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Shippsburg

Redshirt
Feb 11, 2018
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Per Willie on Intermat

word is that he bought u of I gear from an apparel company that his wife owns.
4-5k worth.
and the wrestlers and coaches wore it which conflicts with nike deal.
 
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ChicagoHawk2020

All-Conference
Nov 6, 2017
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Per Willie on Intermat

word is that he bought u of I gear from an apparel company that his wife owns.
4-5k worth.
and the wrestlers and coaches wore it which conflicts with nike deal.
Willie said it was “school funds” and that it was a “very small amount” on twitter. I definitely wouldn’t say 5k is a very small amount of money for apparel.
 

dtripp26

Heisman
Oct 29, 2003
10,187
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Agree, lack of a top RTC at Iowa is hurting us. Most of the top kids do seem to be more into international freestyle than college folk style, even though the money and fans are in college wrestling. When Nolf was on Flo talking about how to have a successful college program, he pointed out how smart it was for Taylor to prioritize this right away, and also pointed out how this hurts the Iowa recruiting. Bob mentioned on here that we don’t have the money to have a RTC that attracts top guys. You know wherever Nolf or any other top coaching candidates Iowa may try to get in the future are going to demand bringing HWC up to speed. That’s going to be a problem getting a coach with the ability to take back to the top.
It's a vicious circle...we don't do well at nationals, we don't have many elite level senior wrestlers, and our collegiate guys don't wrestle much at all, so why would people donate to the HWC? Donors want to see the HWC do well, but none of our guys go to any dang events...so why donate?

The whole thing is weird...our entire club is based on one guy (no mention of his recent results) and not a whole lot else.

As our HC, Tom needs to commit to improve everything about the HWC. Why TF would anyone donate to the HWC in its current status?
 

Anon1746362370

Sophomore
May 4, 2025
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Did his wife give him an "at cost" price or did she double/triple the price? That's the real question in my mind.
 

ILLHawk135

Junior
Feb 22, 2021
53
208
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Why would we want him? He's 184/197 and we are fine there. He's overrated. There are other kids in IL worth mentioning though
Would be a bummer for the program if they fire Poeta, he’s really gotten the program in the right direction. In terms of their roster and recruits Stewart has really regressed quite a bit. Didn’t even place at Ironman and keeps falling in national rankings. Is real short for the weight and just doesn’t have reliable offense against other top level guys. Webster and Scoles are both studs in weights we could use but scoles is an Askren kid so that would never happen. Webster was trained by medlin so unless he left as well I’m guessing Webster would stay.
 

Libertylover

All-Conference
Dec 17, 2020
769
1,280
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Would be a bummer for the program if they fire Poeta, he’s really gotten the program in the right direction. In terms of their roster and recruits Stewart has really regressed quite a bit. Didn’t even place at Ironman and keeps falling in national rankings. Is real short for the weight and just doesn’t have reliable offense against other top level guys. Webster and Scoles are both studs in weights we could use but scoles is an Askren kid so that would never happen. Webster was trained by medlin so unless he left as well I’m guessing Webster would stay.
Plus, Stewart plans on playing football also, which isn’t going to help him develop as a wrestler and will have to wrestle no smaller than 197.
 
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dt21

Junior
Jun 5, 2025
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i have a lot of respect for poeta, hope this is a blip and he can continue his job. sorry herl for coming off like a dick:)
 
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AndEEss

Junior
Jun 12, 2020
144
372
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Facundo still can’t finish a takedown after all these years.
Classic Facundo. Forehead stuck to mat, arms fully extended, heels to his own hips, not even trying to pull a leg in.

Watched a LOT of that when he was at Penn State.

He has an ankle picker’s build but never picked it up despite being coached by both Cael and DT.
 

Sett1997

All-Conference
Oct 23, 2025
745
2,288
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Where is the punch line?

Ohhh I tell ya, I was an ugly baby, ugly baby.
I was so ugly my Mom wouldn't breast feed me....

She told me she just wanted to be friends.

Tie No Respect GIF by Rodney Dangerfield
 

sdvike

All-Conference
Feb 23, 2016
785
1,672
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The slap of the mat has nothing to do with when the fall has occurred.

it’s just the signal to everyone that the fall occurred.

the ref should blow the whistle at the fall then slap the mat.
True but when Hardy rolled through and had shoulders on mat for split second, that ref was not in position to even see it. Maybe the extra ref saw it and called it out to the mat ref but Hardy def not pinned when the mat ref got down to check, it was a good 5 seconds later than that roll through that sometimes gets called. The mat ref even seemed to hesitate after slapping the mat when it was too late.

No doubt, Hardy isn't beating Vega in that match but that call looked off.
 

sdvike

All-Conference
Feb 23, 2016
785
1,672
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Midlands: Looking at the ranked wrestlers attending per Flo, this tournament has become pretty bad, most all are ranked in the 20s to 30s. Hope the SS at least has a few decent ranked matchups.
 
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sdvike

All-Conference
Feb 23, 2016
785
1,672
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Midlands not looking good at all. I think Hawks had a chance to sweep up with 10 champions if Keuter wrestles through. And yes, Soldier Salute will probably look the same.
 
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