Bader Show: Noah Adams & Darrion Caldwell
Bader Show: Noah Adams & Darrion Caldwell
On this episode of The Bader Show, Bader and Bray catch up with breakout star Noah Adams and Darrion Caldwell, who wrestles Luke Pletcher on July 25.
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On this episode of The Bader Show, Bader and Bray catch up with breakout star Noah Adams and Darrion Caldwell, who wrestles Luke Pletcher on July 25.
Order of Show:
0:01 Noah Adams’ start in wrestling
0:07 Traveling and winning helped boost Noah’s confidence
0:11 Noah Adams’ recruiting process
0:12 Noah’s goals when he came to college wrestling
0:13 Adams talks making focused changes for improvement after his freshman year
0:17 It was destiny for Coach Flynn to get the job at West Virginia
0:21 Making mental adjustments
0:23 Noah’s confidence built throughout the season
0:26 Adams’ thoughts about Kollin Moore
0:27 Noah had no idea NCAA’s would be canceled
0:29 Noah’s quarantine and expectations for next season
0:31 Noah’s thoughts on the Dake vs Chamizo event
0:33 Adams’ wins & whoopins
0:34 Does Noah Adams get nervous when he competes?
0:37 Noah Adams asks Darrion Caldwell what made him want to come back to wrestling
0:39 Darrion Caldwell asks Noah Adams about his goals post wrestling
0:42 Caldwell would have kept wrestling if it paid as well as MMA
0:44 Comparing wrestling and MMA training
0:46 Caldwell’s addiction to wrestling training
0:49 Caldwell is way more technical than people realize
0:52 Visualizing wrestling in high school
0:53 Caldwell’s last wrestling match
0:55 Darrion didn’t know what style the match was when he took it
0:56 Darrion made a national team in ’09 with very little training
0:58 Memories from the Metcalf match and a golden era of 149
1:04 Caldwell hasn’t followed wrestling too much since he retired
1:05 Caldwell’s thoughts about Luke Pletcher
1:07 are we looking for headlocks and spladles?
1:08 Darrion’s training camp for Pletcher
1:09 Darrion says he’s the safe bet for this match
1:10 When Caldwell trained with Hidlay at NC State
1:10 Wins & whoopin’s
1:14 What it felt like to get to the top of a stacked 149
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