Official roster was tweaked a bit and I noticed a couple things. Hoping maybe some here on the board have some info:
Incoming walkon freshman that never made it onto the official roster:
*Mike Marino - I can only assume he is not wrestling at all as I don't think there is anyway he wouldn't be doing better than a few of the freshman walkons currently on the roster.
*Devon Bentley
*Kyle Baker
Gary Dinmore is enrolled now at PSU, but not listed on roster - don't know if we are capped at 36 and this is why???
We are painfully thin down low - if Gulibon had gotten injured, I'm assuming we would have had to roll Yankovich out there at 133 - not too put the kid down, but that would have been a bad situation. Right now Yankovich is the backup for Conaway also.
Adding someone down low is as big a priority as 285 although it should be easier as 125 will clear in 2017.
Counting committed high school kids (Manville, Joseph, Stout) we have 8 kids who are or project to be quality starters between 157 and 184 (4 weights) with Freshman or less (RS, High School) eligibility - we are getting jammed up there, plus there are some quality backups there - Morelli/Brill transfers, Phipps, Van Cura/Weldon may project to be quality backups if you look at their results this year - where we don't really have any down low or 285. If Joseph outgrows 149 it will make 9.
I would expect there to be some changes in the coming year or two in the middle. There are going to be some losses in the middle - especially if Joseph is not a 49.
RIght now recruiting wise the next two years (2016/2017) I'm thinking:
125/133 (2) - Chad Red would be a great get in class of 2016, followed by an all out assault on Spencer Lee (2017). Pletcher in the mix also, but I don't see him as a 125 anymore and there is no room at the inn at 41, so Red may fit better right now versatility wise early in his career.
141/149 (0) - 141 seems set right now and going forward - either Retherford or Moss holding this down for the next 3 years, one could bump to 49 if needed in 2017. Two more years of Beitz and bringing in Joseph, we will see how long he stays down - his career probably split between 49 and 57. If he is moving to 57, then maybe we need someone in the 2017 class, but we also have Dinmore here basically counting as a 2015 recruit.
157/165 (1-Manville) - We have another year of Frey, plus Hammond, Law, Nolf and bringing in Manville (who I expect will be 165 max - he doesn't project much bigger to me, but who knows) - we are done here for a bit
174/184 (possibly 1) - Again, lots of guys here. I could see them bringing in Mark Hall only for 2016, possibly a 2017 kid. Need Nickal to start putting on the beef immediately - he needs to get to 184 and not because of McCutcheon, because we are stacking up at 174 and below. We also look like we have some quality backups here in Pagano and Van Cura has potential despite his record..
197/285 (1) - definitely need someone here, doubtfully a true 285 as any top one will not come to sit behind Nevills. These are difficult weights to recruit but I expect we will add someone of prominence here plus a walkon or two. Cassar could develop, but I don't see him adding weight to go to 285 until somebody (Stout, McCutcheon?? shows him that McIntosh's spot isn't up for grabs). NY has some good kids that I could see as walkons, and you have Dietrich, Colbray and possibly even Matt Correnti in 2016.
This post was edited on 2/19 3:44 PM by dicemen99
Incoming walkon freshman that never made it onto the official roster:
*Mike Marino - I can only assume he is not wrestling at all as I don't think there is anyway he wouldn't be doing better than a few of the freshman walkons currently on the roster.
*Devon Bentley
*Kyle Baker
Gary Dinmore is enrolled now at PSU, but not listed on roster - don't know if we are capped at 36 and this is why???
We are painfully thin down low - if Gulibon had gotten injured, I'm assuming we would have had to roll Yankovich out there at 133 - not too put the kid down, but that would have been a bad situation. Right now Yankovich is the backup for Conaway also.
Adding someone down low is as big a priority as 285 although it should be easier as 125 will clear in 2017.
Counting committed high school kids (Manville, Joseph, Stout) we have 8 kids who are or project to be quality starters between 157 and 184 (4 weights) with Freshman or less (RS, High School) eligibility - we are getting jammed up there, plus there are some quality backups there - Morelli/Brill transfers, Phipps, Van Cura/Weldon may project to be quality backups if you look at their results this year - where we don't really have any down low or 285. If Joseph outgrows 149 it will make 9.
I would expect there to be some changes in the coming year or two in the middle. There are going to be some losses in the middle - especially if Joseph is not a 49.
RIght now recruiting wise the next two years (2016/2017) I'm thinking:
125/133 (2) - Chad Red would be a great get in class of 2016, followed by an all out assault on Spencer Lee (2017). Pletcher in the mix also, but I don't see him as a 125 anymore and there is no room at the inn at 41, so Red may fit better right now versatility wise early in his career.
141/149 (0) - 141 seems set right now and going forward - either Retherford or Moss holding this down for the next 3 years, one could bump to 49 if needed in 2017. Two more years of Beitz and bringing in Joseph, we will see how long he stays down - his career probably split between 49 and 57. If he is moving to 57, then maybe we need someone in the 2017 class, but we also have Dinmore here basically counting as a 2015 recruit.
157/165 (1-Manville) - We have another year of Frey, plus Hammond, Law, Nolf and bringing in Manville (who I expect will be 165 max - he doesn't project much bigger to me, but who knows) - we are done here for a bit
174/184 (possibly 1) - Again, lots of guys here. I could see them bringing in Mark Hall only for 2016, possibly a 2017 kid. Need Nickal to start putting on the beef immediately - he needs to get to 184 and not because of McCutcheon, because we are stacking up at 174 and below. We also look like we have some quality backups here in Pagano and Van Cura has potential despite his record..
197/285 (1) - definitely need someone here, doubtfully a true 285 as any top one will not come to sit behind Nevills. These are difficult weights to recruit but I expect we will add someone of prominence here plus a walkon or two. Cassar could develop, but I don't see him adding weight to go to 285 until somebody (Stout, McCutcheon?? shows him that McIntosh's spot isn't up for grabs). NY has some good kids that I could see as walkons, and you have Dietrich, Colbray and possibly even Matt Correnti in 2016.
This post was edited on 2/19 3:44 PM by dicemen99
