Iowa fans that pay attention know exactly what Lugo brings to the team. No doubt he struggles with tall drinks of water. Who wouldn't that's 5' 4" wrestling 149?
Lol, any wrestler at the division 1 level knows how to wrestle depending on the situation. Just absolutely ridiclous reasoning. Lugo not having a wide variety of attacks has nothing to with whether he continues to drive in with his hips high to finish or stays patient with his hips low to cover since he already has the points. Two completely different things. Spoken like somebody who never wrestled.
If anything, your argument that Lugo is a "position guy" proves your whole point wrong because he would have played it safe or wrestled "in the box" after getting the points, and thus wouldn't have put himself in a position to get reversed.
Half of these guys were prolific point scorers dude. You just described Metcalf, Ramos, Tom, Terry, and Gilman as guys with "limited attacks." All of those guys MASSACRED people at the college level. Hell, even Howe put up a ton of points during his prime when he was healthy. Happel is a career back up, so not sure why you picked him. Also, have you ever watched Nelson Brands against somebody his own size? He set the Iowa High School takedown record despite only being elite for 3 years (was just an average varsity guy as a freshman).
No dog in this fight, but it is possible to have a "limited attack" -- I think it would be described more accurately as a "limited number of attacks" -- and still score a ton of points. That is, a wrestler with just a few takedowns in his repertoire can still score many points, as long as he's perfected said takedowns.
The Iowa official roster lists Lugo at 5-5 -- which is the same height as Frank Molinaro.
I agree, but none of those guys had a limited number of attacks. Metcalf attacked both sides of the body, great short offense, and had upper body stuff (ask Frank). Ramos attacked both sides of the body, had misdirection to both sides, elite reattacks, nasty whip over, and could scramble. Tom and Terry attacked both sides, were one of the first to hit elbow offs to the far ankle (now Mark's best attack imo), had a go-behind technique named after them, and also used leg passes a decade before they were popular. Gilman attacks to both sides and was elite in front head, good with under hooks to a cross pick as well. Howe is probably the only one that fit your description as he just brutalized people with the same knee pull single over and over again.
All wrestlers have a limited number of attack. How could you be so ignorant not to recognize that? Are you really trying to claim any of these guys had unlimited attacks? The point I was making (that most people are not too thick headed to understand) is that these guys you just listed score most of the points they are awarded from a basic box. They attack legs in a conventional fashion and hold position. I should have added DeSanto as you could clearly see what happened when RBY put his hand behind his back. It has never been about how many points a guy scores, but how he scores them. It was also not an insult. I guess you need a deeper understanding of the sport than you are able to grasp at this point. I doubt you have ever wrestled at a high level or we wouldn't even be having this conversation. You are an obtuse troll who came looking for a fight. Keep believing what you believe as I know longer have an interest in attempting to educate you.
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I can literally tell you the score of the next twenty matches Lugo wrestles at the end of the first period. 0-0. Bet
Not saying I agree totally with this but he does wrestle like a bull thus the name bull. He tends to move forward and work off of that bull mentality. I think where he has issues is when he wrestles kids that are very good like himself. He still wins but he isn't a kemmerer type that uses more position and finesse like moves to wrestle an opponent. Maybe I'm wrong. I just know this I know exactly what to expect when bull wrestles and that's full steam ahead.
It's not the moves that makes wrestlers score zero points in the first quarter every damn match. It's the mentality that Lugo has. He just doesn't go get it like he could and doesn't score a lot of points
Has anyone ever heard of a guy named ironbird. Just asking because I didn't get an answer on at least three other threads. Is that like a wrestling move like a spraddle lmfao
Last year 7 of his 33 matches were scoreless after the first period and 3 happened at the NCAA Tournament (Maruca, Blees, Thorn) and 1 at the Big 10 tournament (Berge). The other 3 during the regular season were Yahya Thomas, Anthony Ashnault, and Cole Martin. I’ll take your bet.
man, you sure tickled some nerve endings, good thing they have lots of them...
Most on here, unlike some HR fellows were certain Lugo wasn't going to challenge for a title. Most on here thought Lugo was an 8th place possibility.
