Soldier Solute
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On a positive note Jordan looked pretty good. If he can get his conditioning up he can give a lot of guys problems come March. His offense is nasty, just needs the conditioning to be able to get to it for 7 minutes.
He's not a shell, he just is what he is. He had one nice tournament run as a freshman. He didn't replicate it last year at the same weight, expecting him to do it again at a higher weight is just fooling yourself. He's closer to the round of 16 guy last year than the fluky fourth his freshman year.
Unfortunately 141 is a bust this year. Credit to Brands for going to the portal, but Bailey was a mistake. Got his AA accolade as a freshman and now seems uninterested in wrestling, much less improving. Meanwhile Peterson hasn't really improved either--not sure he'd even qualify for NCAAs.
Why exactly does he deserve credit for having rich donors pay a guy to fill a whole that is solely a result of his own shortcomings?
terrible match tactics from Harvey and the corner. Should’ve cut him right away to start the third, you could see the reversal coming from a mile away.
Harvey actually looked pretty decent on his feet in the first, got in a few times, but yeah trying to ride down 4 was silly.
If anything it seemed like his nationals performance last year was more of a fluke performance. He came In to nationals as the 3 seed and was like 23-4 and had just beat Romney who ended up taking 3rd
I was just trying not to bash Brands in every post. But I'm not arguing with you either
It's Tom's responsibility to put a good team on the mat, and he failed at 41.
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When did this become the narrative for this tournament? There may be legal or logistical reasons for not calling it the University of Iowa Open...but that's damn well what it is. It's our freaking tournament!
Novak was 5th last year, no slouch. I agree--bad decision to try and ride in 3rd. Thought Ludington looked good on his feet.
I was just trying not to bash Brands in every post. But I'm not arguing with you either
Good call. I think I just woke up on the wrong side of the bed lol
Did UNI coach really throw a brick to avoid the major over a decision?
157 is absolutely stacked! Not sure I feel that good about either of the LR transfers finishing on the podium.Yep...and Spencer Lee got pinned by the Okie State guy on his way to an NCAA championship. Again, I feel much better about JW and see him AAing.
I read my own posts and think I woke up on the wrong side of bed every day.
If the plan was to RS Bailey to let him grow into 141 that's great. However, we have zero other option at 141 and everyone involved with the program should have known that. There never was, nor is there, another solution!
No one ever accused our coaching staff of being smart, forward-thinking individuals.
Solid to elite former wrestlers, and they could share that knowledge as coaches to results that were once great and are now......."wanting" at best...........but smart? Progressive? Possessing the gift of "foresight"?
The very pro-Brands Facebook fan page says the match was officiated terribly. What’s that about?
I would hope Bailey was "vetted" prior to handing him a bag.
Without Tom's money buddy, you'd have a hard time convincing anyone else to donate more if these are the dog crap results you get.
Beyond pathetic.
He beat Romney two out of three (was pinned their first match) and the only other guy in the top 20 he faced was Braeden Davis and lost 1-0. Then lost to Frost and Fugitt at Nationals. So he was 2-4 against guys in the R16 or better level, 21-1 against everyone else. Honestly if he could repeat that at 141 I'd still take it, but going to take some work. But I keep thinking how close he was to beating Vega and he can have a puncher's chance vs anybody that isn't a brute like Mendez and Echemendia that are clearly way too strong for him. Romney has also move up to 141 without any success so far either.
I heard that 157 is paper thin this year. I don’t believe it, but really smart people do. Some of the smartest
I think 149, and to a lesser extent 285, are really thin this year
Heres an idea on the nil money! Pay after the performance goals are met! Or atleast 1/2.
No one is doing this. Offering below market value isn’t going to lead to success.
As of the most recent rankings...
| Rank | Grade | Name | School | Previous |
| 1 | SO | Brandon Cannon | Ohio State | 5 |
| 2 | SO | Ty Watters | West Virginia | 1 |
| 3 | FR | PJ Duke | Penn State | 11 |
| 4 | JR | Antrell Taylor | Nebraska | 6 |
| 5 | FR | Landon Robideau | OK State | 2 |
| 6 | JR | Meyer Shapiro | Cornell | NR |
| 7 | SR | Vincent Zerban | Iowa State | 3 |
| 8 | JR | Daniel Cardenas | Stanford | 4 |
| 9 | SO | Kannon Webster | Illinois | 7 |
| 10 | JR | Jordan Williams | Iowa | 8 |
| 11 | JR | Jackson Arrington | NC State | 9 |
| 12 | SO | Logan Rozynski | Lehigh | 12 |
I think Watters, Duke, Taylor, Robideau and Shapiro are all title contenders...and none of them are ranked #1 currently. I think 157 is plenty tough!
Add to that Williams has been majored by Zerban and Webster this year. It's definitely going to be tough road for him to AA.
This is a bit revisionist. This is the worst he's looked his entire career. Was his 4th place finish a little flukey? Maybe a little, but he was still a clear AA caliber guy and a top 8 seed for a reason both years.
For whatever reason, he's clearly drowning in the Iowa training environment. Impossible to say whose fault that is, if it's anybody's fault, but to act like this version of Bailey is reflective of his past two years is quite misleading.
He’s too small I would assume. But, it’s not a scooby doo mystery whose fault it is. Take a look at all the guys they’ve ruined over the years unfortunately.
This. The portal is a high-risk venture that fails more than it succeeds. For every Buchanan, there are three Teemer's who flame out due to age, injury, lack of motivation, etc...
Brands has used it as a bandaid to cover for his own systemic failures as the leader of the program. That's not how you build a consistent winner.
I can't believe Tom still can't see that.
Disappointing. This entire tournament has been rough. There’s a small silver lining if JW and GA can win later. Nasir, Harv, and the rest of the gang failed to impress.
Main two takeaways, I don't know what the deal is with Bailey and at this point I don't care. Start sending Petersen out. Ludington is really bad on bottom and will need a good amount of improvement to be in any AA contender conversation moving forward.