On this episode of The Bader Show, Bader and Bray are joined by Mike Dolce, Brad Harper, Anthony Leon & Ernie Monaco

Order of Show

0:01 Dolce on Bad Cut

0:04 Dolce on cutting weight and Jeremy Stephens missing weight today

0:10 Why weight penalties are too soft

0:13 Demons come out at the end of a hard weight cut

0:17 How to change athletes’ minds about cutting weight

0:24 Will extreme weight cutting ever stop?

0:30 Mike Dolce asks Coach Harper his goal as a coach

0:34 Brad Harper’s unique approach to coaching and building numbers

0:38 Amy Hildebrandt’s Role In Building their women’s team

0:40 Harper’s pitch to potential women’s wrestlers

0:43 How Brad Harper coaches such a wide range of athletes

0:44 How Brad met Sarah Hildebrandt

0:50 How wrestling has evolved since Brad was in College

0:51 Brad’s take on Purdue Wrestling today

0:52 Tony Ersland’s impact on Purdue

0:53 Xtreme State Champ Ranch

0:58 Brad Harper asks Anthony Leon about coaching high level wrestlers

1:05 Coach Leon’s says Echemendia has “The Rocky Effect”

1:06 Echemendia’s adjustment to high school in the US

1:10 Some of Echemendia’s hard moments at the beginning

1:11 Adjusting to folkstyle

1:17 Echemendia disrupted the natural order of things

1:21 Coach Leon’s talks about dealing with the hate

1:23 Is Echemendia hollow?

1:26 comparing Echemendia to RBY and Jesse Ybarra

1:30 Coach Leon asks Ernie Monaco how to balance relationships with high school coaches

1:34 Ernie’s reaction to the Edge documentary

1:36 Ernie didn’t initially want to be in the spotlight

1:35 Ernie wanted proof of concept for his club

1:41 Why isn’t club wrestling growing as fast as it used to?

1:45 Play wrestling at Edge Wrestling

1:53 What drew Ernie to focus on development?

1:58 How to get guys to embrace growth instead of just results

2:02 Ernie’s advice to coaches