Chittum is a hawk instead of a goofer
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I would not be surprised to see Chittum go at 157 second semester this year. 157 is their biggest hole. If he does well at a weak weight......Iowa will be tough. I still think their best chance is this year. After next year......the Hawks will lose Spencer, Murin and most likely Cass and Warner. I have no doubt Brands is going to take his best shot this year. A transfer at 157 or their best wrestler at 157....which may well be Chittum unless he and Murin switch spots. They will be gunning for every point and have no reason to hold anyone back.
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I don't think cass will leave. He has a free year and future w HWC.
Warner probably hangs around too.
Who knows what their young guns have yet but even in their down years they are in the mix into Friday morning
So what you are saying is Cael always seems to have a plan moving forward and TnT just seem to be continuously and aimlessly chasing some guy named Carl.
he had to reclassify to graduate "early". I want to see how he does against kids his own age / older. His recent success has all been against younger kids, less developed.
And kids that jump HS's and flip college decisions so much worry me in general
he's actually not as old as i thought he was. only about half a year older than a typical senior. he's a spring birthday, so he would have been on the younger end if he had stayed in his "normal" year. if he hadn't reclassified, then yes he would be really old.
plus, he's been one of the best guys in the country for 3 years, consistently beating older wrestlers during that time. He didn't just start having success once he became older than his competition. i feel better about the age thing than i used to. I'm excited to see him after being in an improved training environment. his best wrestling was when he was coming off his year at blair. since then, he's been mostly training out of his barn in Tennessee and hasn't had a regular competition schedule. i think moving to iowa city next year and training with guys like arnold, block, kueter, jesuroga, sebolt, etc... will be really good for him.
Moving to Iowa City next year? Then taking a RS?
If so, he'll actually be 21 by the time he starts competing. He's already 19.
As you point out, the reclassifying makes everything look better. I think most of the "angst" about Chittum referred to his starting HS when the average kid would have been entering his JR year. He "graduated" in three years, which puts him back on track as a kid who only took one RS.
He's taking a grey shirt, but it doesn't look likely that he'll be redshirting the year after, that wouldn't make any sense. Keep that RS available for when, as @CSauertiegPSU noted, he inevitably gets injured.
chittum is more technical than he gets credit for. i actually wish he bullied people more. he's a terrific scrambler/counter wrestler and seems content with letting guys get to his legs. i'd like to see him balance that out with using his handfight to get to his own attacks a little more often and keep guys off his legs more.
also, not that important, but he came back and beat rathjen later that day and has beaten him a bunch in the past. I would take haines over him for sure rn, but garvin would be a really interesting match.
