OK for any of those who STILL haven’t seen it, here are the videos of the match.
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I love watching Metcalf wrestle just becuase he is always fighting back, as if he were always on his back, even if he is ahead by 8 points. He’s just that sort of animal. Personally I would hate to go up against him even in the practice room. He’d tare me apart and then eat me for breakfast.
So in the final seconds of the match, Caldwell knows he’s won the match and just stops. He actually takes up and starts running, putting his hands up in the air, celebrating already. He runs away from Metcalf and half a second after the ref blows the whistle, he does a back flip. Well tries to anyways. What he doesn’t see is Metcalf chasing after him, trying to finish the match. Right when Caldwell is in the air, Metcalf pushes him and Caldwell lands on his back.
Before we get into the different angles of the push, here’s what I had to say earlier this week about it in a comment I left on a blog:
If I was in his situation, I totally would have shoved him. Doesn’t matter if he did the flip before or after the whistle. From the side of Caldwell, I would have done the flip! He just beat the second best wrestler in collegiate history and pulled off one of the biggest upsets since 1970! How could he not flip?!!? I just wish Metcalf would have won it though.
I can see where both guys are coming from. Going into the match, everyone thought that Metcalf had it made. If I were Caldwell, there’s no DOUBT I would be doing a flip. But when you do that with someone like Metcalf, you had better know that it’s just going to egg him on. Coming from Metcalf, I totally would have pushed the dude.
Now lets look at the refs. Personally, I think they dropped the ball on this on. When a wrestler starts celebrating before the whistle sounds, that’s call for unsportsmanship. And sure he did the flip after the whistle, but he started it before the match ended. Metcalf cost the team a point, but Caldwell’s actions whent unpunished. Now I’m not calling for Caldwell’s apology or for him to hand the title over to Metcalf, cuz that won’t happen. But he had it coming to him. In my opinion, I wouldn’t have apologized unless it was for PR reasons. That’s just me though. Your thoughts?
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