Tom Brands Interview
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00:00 Tom, is that the kind of performance you wanted to see after a couple of losses?
00:06 We have to focus on what's ahead and that's what you did after those losses and we have
00:14 to do that now.
00:15 We're going to Stillwater, Oklahoma in one week and the postseason looms.
00:20 Are you ready?
00:25 I mean you know me well enough by now that I'm not going to answer that question conventional
00:30 ways.
00:32 So you'll know if we're ready when I will know when or if we're ready.
00:40 What did you like from Reel today?
00:43 I like that, you know what, sometimes you got to right the wrongs and right the ship
00:47 and you go out there and I think he got back to the roots a little bit.
00:55 I think it's partly my fault, trying to maybe push him into certain things and just go out
01:05 and wrestle your match how you want to wrestle and score a lot of points.
01:07 It doesn't matter how you get it done.
01:10 So he righted the wrong, we're on a one match win streak and we're going to Stillwater,
01:16 Oklahoma.
01:17 What would you like to see from him for the rest of the season?
01:24 He's a pretty capable wrestler and I want to see what everybody wants to see.
01:30 I want to see him kick some butt, kick some tail, score points.
01:33 Got some changes in your lineup today?
01:40 There's a lot going on with freshmen and what not and you know it's flu season and what
01:47 not and so on.
01:49 Are you close to having your tournament lineup, your post-season lineup?
01:56 I mean here's the thing, we got a dual meet left and then here's the thing, we got a lot
02:03 of wrestling to go and that starts right now with a little bit of down time for these guys
02:11 but also evaluating and the routine and we're going to Stillwater, Oklahoma.
02:18 That's an undefeated team and I think they've re-identified themselves in the way that they
02:24 wanted to.
02:26 So two pretty powerful historic programs.
02:31 Going to be going at it.
02:33 Is this a different or weird senior day?
02:39 No, I mean no.
02:41 I mean we've been dealing with this since May.
02:44 I mean it's just, it's really, really unfortunate that, it's just how it went down with those
02:52 guys with Cassiope and then even the guys with one year suspensions that got a year
02:57 left.
02:58 I mean it's just really, really unfortunate and it should not have happened and we all
03:02 know that.
03:03 These guys have done a good job of going forward.
03:08 How important has the senior class been, especially those guys haven't been wrestling but what
03:13 have they done in the room?
03:14 Senior class celebrations for me are kind of silly because there's a lot of wrestling
03:17 after them.
03:19 We do take time to honor them.
03:20 We know it's important.
03:21 It's important to our fans.
03:22 It's important to their families.
03:23 I'm not downplaying that part of it but these seniors that we just honored, they're not
03:29 done.
03:31 Even the ones walking, just had a corrective procedure and he's walking out there in a
03:36 sling and you know he's not done with his teammates.
03:40 He's still backing his teammates for the end run, for the last run.
03:44 That's what these guys are about.
03:45 They're wired the right way and so that's the best senior tribute that you can give
03:49 them.
03:50 That's the best compliment that I can give them.
03:52 We got two of them right here.
03:53 I will yield to them and last meet in Carver Hawkeye.
03:58 Thanks for showing up all the time.
04:00 Appreciate it.
04:01 Thanks, Tom.
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