Wrestling UMD Match Cancelled due to COVID
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Something is not right in the program. Don’t care what anyone says. You can defend til your blue in the face. This is 1 month of no wrestling. I wouldn’t expect anything from our guys in postseason.
There is loss of control within the program. FB went an entire 8-9 games without a positive case.
There is loss of control within the program. FB went an entire 8-9 games without a positive case.
Interesting...if im reading that right it looks like Maryland pulled the rug out from under us at the last moment and it might not have been due to a new positive test.
Clearly you don’t know anyone who has gotten covid. You can be completely responsible and still catch this virus. This isn’t anyone’s fault.
Lets find out the story before jumping to a conclusion. Sea bass said it was Maryland
I’m glad sea bass let it spill what happened
Clearly you don’t know shit about me so don’t jump to conclusions. One of my best friends died of it so shut the **** up!!!
That's the thing, it doesn't sound like a new positive. Now we are all working off the same 3rd hand information so this could be 100% wrong but it sounds like some bush league BS on Maryland's part.
what about the guys that need 4 matches to qualify for tournaments now?
I’m sorry for your loss. You should then be very well aware that catching the virus doesn’t indicate a lack of responsibility.
They'll have to get them at B1G's. The 4 match threshold is for NCAA's. At this point who gives a sh*t anymore it'll be 34 days since we've wrestled a match when B1G's happen.
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I agree
but I goo
i agree but don’t understand how they could just do that. I guess we will find out. Or not. I would think the B10 would get involved. You can’t just cancel for no reason. If that’s the case they should reimburse us for the trip down there
You only need 4 matches to qualify for NCAAs. Those guys that are short will get at least 1 match at the big 10s. If they need more than 1 well they better win a match then.
FWIW there's a lot of good action in other RU Olympics sports in the next few days if you care to watch. $$$$
If true, it means it was a new positive test which isn't a good look from the program after having 2+ weeks to contain it but it's still an incredibly bush league move by Maryland.
Agree but I still have questions. Was the positive test a wrestler? A coach? Equipment manager?
Did the positive test make the trip? Were all the wrestlers scheduled appropriately tested and contact-traced? Were they cleared?
It was a positive antigen test which I am told is a rapid test of a backup. They made everyone make weight for 7 hours and then cancelled. Bush league
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As I said in my statement, I was notified at 4:15 when I was pulled out of practice. Praying for everyone to stay safe as we all prepare for the post-season.
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As I said in my statement, I was notified at 4:15 when I was pulled out of practice. Praying for everyone to stay safe as we all prepare for the post-season.
I wouldn't think it matters if it was a backup, starter, or an assistant coach since everyone there sat on a bus together, sat in team meetings together, ate together, etc.. too much close to contact and unfortunately in today's environment the correct move was to cancel.
With that being said, the RU side is sticking with the 10am timeline which means UMD pulled an absolutely scumbag move by letting them hang around all day, cut weight, and then cancel at 5pm. Fvck them.
doesn't the b1g tourney, have wrestlebacks? so each wrestler has at least 2 bouts there?
I screwed up the copy/paste above but the Maryland coach said he was pulled out of practice and didn't know about the positive test until 4:15. Why he found out so late I don't know but it makes sense since his guys where in there practicing/cutting as well. Don't think that late cancelation was intentional by the Maryland coaching staff.
I get the anger with Maryland making them hang around all day but really Rutgers has no one to blame here. While other teams have gotten their sh*t together, Rutgers continues to fumble and bumble along with this. Apparently the wrestlers just aren't getting the message, it's been managed horribly.
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Unless it's a top wrestler from 1 of the top programs who needs 4 matches to be eligible for NCAAs, because then the B1G will lower the 17 days quarantine to 14 days or 10 days with 3 negative test,s so they can wrestle at B1G championships... like the tOSU exception in FB.
Sooooo, SeaBass and Grello or Clemsen? Did MD find out at 10 AM or 4:15 PM?
The biggest issue in all of this is now that everyone who doesn't have 4 matches (Alvarez, Donner, McDermott, Colucci) are all at risk of not being able to attend the B1Gs and subsequently the national tournament if they ever come up positive since they were clearly in close contact with the individual/backup who tested positive. It has to be a nerve-racking 2 weeks for those guys, especially someone like Alvarez who has high hopes/aspirations, coming up.
Everyone else who has 4 matches could theoretically test positive and miss the conference tournament but still qualify for nationals given the time frame. Now, fringe guys like MVB, Kanniard, Turley, Poz, Janzer, and even Aguilar might not make it without winning a match at the tournament so their fates would rest in coaches hands for at large spots and other people's on mat performances.
We are in a an absolutely terrible situation here. We are literally the worst program in the B1G and possibly the country in navigating the COVID situation as I'm pretty sure after this weekend we will have the least number of matches in the country. That's a bad, bad look any way you spin it.
Everyone else who has 4 matches could theoretically test positive and miss the conference tournament but still qualify for nationals given the time frame. Now, fringe guys like MVB, Kanniard, Turley, Poz, Janzer, and even Aguilar might not make it without winning a match at the tournament so their fates would rest in coaches hands for at large spots and other people's on mat performances.
We are in a an absolutely terrible situation here. We are literally the worst program in the B1G and possibly the country in navigating the COVID situation as I'm pretty sure after this weekend we will have the least number of matches in the country. That's a bad, bad look any way you spin it.
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