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Your honor, Exhibit A:

Attached is a list of VT All Americans with their records. This is interesting because Dresser did NOT redshirt his wrestlers early on for 2 reasons: 1) he had no talent in the program and sought to wrestle the best guys out there; and 2) after Brands left with five redshirt wrestlers, he just couldn't get away with it.

As a result, you have a pretty little set of data that seems to tell a story.

(In response to this post by vtdadingf)

Link: https://hokiesports.com/documents/2018/4/18/WRrecords.pdf

Posted: 01/30/2019 at 4:01PM

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