I agree with @smalls103 on this one and see nothing wrong with his post. People can be pretty negative on this board, and he gave a perfect example of it.
Hendrickson and then a recruit that is brought in. Maybe Merrills little brother.
You'd be better off letting the recruit RS and bring in another transfer to man heavy. Other than Gable, true freshmen at heavy are hit and miss. They often need an extra year in the weight room to gain the necessary strength and lose the baby fat.
But as Chase said… literally no one agreed with him and I had already touched on Willie’s point twice
I was just looking through the rankings and not seeing too much left out there in the Class of 25 for HWT. Class of 26 has some good recruits though. I do believe OK State had a good chance at Jim Mullin. Missed out big time when he committed to VA Tech. Or maybe Braxton Amos would be interested in his senior year at OK State.
I could be wrong but I don't think any heavies are left in the 25 class that you'd want. I'd concentrate on Mocco in 2026 (#6 on the Big Board) and maybe look to a 2+ year transfer from a smaller school to bridge the gap until Mocco is ready. Not ideal but better than throwing kids out there too soon, especially at heavy. It's taken Cael 15 years to have hammers at every weight. Many years he had 2-3 soft spots in the lineup. Everyone needs to be patient. DT is working on a 5 year plan to compete for a national title.
i'd be surprised if Jude stuck with his Michigan commitment.
Yeah but you have time to grow him and isn’t he framier than CC or Merrill? He looked taller to me but I can’t tell through video as easily
Don't forget about Coby Merrill. Also in the Class of 26 and the kid is really good!
Jude is tough too. Do you think Sahakian coming in has anything to do with him maybe not wanting to stick with Michigan? The first time I seen him wrestle was at the Beast when he won his bracket as like a seven or eight seed. Seedings at the Beast can be pretty bad though!
The C grade was my thought at that moment, and it was also tied to a very high curve with the curve being Penn. St. When you said average wrestling Program the C was not based on that because the average wrestling Program in 25 doesn't get the 17th and 26th rated wrestlers in the class. The 2024 class for Penn. St left everyone including us way behind. Also the 2025 class they may get Blaze and have gotten Duke, Henkel, Desmond and Perry rated 2,8. 18 and 33. We did get a super recruit in Lockett which with the 2 new guys draws us close to Penn. St. If we are to make a move on Penn. St. the 2026 is big. Coleman was mentioned just off the top of my head because he was the much cheaper option and the moves I can see so far ( very early) him and his likely staff could have made. Coleman Scott and staff were just a side thought that came into my head when I made that post. I did post that I thought we would take second next year with the old staff. 1 year from now I could be giving DT and the staff an A with a 2nd place finish and getting Jax, Bo and Mocco or the young Merrill. Also, I love kids playing on my lawn, but I dislike 17 years of 0 team championships. I admit DT upside is tremendous and our wrestlers could be really improving in the wrestling room but I am unable to see that. Routledge and Ramirez are good additions but not additions that move us closer to Penn St. I think differently than most on this forum. But I want to give the Program an A, hopefully in the future.
I agree, but I disagree that it’s all of us. It was one poster. One specific poster generally has a negative take on things.
I am hoping that all those with redshirts available use them next season with the possible exception of Thompson who might have to go 184 if Plott redshirts. Thompson could redshirt the following year as Plott would reclaim that weight. Anyway, if Hendricksen redshirts, it wouldn't be terrible if Doucet wrestles in that spot. Next year could be a building season for future success. There is always the portal after Hendricksen leaves.
Hey Gargamel,
Would definitely be a good pick up for OK State if he was to flip his commitment.
“C” won’t keep you on the honors list. I a ‘TBD’ would have gone over better for youUm my post was not negative at all towards the current staff or any recruits. Also a C grade is neither positive or negative by it's nature; its neutral.
Please do not include me with negative posters
I did not see where he pluralized his comment. Pretty sure he said "your", singular. If it was, you'll or you all, that is towards everyone. And he was actually quite polite and just asked a question.
@chasepollard reread @smalls103 post. He said Y'all got these recruits. As in OK State got these recruits. It then went to "your" for the person being dobber down. Don't see your issue with this. This is petty.
He develops ANY offense and he’ll be serviceable.
Harley has not changed over the years I have followed this board and why should he as he has been right most of the time.
Maybe so? But he followed it up stating more than one poster. Which means he in fact didn’t intend for the your to be one person.
Report them to the NCAA, if that doesn’t work. Civil suits relating to the business of NIL within the rules of the “business” and bad faith.
I agree with you, but the transfer portal and NIL almost makes it ok to steal or tamper with. I agree with the NIL and these kids trying to set themself up for their future. But committing and then backing out of that commit is my issue. Metcalf for example, lost a year to follow a coach that recruited him. These days, you can leave without a coaching change and not lose a year.
Print it out and put it on the wall!!!Man I take several days off and this board goes to shite! Jk Jk lol. So as a few have stated its to damn early to grade DT. HC has been on here a long time and I respect his posts and everyone can have an opinion. Here's mine..... I really liked the old staff but I think as long as Cael and Co are in state college, Coleman and the boys were NEVER BEATING THEM. EVER. NADA. ZIP. ZERO. Stop kidding yourself. Trophies? Sure, but championships? Not on Cael's watch.
PSU is as strong or stronger than ever depth wise. We were LUCKY to get our new staff. Need I remind you, we got David MF Taylor??!! Every other fan base would have loved to have gotten him. That includes over the Brands bros and tan Tom. So we lost CC? It sucks, but it wasnt Coach Taylors fault and if there had not been someone ear humping the guy to leave he probably would have stayed.
It's summer and we're all itching for some wrestling and to see this team under the new staff. It's easy to doubt things right now. Just a little reminder to those that have forgotten and may have never known..... Bassett was at a DT clinic once and afterwards his father told him this, "as great a wrestler as DT is, he's going to be an even better coach". That's coming from the number 1's father/coach. They don't doubt him, you probably shouldn't either.
We are much closer to 35 under Coach Taylor. Its that simple.
Yes, IMO Merrill will be great at 197, much better than at heavy. And getting another quality heavy when the time comes is not going to be a problem.
Hope everyone had a great 4th. Fartz out
Hendrickson?