • great question, Lain . Do you know? *NM*
          Don Weideman (74-37-85-226.dsl1.ekgv.ca.frontiernet.net) -- Sunday, April 20, 2008, @ 8:33 p.m.
        • Re: HOW ABOUT DAN GABLE?. . . . . *LINK*
          Sean Waxman (cpe-76-168-1-127.socal.res.rr.com) -- Sunday, April 20, 2008, @ 11:46 p.m.
        • Re: HOW ABOUT DAN GABLE?. . . . .
          Bill Shine (pool-96-237-123-219.bstnma.east.verizon.net) -- Monday, April 21, 2008, @ 4:37 p.m.
          • Re: HOW ABOUT DAN GABLE?. . . . .
            Brian Swedrock (204.180.195.2) -- Tuesday, April 22, 2008, @ 7:35 a.m.
            • Re: HOW ABOUT DAN GABLE?. . . . .
              Aaron Adams (c-76-107-31-9.hsd1.la.comcast.net) -- Friday, April 25, 2008, @ 8:10 a.m.
      • Re: HOW ABOUT DAN GABLE?. . . . . *LINK*
        Les Kernodle (adsl-21-219-220.mem.bellsouth.net) -- Monday, April 21, 2008, @ 9:11 p.m.
        • Re: HOW ABOUT DAN GABLE?. . . . .
          Don Vest (mofire.washburn.edu) -- Tuesday, April 22, 2008, @ 3:14 p.m.
    • My wrestling hero.
      Dan Bell (orwcm-204-92.orwell.net) -- Sunday, April 20, 2008, @ 5:13 p.m.
  • Spud Webb?
    Dan Bell (orwcm-204-92.orwell.net) -- Sunday, April 20, 2008, @ 5:15 p.m.
  • PETE ROSE. . . . . . *NM*
    TIM SWORDS (c-98-201-71-60.hsd1.tx.comcast.net) -- Sunday, April 20, 2008, @ 6:58 p.m.
  • Re: Who would you recruit to coach . . . . . .
    Mark Haz (c-76-126-5-88.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) -- Sunday, April 20, 2008, @ 7:13 p.m.
  • INNOCENT UKPONG'S 4 YEAR OLD SON GREGORY . . . . .
    TIM SWORDS (c-98-201-71-60.hsd1.tx.comcast.net) -- Sunday, April 20, 2008, @ 7:18 p.m.
  • GG Allin *NM* *LINK*
    Matt Foreman (ip72-223-55-183.ph.ph.cox.net) -- Sunday, April 20, 2008, @ 10:37 p.m.
    • No way...Rollins or Danzig. *NM*
      Mike Calelly (206.160.135.33) -- Monday, April 21, 2008, @ 7:38 a.m.
      • About Henry Rollins... *LINK*
        Matt Foreman (ip72-223-55-183.ph.ph.cox.net) -- Monday, April 21, 2008, @ 7:54 p.m.
  • Re: Who would you recruit to coach . . . . . . *LINK*
    Mark Cannella (cpe-65-24-222-157.insight.res.rr.com) -- Sunday, April 20, 2008, @ 10:56 p.m.
  • Elvira, Mistress of the Dark *NM*
    James Campbell (h-68-165-147-46.dllatx37.covad.net) -- Monday, April 21, 2008, @ 11:09 a.m.
  • Re: Who would you recruit to coach . . . . . . *LINK* *PIC*
    john alston (mail1.coanet.org) -- Monday, April 21, 2008, @ 12:23 p.m.