2021-2023 Transfer Portal news

[NittanyChris]

Some exquisite Schadenfreude going on at HR now. Chef’s Kiss!

 

[johnstownsteel]

No spoilers on what's being said on HR.

That's gonna be my bedtime reading material tonight. I'm so looking forward to it. Lol

 

[5q]

Crazy that we still have a 125 lber transferring in yet too

One of twins is going to drop down

 

[mcpat]

Until this year, I’ve felt that Iowa has had the upper hand with the transfer portal. But this off-season has seen a HUGE market correction.

 

[johnstownsteel]

I'm hearing the opposite, maybe I'll stop short of saying "done deal" but definitely have not heard Cannon is trending to Rutgers.

Any idea where Cannon slots in?

Ok, I'll stop being a smartass now. Lol

 

[GogglesPaizano]

Well on the positive side for Iowa, it seems they still have $500k in their pocket.

On the positive side for PSU, it seems; quite possibly, so do we!

 

[El-Jefe]

No spoilers on what's being said on HR.

That's gonna be my bedtime reading material tonight. I'm so looking forward to it. Lol

Sure thing, Ranger Dan.

 

[Foreverinbluejeans57]

Well on the positive side for Iowa, it seems they still have $500k in their pocket.

On the positive side for PSU, it seems; quite possibly, so do we!

Oh that’s just wrong lol

 

[El-Jefe]

And your faith in God has been restored!

 

[Cstroke]

Tikk, would this be considered a binding contract?
asking for a friend(the board)

Can we still kick jts?

 

[McScoreley]

Any idea where Cannon slots in?

Ok, I'll stop being a smartass now. Lol

I look like an idiot, you look very smart.

I am not exaggerating when I heard Nagao was a no and coaches planned to focus on Cannon.

 

[82bordeaux]

No spoilers on what's being said on HR.

That's gonna be my bedtime reading material tonight. I'm so looking forward to it. Lol

 

[Chickenman Testa]

 

[mcpat]

125: no prediction till I see Howard healthy.
133: Top 3
141: Top 3
149: Top 2
157: Champ
165: Top 8
174: Champ
184: Top 3
197: Champ
285: Champ

That’s 142 before bonus. Come on Howard! Get healthy! 171 could happen!

 

[PatMineo22]

I’m sorry but it was the only way to get someone to expose the bags iowa is offering, which he just did on Basch. 🥸

It was written since day 1.

 

[GogglesPaizano]

It's pretty clear God is assembling the strongest team he needs at PSU for the coming apocalypse.

Surely I jest.

Or do I?

 

[GogglesPaizano]

125: no prediction till I see Howard healthy.
133: Top 3
141: Top 3
149: Top 2
157: Champ
165: Top 8
174: Champ
184: Top 3
197: Champ
285: Champ

I'm sorry the team is just too deep, can you help out by putting names to each of these?

 

[Ja1339]

The fact that the rumor to Iowa was dangled, and then Aaron crushed their dreams with his announcement makes this so sweet!

 

[Hey_Blue]

Do you think he changed his mind or was it just a well done smokescreen all along?

He didn't change his mind and the smokescreen didn't come from him.

 

[GogglesPaizano]

I look like an idiot, you look very smart.

I am not exaggerating when I heard Nagao was a no and coaches planned to focus on Cannon.

Hey we have to give credit where credit is due. Clearly one program offered him a lot of compensation and PSU not so much. Cael wants kids who want to be here for the right reasons.

I suspect in the immediate aftermath of having a big offer thrust in front of him he started to lean that direction. It's very hard to resist especially at 20ish years old.

Maybe our guys sensed he was leaning. I do feel bad for Cannon who had to have been on edge hanging in the lurch, for the past week. I will make it a point to root for him, my first showing of any Rutgers support.

Aaron, took his time, and through prayer and reflection made the 'wise' choice, that was probably harder than the easy choice 'of this world'. Impressive young man.

 

[Phantom of the Palestra]

Bob Nicolls calling Brands, trying to get his money back.

 

[PSUer1989]

It's sad what Covid did to Spencer. If they hold the 2020 tournament, Spencer is an overwhelming favorite and Iowa was the favorite to win the team title. Then 2021 would be his swan song in NCAA wrestling, and he wins with no ACLs while leading Iowa to it's second straight title and goes out of college wrestling a 4-time champ and conquering hero with the famous last words "excuses are for wusses" as he leaves his shoes on the mat, and people are debating whether he really is the GOAT or not (I still don't see any reason Cael wouldn't be, but at least there is a reasonable conversation about it).

