Penn State coach Cael Sanderson reiterates stance on potentially adding an NCAA dual meet championship; talks Nebraska and more

[GregPickel]

Penn State coach Cael Sanderson reiterates stance on potentially adding an NCAA dual meet championship; talks Nebraska and more

Penn State coach Cael Sanderson covered a variety of topics on Monday during his first and only news conference of Rutgers week.

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[Tom McAndrew]

 

[GregPickel]

 

[clucas11]

Hilarious…Cael scared.

 

[Roar More]

Cael's objection is to those who are pushing this as an alternative to the NCAA tournament or as part of the calculation to determine the national champion. I also don't think he is keen on training to peak twice in a season.

 

[SleepyLion]

Cael's objection is to those who are pushing this as an alternative to the NCAA tournament or as part of the calculation to determine the national champion. I also don't think he is keen on training to peak twice in a season.

I agree.

Atthis point he should give in and take the 'B-team'. If they don't finish first just say, "they don't finish 1st in our room either."

You are right about peaking twice. Cael's 100% focus is on individual achievements. Focus on that and everything else will take care of itself.

I never heard a single wrestler talk about dreaming to get the win (or not getting beat too bad) so the team could win.

 

[BriantheLion]

I agree.

Atthis point he should give in and take the 'B-team'. If they don't finish first just say, "they don't finish 1st in our room either."

You are right about peaking twice. Cael's 100% focus is on individual achievements. Focus on that and everything else will take care of itself.

I never heard a single wrestler talk about dreaming to get the win (or not getting beat too bad) so the team could win.

It would make me smile to see our B team beat everyone else’s A team!

 

[jdale]

I know in the past Cael was not a fan of having wrestlers have to match up with the same Big Ten opponents 3 and 4 times in a year. Let's face it, except for Ok. State and maybe one of or two others, the top eight teams are all from the Big Ten. You already have 2 to 3 matchups a year with a common opponent (dual, Big Tens, NCAA), you don't need a pre-season tourney to make it 3 or 4x. It would be interesting to see have PSU's second team would do in a dual meet tournament. My guess is top 8.