PSU Recruiting Thread

McScoreley

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I would be shocked if Hutcherson isn't a Penn Stater.

Besides the obvious proximity to home and his familiarity with the coaches, Elijah Brown and him are very close friends/training partners and want to go to school together.
 

Corby2

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I would be shocked if Hutcherson isn't a Penn Stater.

Besides the obvious proximity to home and his familiarity with the coaches, Elijah Brown and him are very close friends/training partners and want to go to school together.
Wouldn't shock me either. Iowa wouldn't shock me either. I know he's been training at both
 

Atrain83

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I would be shocked if Hutcherson isn't a Penn Stater.

Besides the obvious proximity to home and his familiarity with the coaches, Elijah Brown and him are very close friends/training partners and want to go to school together.
Does feel like the top of the 2028 class is filled with Penn state connections. Not sure how many they can add after the loaded 2027 class but they’re in a good position.
 

McScoreley

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Wouldn't shock me either. Iowa wouldn't shock me either. I know he's been training at both
Sounds good, PSU shouldn't expect to get anyone in 2028, heard Cam Howard is an Ok State lean actually and is ready to buck the KD to PSU trend.
 

Corby2

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Sounds good, PSU shouldn't expect to get anyone in 2028, heard Cam Howard is an Ok State lean actually and is ready to buck the KD to PSU trend.
It's definitely on the table but Cael gets what he wants usually. He lost Ross and Jax so losing Cam wouldn't shock me with the logjam
 

LB99

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And the same coaches are there. You said they don't develop anyone and I proved otherwise and now it's it was 7 years ago 🤣 .
You didn’t prove jack schiit. You posted an old article. They have fallen even further behind in those 7 years. Sad thing is the dancing corner fools don’t even realize it.
 
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El_Jefe

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Sanchez at PSU feels like a weird fit ... obviously besides the fact he's very good at wrestling. We don't historically get a ton of kids from California out of HS and he'll almost certainly overlap with Sidun who is a career 125.

Don't get me wrong, he is absolutely a plus one type talent you gage his interest and as Cael says, if it's the right fit, they aren't hard to convince.
Morgan McIntosh is still homesick.
 

Corby2

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No need to be thinned skinned about your boys at Iowa. Reality is what it is.
I have friends in Iowa for sure. I'm just not gonna argue with you . I can send data to go against what you said but you believe what you believe I don't care but it's not factual
 

PSU_Lion_Fan

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Yes he did.

No hard feelings, he wanted to be closer to home and I think someone on here said they sat with his grandparents during the ASU dual and they said he was going through really tough times (lost a best friend and older mentor) and the coaches and team was so supportive of him during that time.

He remains RBY's close friend (was a groomsman at his wedding)

I always felt Sanchez was a better fit at Oklahoma State (though they're pretty set at 125 as well) .... or might as well stay in state and get that Stanford degree!
That was me who sat beside his grandfather at the ASU match. Grandpa also said Brody was treated terrible at his Iowa visit. I was very surprised he transferred to the Hawkeyes. Yes, his best friend drowned and his pastor who he was close to was murdered. He was very homesick. I did not share this until after he left PSU. He left PSU on very good terms.
 

LB99

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I have friends in Iowa for sure. I'm just not gonna argue with you . I can send data to go against what you said but you believe what you believe I don't care but it's not factual
Whatever makes you feel better about your boys in Iowa City.
 

RockySmith

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Kid have many options and always have. Kids get hurt everywhere. Hating Iowa is fine but saying they don't develop anyone is not true.
Willie did this in 2018
Recruiting rank vs placement shows they develop guys average 8.6 in recruiting rankings but 3rd at NCAA
I will state without detailed analysis that without a ton of transfers and Bob Nicholl’s money, Iowa would be an afterthought in wrestling today.

They don’t develop anyone. I can’t think of three wrestlers who can honestly say they’ve achieved their goals at Iowa in the past 10 years. Maybe not even one.
 
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Nitlion1986

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Good wrestling only exists at Penn st is that what you think?
I think what he was getting at is the elite kids want to be national champs. There are plenty of schools who develop those kids into champs; PSU, OkieSt, OSU, Nebraska, VaTech, NCST, Cornell and even Pitt. Iowa has history, ice cream.and an ability to make guys tough.
 
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Nitlion1986

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Sanchez at PSU feels like a weird fit ... obviously besides the fact he's very good at wrestling. We don't historically get a ton of kids from California out of HS and he'll almost certainly overlap with Sidun who is a career 125.

Don't get me wrong, he is absolutely a plus one type talent you gage his interest and as Cael says, if it's the right fit, they aren't hard to convince.
This staff learned in their first 7 or 8 years if an animal wants to come to PSU and you already have an animal at that perceived weight, let him in the door. It will work itself out.
 
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Corby2

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I will state without detailed analysis that without a ton of transfers and Bob Nicholl’s money, Iowa would be an afterthought in wrestling today.

They don’t develop anyone. I can’t think of three wrestlers who can honestly say they’ve achieved their goals at Iowa in the past 10 years. Maybe not even one.
You would need to know the goals they had which you don't so......
 

LB99

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I think what he was getting at is the elite kids want to be national champs. There are plenty of schools who develop those kids into champs; PSU, OkieSt, OSU, Nebraska, VaTech, NCST, Cornell and even Pitt. Iowa has history, ice cream.and an ability to make guys tough.
This^^. But Corby got thin skinned and defensive about his boys.
 

LB99

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So they developed guys 7 years ago over a 10 year period but not anymore?
They are an afterthought. They grind their guys into the ground and haven’t changed their approach in a decade or more. There’s no adapting in that coaching staff. Cael plays chess and they are still learning checkers. Nobody with national champion or Olympic aspirations should even consider them.
 
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