I just read the posts after Martins blog. Martin quit posting because he was getting schooled by everyone calling him out. His argument about stats is dumb. sI have never once been to his site and thought, Geez I sure wish there were some wrestling stats here. I go there to look at video of recruits and see what Lee Kemp has to say. I don't think that Martin not having access to stats (which I believe he does) has squat to do with ASU dropping wrestling. I have been a wrestling fan all my life and I have never wished that there was better access to stats. If you want to know something all you have to do is a little research. Mostly it is all at your fingertips. I believe that Martin just wants someone to do all the work for him and give him his stats to post on his website. He sounds a little self serving in his blog.
Dont feel guilty, I stopped posting for months so I could play World of Warcraft, I got my mage up to level 65 before I got bored and came back
Sometimes you have to take some time off from posting and focus on whats really important in life
Dude, you are just priceless.
You could only top this story by saying that you went on Craigslist and
"sold" your character to a guy that sent you an envelope full of coupons for 7-11 slurpees.
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You could only top this story by saying that you went on Craigslist and
"sold" your character to a guy that sent you an envelope full of coupons for 7-11 slurpees.
You could only top this story by saying that you went on Craigslist and
"sold" your character to a guy that sent you an envelope full of coupons for 7-11 slurpees.
Hold on a second you still have 7-11's?
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"He quits, not because he wants to, but because he has to. He has no choice.
" -Tom Brands 01/20/08
I've actually showed him how I gather results and enter them into the InterMat system.
I have physically said, "Here is an e-mail from an SID, here's the system I enter it, it doesn't pull from the NWCA's results database."
TheWrestlingTalk gets e-mailed the results from the NWCA OPC section just like Rev, The Wrestling Mall, W.I.N., AWN and flowrestling. Both Rev and TWM have used the results e-mailed to them. Themat.com just links to InterMat's results page. Earl posts dual results and links over to the InterMat box score.
Why do I still enter them into a separate system? Time. For example, I can't wait for Tom Brands or one of his staff to log their OPC info when the match just ended. I get the release from the SID or the live text coverage (if available). Sometimes folks wait a day or two to log this information. If InterMat relied on the NWCA results "mandated" database, scores would be 2-3 days behind in some cases.
That doesn't make for good "news" or a site with the most updated scores.
We even have, in our office, an document Flo agreed to in regards to results and stats.
The same results on TWT were sent to Flo, and none showed up. The stat releases which were released each week after January 1 were sent to EVERY major wrestling/national outlet in the country. The Associated Press, USA Today, the NCAA, all the wrestling sites and writers, all the coaches, all the Sports Information Directors ... I know many schools used these for additional wrestling releases. Trying to get the AP to run anything outside of the "big four" is a pain. All that information was also free.
Again, guess who was included in that list and didn't post them.
Just a tidbit about the results, which has been a constant point of deception and misinformation.
If anyone ever wants the real facts, they can contact us. To date, only ONE wrestling fan has actually e-mailed me about the baseless allegations tossed around and aimed at the NWCA and InterMat. It just doesn't make sense for an organization to get into debates with people who have the intent to deceive and slander without any accountability.
Hey, I'm famous. I emailed JB right away and he set me straight. I recommend actually emailing him with questions/concerns. He's a true professional and personable to boot.
"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can" -- John Wesley
Hey, I'm famous. I emailed JB right away and he set me straight. I recommend actually emailing him with questions/concerns. He's a true professional and personable to boot.
JB is a heck of a guy isn't he?
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I will smash your face into a car windshield and then take your mother, Dorothy Mantooth, out to a nice seafood dinner and never call her again!
Tell me about it, this morning, I woke up and I shit a squirrel, but what I can't get is the damn thing is still alive. So now, I've got a shit covered squirrel running around my office and I don't know what to name it.
Re: Martin Misses The Boat 
I emailed JB right away and he set me straight. I recommend actually emailing him with questions/concerns. He's a true professional and personable to boot.
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