[sumo] SPoILER - kind of spoiler removed from message title.

[Charles Finberg]

One man's henka is another's hatakikomi.

Let's check the official record:
Kaio (175kg) & Toyonoshima (142kg) - Uwatedashinage
Asashoryu (152kg) - Okuridashi
I din't see no stinking henka by Ama (123kg)!


On 9/25/08, Harold Shaver <hal6671 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> KKSM Wrote:
>
> >Finally, Ama looks the part.
>
> >That said, and although AFAIC the sooner the better, I can certainly
> >understand why we might have to wait one more basho.  On the other hand
> >promotion would provide some relief, countering a tide of negativity.
>
>
> What about the quality of his sumo this basho.  How many henkas can 1
> rikishi perform in 1 tournament and still hope to be considered as an ozeki
> candidate?
>
> True ozekis occasionally commit henka as do yokozunas but pretty rarely,
> certainly not 3 or 4 times a tournament or more.  Let's see Ama got his win
> over Kaio on day 4, Asashoryu on day 9, Toyonoshima on day 11 via the henka
> route.  In my mind that kind of weakens the value of a victory over an
> ozeki
> or Yokozuna when it is obtained by such shenanigans.
>
> That being said I believe Ama has the potential to be a damn good
> Ozeki.  He
> is performing now like he did as a Komosubi when he wanted to get promoted
> to Sekiwake, he will do what it takes.  I'm just afraid the Banzuke
> Re-organizagtion Committee will consider quality and that anything short of
> 13-2, Jun-yusho will mean at least one more tournament to try and erase
> that
> 9-6.
>
> I believe that once he makes ozeki that he will go back to the quality sumo
> he is capable of and the henka will be put back in the bag of tricks to
> used
> only in extraordinary circumstances.
>
> Hal "Chisaiyama" Shaver
>
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