Ha......who didn't see that coming? Ahhhh.....not even Nostradamus had an inkling
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I have mixed feelings between Barr and Facundo. Both trained together in high school with same techniques, i.e., no setting up before attacks. So whoever can break that habit first will have a better career, IMO.
Seems like a good fit for him. He gets to be much closer to home, likely not cut a ton of weight, and help Oregon State potentially inch closer to a team trophy
Eating a large pepperoni pizza as we speak.
NCAA shrinks window for athletes to enter transfer portal.
https://www.espn.com/college-sports...shrinks-window-athletes-enter-transfer-portal
"The rule change will impact all sports and give players 45 total days throughout the year to enter their names into the transfer portal."
https://www.espn.com/college-sports...shrinks-window-athletes-enter-transfer-portal
"The rule change will impact all sports and give players 45 total days throughout the year to enter their names into the transfer portal."
Marginally. It just shoehorns all portal entries into windows totaling 45d.
The re-recruiting can still occur at any time.
If anything, the deadline will make anyone on the fence go ahead and enter their name sooner than later -- provided they don't fear having their scholarship revoked.
A healthy SVN, with a year of good development (wrestling with Zain, Nick, etc) will be a very different cat than the one he wrestled last year at Wisconsin.
Year 7 for Gomez.
This leads me to think. How many wrestlers who competed beyond year 5 had their best season in their final year?
Iowa and Michigan offer a nice sample size.
Name - NCAA finish in final season - Best career finish
Iowa
Eirman - DNP - 2nd
Young - DNP - 5th
Marinelli - 5th - 5th
Kemerer - 4th -2nd
S Lee - 6th -1st
Murin - 6th - 6th
Warner -5th - 2nd
Michigan
Suriano - 1st - 1st
Micic - DNP - 2nd
Storr - DNP - 5th
Massa - 5th -3rd
M Amine - 2nd -2nd
Medley - DNP - DNP
Finesilver - DNP -DNP
PSU
Hildebrandt - DNP - 4th
Dean - 7th - 1st
Cassar - Inj after going 3-0 - 1st
Rasheed - No NCAAs in 2020 (Inj def final match at Bigs) - best finish was 7th
Caveat: I don't guarantee 100% accuracy.
This leads me to think. How many wrestlers who competed beyond year 5 had their best season in their final year?
Iowa and Michigan offer a nice sample size.
Name - NCAA finish in final season - Best career finish
Iowa
Eirman - DNP - 2nd
Young - DNP - 5th
Marinelli - 5th - 5th
Kemerer - 4th -2nd
S Lee - 6th -1st
Murin - 6th - 6th
Warner -5th - 2nd
Michigan
Suriano - 1st - 1st
Micic - DNP - 2nd
Storr - DNP - 5th
Massa - 5th -3rd
M Amine - 2nd -2nd
Medley - DNP - DNP
Finesilver - DNP -DNP
PSU
Hildebrandt - DNP - 4th
Dean - 7th - 1st
Cassar - Inj after going 3-0 - 1st
Rasheed - No NCAAs in 2020 (Inj def final match at Bigs) - best finish was 7th
Caveat: I don't guarantee 100% accuracy.
Two corrections to Michigan. Storr never placed at NCAAs. Amine's previous high finish was 3rd, then finished 2nd in his final year.
Nice work. Glad to see people are catching on to the concept that kids coming back isn't necessarily a good thing. With Iowa in 2022, I spelled out exactly why the heavily favored Hawkeyes wouldn't win the title and a big reason being HEW, burnout and injuries to all their 6th and 7th year guys. Their fans laughed at me. Last season I told them at best they'd have one champion..was leaning towards them having zero but most importantly told them that if they did get a champion Spencer Lee wouldn't be the one. I said injuries, reduced mat time and training and some stud out there gunning for him would be the reason why. Again, their fans laughed at me.
BTW, if it seems like I'm tooting my own horn well you'd be correct. There's a couple Hawk fans that came here just to point out my stupidity when I posted the things I posted. To them I'm saying...
TOOT TOOT.
Nice work. Glad to see people are catching on to the concept that kids coming back isn't necessarily a good thing. With Iowa in 2022, I spelled out exactly why the heavily favored Hawkeyes wouldn't win the title and a big reason being HEW, burnout and injuries to all their 6th and 7th year guys. Their fans laughed at me. Last season I told them at best they'd have one champion..was leaning towards them having zero but most importantly told them that if they did get a champion Spencer Lee wouldn't be the one. I said injuries, reduced mat time and training and some stud out there gunning for him would be the reason why. Again, their fans laughed at me.
