Week 1!

Well week one is in the books.  We ended up 2-4 in duals.  Not the way we wanted to start the year but so it goes.  Just a few observations from the first week.  The guys really picked up their effort.  We went out there and finished strong.  The fight was better.  Some surprises have risen thus far.  Our freshmen have really stepped in and helped out with some big wins.  They are on the right page right now.  They have to work a little harder in the room, but if they can wrestle with the top guys in the room they will be able to wrestle with a lot of people in the state.  We wrestle Thursday and Saturday of this week.  So we got some days off to regroup and heal up.  We took some lumps and bruises this week.
This is the week we have to see our greatest improvement as individuals as well as a team.  I like what Jackson said about Iowa State it is not about the work.  It is about the the fact of being able to compete, to fight.  It is not about losing or winning it is about how you did either of those.  Did you win by dominating and fighting through moves and position, or did you just do enough to win.  Did you lose by surrendering or did you lose fighting and scrapping for every possible position.  That is what we are looking at with our program.  Are our guys just surrendering or are we fighting for that position.  It is early, but if that is the way we approach every match, every practice, every workout, every bite of food, every thought, every piece of homework, test, girlfriend, etc.  Then it becomes habit.  A habit is hard to break, so make sure we make that a habit.  That is the word of the week Habit.