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  1. Posted

    2 hours ago, ryafuji said:

    That would have bee In the Yoshikaze situation, he wasn't calling for a monoii so much as saying that it was a matta and the bout never actually started. 

    That would have been ultimate chuzpe, because if, he was clearly the culprit. Like the old adage of the parricide who asks for extenuating circumstances because he is an orphan :-D

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    18 hours ago, Bunbukuchagama said:

    An open system vs. a closed one.

    NSK is more akin to a medieval guild than to a modern sports league. Exclusivity is at its core.

    No need to get back to the middle age. Today there are countless organizations/societies that have co-opting as a fundamental part. Start with Rotary, or Lions Club. 

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    9 minutes ago, Godango said:

    Sumo isn’t like other sports; there’s no such thing as garbage time.

    You beat me to it. Imagining Hoshoryu taking a knee, or Tatsunami sending in a replacement rikishi made me giggle (Laughing...)

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    1 hour ago, Tigerboy1966 said:

    He probably peaked before he reached yokozuna. Unfortunately his best years coincided with the height of Hakuho's reign of terror when it was very, very difficult for anyone else to win two in a row.

    I fondly remember his early days, when he toyed with harite. Even against Asashoryu. Needless to say, the sole Yokozuna did not exactly like it.

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    14 minutes ago, yorikiried by fate said:

    Ahahahahaha.

    Oh, wait. You are serious!

    Ahahahahahahahahahaha.

    I kindly ask you to elaborate. To clarify my remark: at the time of his promotion.

    Thanks

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    Edits and rephrasing

    1 hour ago, Hankegami said:

    Even in case, asking a 30-years-old to save Japanese Ozumo by himself would have been quite the tall order. That's what I meant when I talked about a "consolation prize". Onosato can be reasonably regarded as the next dominant yokozuna, like Takanohana in 1994. Asking the same to Kisenosato would have been delusional.

    It is safe to say that Kisenosato was better than the then crop of of Yokozuna, the otherworldly Hakuho being the exception. He was also remarkably injury-free until he fell so unlucky and denied surgery. I do not see why Kisenosato could not have been a fine Yokozuna for three to four years to come, with Hak and the other getting kyujo ever more. Consolation prize ? No, definitely not.

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  19. Posted

    5 hours ago, Tigerboy1966 said:

    Just a thought. I know we can have a yokozuna-ozeki in July but they are going to want a proper ozeki as soon as possible. Could they consider moving the line down to 31 for Kirishma or Daieisho?

    Not sure, but how they fare against the Yokozuna and Ozeki might make a difference, particularly for Kirishima, as he has already proven his ability.

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    my memory betrayed me

    9 hours ago, hakutorizakura said:

    Mmmm that kubinage! 

    I really did not remember Hakuho falling for that. Thankfully Geido had almost completely retired that "coin-toss" technique when he was Ozeki in his later years

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    2 hours ago, Benevolance said:

    I am beginning to suspect that Onosato might be good at sumo. 

    He might also be a good dancer, as was suspected here for his shisho ;-). Fun aside, his footwork bears the handwriting of former Kisenosato, although he is not there yet.

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  24. Posted

    21 minutes ago, Hankegami said:

    I wonder if the Nephew suffers from kinboshi-related PSTD syndrome. He's far more focussed against the san'yaku by comparison.

    Kinboshi-related PTSD ? (Thinkingindepth...)That would make great on a medical certificate. Kyujo with one week rest, to avoid the joi...

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