Sunday Morning Thoughts
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Give them a break, they just had to watch their two prized recruits
Scooter, pfft, what about Michigan? I heard that Kevin Jackson is in charge of getting his wrestlers to weigh ins.
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No but it may materially affect the nature of training, weight management, periodization, etc.
World class, if I may say so myself! Got done with session one around 230, we had our oldest dog’s ninth celebration, got to Hershey at 4, and walked back in the door at 6:52 with two interviews and photos of the Penn State recruits in hand. Good day!
Different kind of Sunday thought. My three most unlikely upsets in order would be: Mitchell, Barr, Mendez. It pains me to say that my fourth would be Jax Forrest. Watching his Ayala and Larkin demolitions back-to-back, I’m seeing a mutant, titanium spider crossed with Gumby. While the opponent is shooting, Jax is wrapping a leg around back. And that cradle-the-hips tilt is bonkers. Siedel only got close with aggressive offense. I’m all in on our defensive wizard, and, yes, he’s beaten Jax in the past, but if higher-seeded Marcus beats the spider in Cleveland, I’ll consider it one of the year’s most satisfying upsets.
First up, let’s deal with pesky Davino to lock up that NCAA #1 seed.
First up, let’s deal with pesky Davino to lock up that NCAA #1 seed.
Google J'den Cox misses weigh ins for Olympic trials.
I imagine he’s got a lot of work cut out for himself over on HR.
Amen. On any other team Scooter would be considered one of their best hammers and they'd feel lucky to have him. But on this team where 8 conference/nat'l champs isn't farfetched.... Well, suffice it to say that some of us fans is much dumb.
EDIT: I'll add that Braeden has more bonus points this tourney so far than Luke, Marcus, Shayne, PJ, Levi, & Rocco, with a greater likelihood of adding more this next match than most if not all of those teammates. Only Mitch and Josh have more.
If he were on Iowa they would already have him penciled in as a top 3 finisher at nationals this year.
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Well said, it's easy to arm chair quarterback when a wrestler loses a match, Seems I remember when Cole lost a match there were pages of demands that Cochran would be a better option, those posters have suddenly gone silent.
In Cael I trust.
Nobody other than Seidel has even given him a match and it was eye-opening watching him completely dismantle Ayala. Can't think of anyone with a similar skillset and style. You don't want to fall into the transitive property fallacy - as Forrest has destroyed guys Blaze had really tight matches with - but also can't read too much into their past head-to-heads (mostly in freestyle, I think). Will be interesting to see how Blaze tactically attacks that match.
He is in Iowa City getting ready to twist and shout with Corby in celebration of the fourth place BIG trophy.
I don't put too much into what they did versus common opponents. Mendez was destroying people Bartlett barely beat and Bartlett should have beat Mendez
Reading the Iowa board tells me that if they had only called a singlet tug against Rocco, Iowa would have 8 guys in the finals
It’s taken him 3 years to put on 15 pounds, I’ll be happy with 8-10.
"No worries"?
A win is a win. Check that two wins are two wins and that is all that matters.
SVN can certainly get an A for resiliency, not panicking and grinding through difficult circumstances. Otherwise, no way he earned an A overall for those matches. I have no idea what has happened to his neutral defense this year most notably in the first period. He made the very same mistake twice against McNeil, and nearly exposed both times as well. He is in a pretty weak weight class and should have distanced himself from the competition long ago.
Shane is allowing inferior wrestlers to have a real shot at an upset. This started well before the tourney. The best I could give him is a B-. With this coaching staff, and his talent and experience, what we are seeing 'repeatedly' is a huge head scratcher!
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An undefeated 11 seed that probably been would have been a top 3 seed if he wrestled enough matches this year.
I’m a bit nervous about Minto vs Levi. The B1G media, in selecting Minto as the semis OW, seems to be trying to create a story line hoping for a Minto win. Amirite?
Very similar to their dual meet. Ghadiali “looks” slow but isn’t so much fast as he is quick and agile. Give credit to him.
I got five today… Blaze, Duke, Rocco have very tough matches. The others have tough matches. It’s the B1Gs. Tougher than nationals. Nittany Nation to take over Cleveland in two weeks. Record setter again.
Agreed, except for SVN. He's gotta figure out the slow start thing or one time his gas tank might not be enough to save him. I'd give him a B or B+, still good though.
I'm seeing his stance is way to high for close wrestling. There is no defense for a single leg he walks right into them he needs to be low like blaze. Even last year he crouched more. He will figure it out. Nobody can stay with him for 3 periods so he just pours it on late
Not even just the strength a couple he just needed to circle around. He is far quicker than most heavies he needs to use that speed. Grab an ankle and circle instead of pulling it in
If he wrestled full big ten schedule, he wouldn't be undefeated.
That's not relevant to this discussion. My point is Oliveri is not your normal 11 seed.
You can't say if he had enough matches he would be top 3 seed, when several of those matches would be losses.