The Bader Show

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.

Jul 13, 2020
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