Re: [Spoiler] RE unsatisfactory result

[sumo@dichne.com]

I'd like to post this AGAIN for the blinded with bias to see.. Read it , for a
change. and weep- so your favorite Taka/Ake /whoever didn't win.. I've got to say
I'm astonished at some of the reasoning I see here... It's simple- when you
accumulate more wins than someone else-you take the yusho.. When Kotonishiki won
the tourney, he won it when the top guys were outta shape- no- one was
complaining then.. Let me remind you how Musa got his promotion: NO-ONE was
around, it was his for the taking.. I don't remember anyone complaining..We
should be glad that a rank-and filer won it, for a change. This doesn't happen
often, so what's the big deal?? Next Basho he will learn his place ( or not, but
then the excuses for his wins will come crawling out of the woodworks again..),
and the Basho will be won by the guy that "should" win it and we will all be
soooo content.. Read Achim's post again..I think it speaks volumes..

Achim Pawelczyk wrote:

> The one who slipped in a crucial bout was not Musoyama but Musashimaru in
> his bout against Takanohana (so he said).
>
> As I and Joe Kuroda wrote before, the slow motion showed clearly that
> Musoyama couldn't control his ballance and motion anymore after a heavy
> thrust by Takatoriki.
> Many of his bouts Takatoriki won by a very clever sumo and excellent
> timing. This made it look like he didn't do much and the opponents were
> just foolish.
> But that foolishness is part of their sumo and he used it against them -
> even the present yokozuna lose a lot this way.
>
> This only can mean that their sumo was and is really not better.
> If they could perform at their best the whole basho, they'd end up with 15-0.
>
> Takatoriki didn't win by henka at tachi-ai - he pulled mainly when the
> opponent showed a foolish opening - suki ari - that's what martial arts,
> sumo included, is about.
>
> Takatoriki was honest (or stupid ?) enough to go straight at the yokozuna
> and try to win against them by power alone, that way their rather dumb sumo
> works best. Obviously he lost - he is not Musoyama.
>
> Takatoriki with his intelligent sumo really deserves the win.
>
> Of course I could agree with the Doc as well - because the yokozuna and all
> the other sanyaku didn't give their potentially best "best" this basho -
> only their medium best maybe.
>
> Takatoriki was excellent, but he himself is not strong enough to win a
> championship.
> He just was the best one around this time:
> because the others were not as good as he was - that's what competition is
> about
> - and they had their chance as well as their own schedule reduced to close
> Takatoriki level.
>
> In his first bouts Takatoriki brushed the low-rank opponents away - like
> Musoyama performed last basho.
> That obviously gave him the self confidence to show the best sumo of his
> life and even win against the 3 lower sanyaku afterwards.
>
> For a basho that practically was finished over a week ago with Waka
> retiring, this was an excellent finish.
> Why should it be a better basho if a mediocre yokozuna with a low 12-3
> result and a dull performance takes the cup ?
>
> Of course, if our favourites don't win it is always a bit of a dull or
> annoying basho.
>
> And no excuse for the foolish schedule makers - but I don't intend to
> repeat what I already wrote during the basho.
>

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