Baku Recap:

We ended up with 2 x 3rd place medals today out of 4.  Simply, we are 
capable of so much more.  We have 51 days until the start of the Sr 
Worlds.  We have some time but no time to waste.

My mind hasn't changed at all about this team and these individuals.  
We can win with this group but be must wrestle a certain way.  We must 
wrestle with an urgency and an attitude that expects to win.  The 
question now is how do we get there?

I do not think this has to be difficult in fact I think the complete 
opposite.

First we must decide what we expect, what do we truly expect in 51 
days from now.  As the coach, I know what I expect but what do each of 
these team members expect of themselves and from there teamates?

Next we must put decision that into action each day. Simply put, if 
our process is gold medal our performances will follow.  We must make 
the right decisions on the mat and off.  We must stick to our focus 
areas as we go through days of practice.  We must be willing to punish 
ourselves so that when we step on the mat in Moscow we know we are 
more ready than our foreign friends.  And we must then use our 
preparation and not waste it.  Just because we are prepared doesn't 
mean any thing if we don't use it.  Finally, We must have urgency, 
purpose, and expectation in our wrestling when we step onto the mat.

I think we learned a lot about ourselves today.  Win or loose we need 
to learn and continue to grow as wrestlers and human beings.  Our best 
days are yet to come!

We move,forward, together!  stronger and more prepared than yesterday!

Expect success!  51 days!!

Coach Steiner