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Meh. There’s room for improvement
Maybe UNI’s coach? Still kinda funny to see he wasn’t unanimous.
That's unbelievable! The rankings project 9 in the semis and 6 in the finals. We're witnessing something other-worldly.
It is crazy we that good top to bottom. That being said, there are some top guys not ranked here because of the criteria...Crookham, Shapiro, Teemer, Gable and Figs just off top of my head
Yeah, I was penciling out with advancement and bonus at low to mid 180s if we matched those rankings at NCAAs
The math isn't working out, so I think either two had Carter at #2, or one had him at #3.
They drop the high and low so that means at least two voted Starocci 3 or lower OR three voted him 2 or lower.
Jeez, that’s not how I would have handled the safety of my wrestler. It’s like those coaches never saw or even heard of Firestarter.
I don't know why we place any importance on the coaches rankings. The poll is garbage. Their RPI requirement leaves too many guys out of the rankings for any reasonable degree of accuracy. Then there is the bias in the voting. I find it hard to believe that coaches do not push their guys higher in the rankings then they should be. Finally, coaches are extremely busy. There are just not enough hours in the day for them. Does anyone really think that given their time constraints, that the coaches can do the research necessary to make a knowledgeable ranking decision? The whole thing seems ridiculous.
Kinda like electing the King of the Brethren Court
Not sure your point? RPI has nothing to do with coaches rank. Coaches rank is one of the three criteria for qualification spots to conference tournies (along with RPI and win%). It also part of seeding matrix at nationals. So it’s the farthest thing from pointless.
Not even the right weight.
I mean, it's not completely unreasonable to put Keck at 1. He is the defending champ at that actual weight class (and the all star classic doesn't count). 184 is one of those weights where there are two people who absolutely deserve to be #1.
I should have been more clear. The coaches rankings require a specific number of matches in order to be ranked
Well, I disagree. Defending champ at the weight doesn’t mean much to me in this scenario. Like Bo before him, Carter is #1 at whatever weight he chooses to compete, until someone actually beats him.
No, because most coaches don't actually take the time to vote in this poll. This is a task that is almost certainly designated to a graduate assistant who is given a list of eligible wrestlers, and then this person scours Intermat, Flo, etc to make a semi-educated guess on how he or she feels the coach would vote.
That is probably mostly how it happens. But there are also enough differences at every weight in the 25-33 range that take the form of a wrestler who is in the coaches poll but not in the Intermat poll (for example) that there is still a fair amount of homerism too.
Ditto for Reece Witcraft.
I mean, I don't disagree with you guys. If I were a coach, I would absolutely have Carter #1. I'm just saying, I can see how others would defer to the actual defending champ at the weight without it being some convoluted conspiracy.
8 is the #. They put these out a couple more times. So by conferences it will be accurate. If you don’t have 8 matches by then, you won’t get a qualifier spot
