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In a video titled "Tom Ryan 2024-2025 Season Preview and Fall Camp Update", Coach Tom Ryan discusses the upcoming Ohio State wrestling season, highlighting the team's productive summer and their excitement for the new season [
00:19]. He provides a breakdown of the roster and weight classes, including key wrestlers.
- 125 lbs: The coach mentions a competition between Bernie Mcrone, the starter for the past two years, and Vinnie, who is recovering from injuries [02:15].
- 133 lbs: This weight class is a "hotly contested" competition between Nick Bakus and freshman Ben Deino, both of whom have the potential to make it to the national finals [03:11].
- 141 lbs: Jesse Mendes, a two-time national champion, is praised for his leadership and is considered a strong contender for a third national title [08:47].
- 149 lbs: The coach talks about transfer Ethan Styles, noting his hard work and dedication to the team [11:00].
- 157-165 lbs: There is a competition for these two spots among wrestlers like Brandon Cannon and Burton [14:14].
- 174 lbs: Carson, a long-time team member, is praised for his potential as a champion after a full summer of training [17:27].
- 184 lbs: The coach discusses the transfer of Rocco Welsh and the acquisition of Dylan Fishbach, an Ohio native [20:00].
- 197 lbs: The competition is between Luke Lall, Shoemate, and Ryder, who is moving up in weight [22:15].
- Heavyweight: Nick Feldman is described as a "blessing" to the team, and the coach is excited about his potential [23:36].
The video also includes a personal update from Coach Ryan on his recovery from a car accident in April 2024. He has undergone five major surgeries and has one more to go, but he remains hopeful about his recovery [
32:09].
The video can be found at:
Tom Ryan On Rocco Welsh Transfer, Lineup For This Year And Recovery From Car Accident
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TaTo on ROCco:
Uh, but before we talk about Dylan, just what what was your read on on where it I don't even know if the
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word went wrong or what led to to Rockco leaving? What was your your read now that it's the dust is maybe settled?
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Yeah, you know, they're young. You know, I left Syracuse after my second year.
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Um, you know, there was zero communication between me and anybody at
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the University of Iowa. So, that was a difference. Uh, or there was no middleman. Well,
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there's middle, you know, there's just it's just the way it goes. I mean, student athletes have friends that are in the sport and they're in your ear.
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Um, there was no money for me leaving. In
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fact, there was a massive loss for my family leaving Syracuse and walking out of Iowa. I got $300 in the second
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semester. Gable brought me in after I beat Pat Smith. And he said, "Hey, I want to talk to you
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about scholarship." And he gave me 300 bucks. Wow. Uh, which which to me was, you know, it
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was a diamond ring, a five karat diamond ring to me because he knew I was going to make a difference there. I remember
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walking back to my apartment. there were no cell phones and calling my dad and saying, "Listen, Gabriel just met with me. He gave me 300 bucks and it was like
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massive celebration." Called my brother, uh, who was at Syracuse at the time, finishing up. It was a different time,
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you know, and I lost a year, you know, I he wanted to wrestle me my freshman year, uh, and I couldn't wrestle because
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of the uh of the of the penalty leaving. So, you know, there not being a penalty
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for for Rockco definitely hurt us. Mhm. Uh you could wrestle right away. Um and
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I'm sure there was money involved. We had a really really strong NIL offer
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that he committed to. He was super happy and his family really happy. But at the end of the day, listen, I love Rocco. It
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was a tough decision. Um I think he probably has regrets in the way he handled it. Um but he's young and if
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that's where he wants to be, that's where he should be. Uh we were fortunate that an Ohio boy that loved, you know,
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his room was tethered with Ohio State stuff as a kid in in Fishbach. Um there
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was an opening for him and uh as tough as it was for him to leave there, he wanted to come home. So, you know, we
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were happy to get a guy that they really wanted to be here and as a high level guy. But there's no I mean, honestly, there's no hard feelings with Rocco. I
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love Rocco. We poured into Rockco. We did what was right for Rocco. every step of the way. I did what was right for Rock and uh it was right to red shirt
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him or just go 84, right? That was the right move for him. That was the best thing for him.
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Although it's tough. It was tough for him, you know, because he wanted to compete. He's a competitor and it's like, what do you mean I'm red shirting?
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You know, I'm going to be back at 74. So, it was tough tough situation, you know, when you look back at those
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situations and you wonder, you know, where is the learning? What could we have done better? Um, you know, Carson,
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we knew Carson was coming back at 74 in in in December. So, it's like if you
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wrestle Rockco all through November and December and Carson beats him, now you
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made the bonehead move of the year. Well, you you could have red shirted him and just wait. And the best thing for him was to beat the 84. I believe that.
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So, it was tough, but you know, his dad and I still, you know, still text, his dad and I are friends and and um, you know,
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I think that's the way it should be. Um, and we wish him nothing but good luck. You know, we got a great guy at 84. We
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got a guy that wants to be with us, a guy that loves Ohio State, and ultimately you want people that want to be with you.