No. 12 Wrestling Hosted No. 20 Oklahoma, Drexel in Weekend Action

Anon1751330127

Redshirt
Jun 30, 2025
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This team is so bad right now. I hate to be so negative, but this is disastrous. I like the young guys we have and those coming but if we don't start wrestling like a Big Ten team then we're going to have people transferring out and kids de-comitting.

Goody, if you're reading this, just retire already. Help the team find a new head coach. Vouch for Donny, Hahn, Boroughs, a Dake, a Steiber or someone that's a part of one of the Big Schools. You did an amazing job and nobody will take that away from you. What you did here was amazing. But, the time has come. The team, the fans and the wrestlers need some new leadership.
Except all the Goodale lovers will tell you none of those guys would come here, we dont have $, and its not realistic to think we can get any of them. Personally Id offer whatever we can to Hahn. He gets SD St far every year, has a few AA’s, and does a lot with very little. Would fit perfect here plus NJ guy, etc
 

NJwrestling26

Sophomore
Oct 16, 2025
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Except all the Goodale lovers will tell you none of those guys would come here, we dont have $, and its not realistic to think we can get any of them. Personally Id offer whatever we can to Hahn. He gets SD St far every year, has a few AA’s, and does a lot with very little. Would fit perfect here plus NJ guy, etc
Hahn doesn’t want to raise his kids here. Hes only leaving Sout Dakota State for Minnesota
 

AreYouNUTS

Heisman
Aug 1, 2001
121,091
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Except all the Goodale lovers will tell you none of those guys would come here, we dont have $, and it’s not realistic to think we can get any of them. Personally Id offer whatever we can to Hahn. He gets SD St far every year, has a few AA’s, and does a lot with very little. Would fit perfect here plus NJ guy, etc
GET IT DONE KZ!!!!
 

Anon1751330127

Redshirt
Jun 30, 2025
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2nd half wrestled much better, Catka’s guy was a complete Fish but still good results 65-285. 1st half was disappointing. Ashame Parkins could not finish that match off. Seemed like the better wrestler. Freshman mistakes.

Shawver match = no words
Does not looks like a guy who wants a NC or even to AA. Offense is a microcosm of what it used to be.
 

Kiddagger311

Sophomore
Sep 17, 2025
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2nd half wrestled much better, Catka’s guy was a complete Fish but still good results 65-285. 1st half was disappointing. Ashame Parkins could not finish that match off. Seemed like the better wrestler. Freshman mistakes.

Shawver match = no words
Does not looks like a guy who wants a NC or even to AA. Offense is a microcosm of what it used to be.
Shawver ain’t “HIM”. Just another classic case of one of our guys that peaked earlier in their career.
 

Kiddagger311

Sophomore
Sep 17, 2025
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This team is so bad right now. I hate to be so negative, but this is disastrous. I like the young guys we have and those coming but if we don't start wrestling like a Big Ten team then we're going to have people transferring out and kids de-comitting.

Goody, if you're reading this, just retire already. Help the team find a new head coach. Vouch for Donny, Hahn, Boroughs, a Dake, a Steiber or someone that's a part of one of the Big Schools. You did an amazing job and nobody will take that away from you. What you did here was amazing. But, the time has come. The team, the fans and the wrestlers need some new leadership.
Which young guys do you even like ?? The only ones I can think of that remotely might be able to AA is maybe only Barbosa..Nini.. and maybe Ford and that’s a stretch..and of the guys coming in the only one I can think of that might move the needle is younger Harer.
 

rpiseman

All-Conference
Dec 30, 2004
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Which young guys do you even like ?? The only ones I can think of that remotely might be able to AA is maybe only Barbosa..Nini.. and maybe Ford and that’s a stretch..and of the guys coming in the only one I can think of that might move the needle is younger Harer.
If smith gets to a “full” 125, he’ll have a shot to AA.
 

Freddy Stubbs

Junior
Oct 25, 2008
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Let's think about the guys who wrestled well today:
174 - Recruited and developed at another school.
184- Recruited and developed here.
197- Recruited and developed somewhere else.
HWT- Recruited and developed somewhere else.

Notice any patterns?
 

SCNJ

All-American
Oct 12, 2019
4,171
5,558
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Let's think about the guys who wrestled well today:
174 - Recruited and developed at another school.
184- Recruited and developed here.
197- Recruited and developed somewhere else.
HWT- Recruited and developed somewhere else.

Notice any patterns?
I’m not going to defend the performance today but this is pretty selective.

If Peterson wins a national title this year, will you come back and say yeah he jumped a level because of Iowa, or will you credit Rutgers and say we developed him?
 

njsportsphan

Senior
Jan 26, 2021
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Which young guys do you even like ?? The only ones I can think of that remotely might be able to AA is maybe only Barbosa..Nini.. and maybe Ford and that’s a stretch..and of the guys coming in the only one I can think of that might move the needle is younger Harer.
Well, I like Walsh, Smith, Townsen, Parkins, Nini, Gibson, Harer, Chap, Ford, Barbosa, Magro and the future recruiting class. They're a young group taking their lumps; not dominant out of the gate, but I'm hopeful.

I'd keep Mytch and Labs. I know Pollard and Goody work hard and are good people, but I think they're over their head. Would love to see two new high accolade coaches come in and keep Mytch and Labs. I know that's probably unrealistic, but I do think they're doing a good job at recruiting. I just think Goodale and these bad losses are a tough sell.
 

Kiddagger311

Sophomore
Sep 17, 2025
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If smith gets to a “full” 125, he’ll have a shot to AA.
Well I hope so, but feel like it’s a lot of hoping still. Ohio State had an undersized 125 pounder not too long ago, Heinselman, who was very solid but never AA. He beat guys like Ventresca, Noto, McKee, Latona, even Ayala… not sure yet if Smith can even beat the upper lvl 125 pounders let alone if can become “full” or even shot to AA.
 

Freddy Stubbs

Junior
Oct 25, 2008
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I’m not going to defend the performance today but this is pretty selective.

If Peterson wins a national title this year, will you come back and say yeah he jumped a level because of Iowa, or will you credit Rutgers and say we developed him?
I will probably say that the Iowa coaches helped him to elevate his game.

What wrestler that was recruited and developed at RU, other than SCW, came out and wrestled well this weekend?
 

SCNJ

All-American
Oct 12, 2019
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I will probably say that the Iowa coaches helped him to elevate his game.

What wrestler that was recruited and developed at RU, other than SCW, came out and wrestled well this weekend?
You can’t have it both ways though. You can’t say “Peterson got better once he left” and then in the same breath say “the good guys Rutgers has is because they came from elsewhere.”

In reality it’s probably somewhere in the middle of both arguments.