BTW, if it seems like I'm tooting my own horn well you'd be correct. There's a couple Hawk fans that came here just to point out my stupidity when I posted the things I posted. To them I'm saying...
TOOT TOOT.
Reminds me of a famous quatrain from Nostradamus:Nice work. Glad to see people are catching on to the concept that kids coming back isn't necessarily a good thing. With Iowa in 2022, I spelled out exactly why the heavily favored Hawkeyes wouldn't win the title and a big reason being HEW, burnout and injuries to all their 6th and 7th year guys. Their fans laughed at me. Last season I told them at best they'd have one champion..was leaning towards them having zero but most importantly told them that if they did get a champion Spencer Lee wouldn't be the one. I said injuries, reduced mat time and training and some stud out there gunning for him would be the reason why. Again, their fans laughed at me.
BTW, if it seems like I'm tooting my own horn well you'd be correct. There's a couple Hawk fans that came here just to point out my stupidity when I posted the things I posted. To them I'm saying...
TOOT TOOT.
“A wise man from a watery town, foretells doomsday for a program from the corn, fanatics suggest he is but a clown, but his prophecies come true as oft’ as the sun rises in the morn’”
Reminds me of the classic song When the Walls Come Down by the CallNice work. Glad to see people are catching on to the concept that kids coming back isn't necessarily a good thing. With Iowa in 2022, I spelled out exactly why the heavily favored Hawkeyes wouldn't win the title and a big reason being HEW, burnout and injuries to all their 6th and 7th year guys. Their fans laughed at me. Last season I told them at best they'd have one champion..was leaning towards them having zero but most importantly told them that if they did get a champion Spencer Lee wouldn't be the one. I said injuries, reduced mat time and training and some stud out there gunning for him would be the reason why. Again, their fans laughed at me.
BTW, if it seems like I'm tooting my own horn well you'd be correct. There's a couple Hawk fans that came here just to point out my stupidity when I posted the things I posted. To them I'm saying...
TOOT TOOT.
They'd all been warned
And the walls came down
They stood there laughing
They're not laughing anymore
If Amine finished 2nd in 2022, wouldn't that also make 2nd the highest finish of his career?
You're right about Storr. I was mistakenly looking at his highest finish at Big Tens (5th in 2019, 20 and 21). Interestingly, he finished 7th in his (6th) final year.
Aaron is a real nightmare, for opposing wrestlers, on top.
I haven't watched Aaron much. That was a workman-like performance, clearly he can maintain position, scramble and throw the legs in. Not sure I saw a turn? A true nightmare is Zain. It would be great if Aaron could get in the room and learn some bow and arrow.
There's a lot to work with in Aaron Nagao. He's very, very quick and penetrates well. He'll do well, practicing with guys like RBY, Nick Lee and BB.
And, that ride. I'm not sure how the new rule changes will impact him, but people don't want to go under a guy like Nagao, so that's a effectively a one point swing for him.
And, that ride. I'm not sure how the new rule changes will impact him, but people don't want to go under a guy like Nagao, so that's a effectively a one point swing for him.
Call me crazy, but I think we'll see Nagao jump a level (or two) this season.
He will jump one level cause RBY won't be in the bracket.
I believe he’s already back practicing. I may be wrong, though.
Thanks! I had missed it--Looks like he's gonna fit right into our program... I do feel for Micki though--that looked mighty unpleasant.
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Who on the current roster scrambles like Nagao? I can't think of any one that looks for it like he does. Will he stop scrambling as much or will they embrace his scrambling?
I would embrace it, anyone that shoots on him, before you know it, they are either fighting off a takedown attempt of Aaron’s or being put in danger three.
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One thing I love about our coaches is they allow our wrestlers to wrestle to their strengths. There is no "Penn State Style" other than winning. Some light up the scoreboard, some punish opponents on top, some are defensive masters, but each are unique. I see Nagao continuing to scramble and develop in these positions to become even stronger.
I agree.
My thoughts on it are, the coaches in the room don't teach scrambling and will not keep him from doing it but his fundamentals will continue to grow. So is that going to slow his scrambling down?
My thoughts on it are, the coaches in the room don't teach scrambling and will not keep him from doing it but his fundamentals will continue to grow. So is that going to slow his scrambling down?
What???? Are you on the Iowa board by mistake?
The PSU staff are wizards at teaching scrambling
Anyone can matter scrambling with a little practice.
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