My thoughts:
why would Block go 157? He should start the season ranked #4 behind Valencia, SVN and whoever beat him for 5th. 157 has Duke/Kasak, Robideau, Taylor, Larkin, Cannon, Webster, etc. all coming back. At 149, Block could win a title. At 157 he’s lucky to AA. Also, he wrestled 138 in high school, I get going up to 149, but why all the way to 157?
I think Iowa needs a 133 and 165 the most. My issue with bringing someone in at 133 and 157 though is there is so much young talent who probably won’t leave the schools, we would be paying a lot for a low AA or R12. Whoever we bring in at 157 would be lucky to AA. Whoever we bring in at 133 would be lucky to AA behind Forrest, Davino, Blaze, Seidel, Van Dee, Knox. So we’d drop 6 figures for maybe a 7th place finish?
If I could pick two to come, it would be the Larkin brothers. Though, they probably aren’t leaving because their dad was national champ there. So then if I could pick two, it would be Nicco Ruiz of ASU and Tyler Knox of Stanford. Both have 2 years left and AA’ed this year.
Leo DeLuca
#5 Tyler Knox
#5 Nasir Bailey
#4 Ryder Block
#8-12 Jordon Williams
#2 Nicco Ruiz
#5 Gabe Arnold
#3 Angelo Ferrari
Harvey Ludington
#2 Ben Kueter
I could get behind that lineup!