Of course, that's not what happened. 2020 was canceled. 21 was title three on no ACLs, but he rushes back for the 22 season without surgery to make one last run with KemDog, The Bull, and The Riddler, and can't go, so he gets the surgery very late in the game and tries to come back from double ACL reconstruction in 9 months and is never really 100%, and spends his last moments in college wrestling counting rafters while missing out on his 4th instead of delivering his "excuses" line after triumphantly winning his 4th.

A close second in best things about next season (with first obviously being watching the good guys win another title) is there will be no more reason to discuss Spencer Lee in every other thread.

 

[Chickenman Testa]

A close second in best things about next season (with first obviously being watching the good guys win another title) is there will be no more reason to discuss Spencer Lee in every other thread.

I can’t like this post enough.

 

[Cali_Nittany]

A close second in best things about next season (with first obviously being watching the good guys win another title) is there will be no more reason to discuss Spencer Lee in every other thread.

You're very optimistic.

 

[PatMineo22]

I to

The fact that the rumor to Iowa was dangled, and then Aaron crushed their dreams with his announcement makes this so sweet!

l told someone in this group this the day he portaled. I knew trolling iowa would be a lot sweeter in the end after they said “we don’t do bags, we don’t do bags!” 😂😂😂

 

[Sportfan2017]

And your faith in God has been restored!

God and I have a deal. Every Payday I toss my money into the air. God keeps whatever he/she wants and whatever falls back to Earth......Is mine .

 

[Phantom of the Palestra]

I to

l told someone in this group this the day he portaled. I knew trolling iowa would be a lot sweeter in the end after they said “we don’t do bags, we don’t do bags!” 😂😂😂

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I'm not going to lie. This is impressive trolling.

 

[hlstone]

I’ve waded deep into the 2020 NCAA brackets. I’m convinced Penn State was going to win. I know how they placed at Big Tens.

I Wayde every day. I know PSU would have won 2020. Vincenzo said so in some interview.🙂

 

[mcpat]

I Wayde every day. I know PSU would have won 2020. Vincenzo said so in some interview.🙂

I remember that! He had them with five champs. I’m saying they’d win even with four. The brackets were not kind to Iowa that year. And it wasn’t going to take a ton of points to win that year.

 

[diggerpup]

AD Pat Kraft deserves a hat tip as well.

This recent wave of transfers -plus- elite recruits.

I'm not sure whatever the hell Sandy was screwing up btw/ the "Evan Wick botched transfer" and being slow on the NIL gas pedal vs some Ohio St recruits.

But, whatever obstacles Sandy left in Cael's path, it appears that Pat Kraft has rolled up his sleeves and demolished those obstacles.

 

[nitlion6]

One response:

“It was always gonna be an uphill battle to catch Penn st. The transfer portal all but ended any chance of catching them on an “off” year or “rebuilding” year.
Team titles will be wrapped by Friday night going forward. Only reason to watch is to see if a hawk wins in the finals or to see if any of the 5 Penn st finalists will lose.
Portal is trash
NIL how it is is trash
This is the death of parity
The spirit of college competition is dead
Every other school is a farm league for Penn st.
Iowa may get some crumbs but how it’s set up currently, sorry to say, it’s over”

Once it was decided that Cael and Penn State wrestling were to be joined, parity was on it's way out the window.

Penn State is king, long live the king.

This is good for Iowa. They have generally been only good enough to finish somewhere below the second place team. Yet they would believe they are right there with PSU. Hell they got beat by 55 and still think they have a shot next year. This maybe drives it home so they can plan accordingly for a 2nd, 3rd or 4th place trophy presentation and understand their team accomplished something good.

If it makes the PSU wrestling fandom feel great it shall be deemed "GOOD". If it brings Hawk wrestling fandom anguish it is forever more proclaimed "EVEN BETTER!"

This is GOOD and EVEN BETTER!

 

[johnstownsteel]

I look like an idiot, you look very smart.

I am not exaggerating when I heard Nagao was a no and coaches planned to focus on Cannon.

I was just playn..

 

[hlstone]

Well at least Iowa won't be complaining about their ticket allotment to Nationals for a long time.

 

[aalion]

I was just playn..

I wasn’t

 

[mcpat]

I wasn’t

 

[jack66]

We are now Oly RS proof. If Carter takes a RS then Massinbrink slots in, and Alex bumps up. Still a solid line-up from top to bottom.

He was to be the pipeline from PA to Iowa. It never materialized.

Neither did the 3-inch binder.

 

[matter7172]

Cael has pretty much run the table this offseason. Even I am impressed. Lol.

 

[Cstroke]

We are now Oly RS proof. If Carter takes a RS then Massinbrink slots in, and Alex bumps up. Still a solid line-up from top to bottom.

Neither did the 3-inch binder.

The only thing they didn’t take into account was that no one in Iowa can read.

 

[nittinsc]

And the hits just keep on coming @mcpat

 

[jack66]

I don't know if I'm ready for HR to accept reality.