I'm just now starting to recruit Vombauer so Blaze has a year to shirt.
We'll keep Nagao, too, and let them wrestle off for it.
Cut me a break. Smalls is our lead recruiter with hs kids. I was just moonlighting when it came to Jax. My focus is more on transfers...After Jax Forrest …
What? We're recruiting over Sudalaev now?
Well y'all know I am skeptic when it comes to either Marisola ever getting to a full sized heavy, but it seems Ghadiali and Cole are pretty close to the same tier, both in terms of size and performance. Likely career undersized, definite AAs, but not title threats.
Yeah, Penn State has done no better than anyone else, and probably worse than Michigan, at the one-year grad transfers. That's not Cael's game at all. I'd much rather just stick with the Mirasola brothers and see what they can do with a year of experience in the room than add patches for a couple more points in a tournament Penn State is going to win by 50+ anyway. This year's team is spoiling people with potential contenders or at least AAs at every single weight. Even our best lineups in this dynasty have never once had the same sort of lack of holes in it. Run with Cole next year, and if he ends up being a little too small and can't compete with the super athletic 250+ guys, then so be it, we may "only" have 9 AAs.
This doesn't preclude Figueroa from going to Iowa. Titan Mercury sponsors Spencer.
I think the Ghadiali interest could be insurance for if Barr wants to stay 197 after winning Nationals and Connor can't make 184. I could see both Mirasola bros heading somewhere as a package deal if that ends up happening (not saying it will).
Ghadiali not a title threat? With how much hwt clears out next year won’t he start ranked close to one?? Trumble, Feldman, and Kueter are top returners for next year and Ghadiali already beat Feldman earlier..
Bastida is next year's favorite.
I think it’s smart to bring in someone else
I highly doubt anyone on GIA knows what disproof means let alone spell it lmfao
That is possible, but he still didn’t AA last year, and Feldman/Ghadi did… point is they are all pretty close no?
Bastida broke his hand in practice less than a week before NCAAs.
He has nine months to do just that. Look at Kerk when he was a freshman.
Cael isn’t doing his job if someone is available, and he doesn’t put out feelers
Put out feelers, sure, but there's no compulsion to take concrete action here. Cael's job is to win national titles. PSU is gonna win next year too, barring something cataclysmic. Getting a HWT for 2026 is not a requirement, especially a 1-yr rental HWT. It's a desire for the fans, and maybe/maybe not for the coaches.
1-2 at NCAAs should be worth about 250K in Iowa City
Shoulder brace purchase at group rates
Not that it makes a big difference, but I thought it was a dislocated/mangled finger?
