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The Denial runs deep in Egypt and Iowa!
I think Madden is like me regarding the Pirates and Steelers. I know and embrace the fact the Pirates are the worst run sports organization in all the Americas. I know and embrace the fact Mike Tomlin will not surround himself with a high end quality coaching staff and will simply be at best a one and done post season team. Madden embraces the Hawks just aren't going to touch greatness as long as the twins are in charge and Cael, Cody and Casey are coaching Penn State.
Doesn't mean he is happy about it despite the amount of happiness the twins ridiculousness and the success of the 3Cs gives me.
 
I think Madden is like me regarding the Pirates and Steelers. I know and embrace the fact the Pirates are the worst run sports organization in all the Americas. I know and embrace the fact Mike Tomlin will not surround himself with a high end quality coaching staff and will simply be at best a one and done post season team. Madden embraces the Hawks just aren't going to touch greatness as long as the twins are in charge and Cael, Cody and Casey are coaching Penn State.
Doesn't mean he is happy about it despite the amount of happiness the twins ridiculousness and the success of the 3Cs gives me.
Tomlin is very much like Brands. They'll both give you a winning record and respectibility but neither have what it takes to be a consistent champion. I hope some day soon the Rooneys stop accepting mediocre. I hope Iowa never stops accepting it.
 
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Does anyone think that Tom sat Gabe vs Starocci and what folks are expecting to be Plott because he somehow believes it will help Gabe with seeding? I was thinking that and after seeing his post MD interview I'm starting to believe it.

 
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Does anyone think that Tom sat Gabe vs Starocci and what folks are expecting to be Plott because he somehow believes it will help Gabe with seeding? I was thinking that and after seeing his post MD interview I'm starting to believe it.

The question is does Arnold not like coaches decision enough to enter the portal.
 
You first. Tell me why you think Gabe didn’t wrestle.
Because Angelo is a special talent and they wanted to see it. Maybe they think Angelo is better than Gabe? I think he is.

Can you explain, if seeding was the issue, why would you hold Gabe out against a guy who couldn’t hurt his seeding because he’s already ahead of him, but let him wrestle against the guy who could jump him with a win?
 
Because Angelo is a special talent and they wanted to see it. Maybe they think Angelo is better than Gabe? I think he is.

Can you explain, if seeding was the issue, why would you hold Gabe out against a guy who couldn’t hurt his seeding because he’s already ahead of him, but let him wrestle against the guy who could jump him with a win?
My man. Win Pct is one of the factors. And it’s part of the RPI formula too which is another factor used in seeding.
 
why didn’t braeden davis wrestle ayala?
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So what we have here is one wrestler, who literally has dealt with injury this year, get held out with his coach saying he’s banged up. Don’t believe him if you want.

And we have another wrestler where the coach literally said he’s gonna wrestle the other guy against opponents who aren’t “cupcakes”. Spin that however you want.
 
They better not mess around with Teemer. He has 4 matches left and has to go in three of them AND win all three. Estrada shirt is burned now. No idea what they are doing there but that's a bad situation.
 
And we have another wrestler where the coach literally said he’s gonna wrestle the other guy against opponents who aren’t “cupcakes”. Spin that however you want.
I'd be pretty pissed if I were Allred or McEnelly and got Arnold in the dual.

And after beating him, I'd yell at Brands "not bad for a cupcake."
 
The idea Ferrari is destined for national champion success based upon a single match against Carter is somewhat farfetched but a gracious gesture.

First point is this. If he had wrestled Carter and stressed the snot out him by nearly pulling off the upset there would be some validation in the assessment.

Second point. Young Ferrari's training and development center. It isn't like the IC windowless training center has a strong track record of taking talent around this size and pushing them to great heights of success.

Third point. I saw a strong and flexible athlete who was actually lacking the confidence to engage and try to win. The Iowa staff gave him a game plan to dodge and evade so as not to get beat badly. This is a staff that took a 4 time Big10 champ who was good enough to have a winning record against Cenzo and beat him into a safe guarding, looking for a stall call shadow of himself so losing on Friday was the routine. The same staff who when presented with a Penn State wrestler wrestling with an arm behind his back, in 3 years could not offer a counter.

If the kid transfers to Oklahoma State or someplace, maybe.
Yea , tell the kid to let fly. Never going to see Carter again might as well go for it.
 
I'm dumbfounded that Hawk fans aren't making more of a fuss that the Brands brothers seem to never be able to keep their house in order. Hell, it's almost fun for me now waiting on seeing what their failure in leadership will lead to next. Eventually you got to realize this shit isn't imagined...

-Desanto acting like a Psycho on the mat.

-Desanto pissed at fans for cheering a teammates effort when he wrestled against him.

-Desanto threatening that same teammates parents for simply cheering on their kid.

-Spencer getting pissed Brands had him wrestle Ayala.

-Ayalas mom airing their dirty laundry while sharing that Spencer is a shitty teammate.

-Brands trying his best to bring in dirt bag AJ Ferrari leading to some on his team and their fans being pissed about it. Some say stud recruit Swiderski left because of it.

-Brands recruiting the middle Ferrari boy who then preceeded to accidentally reveal that he's on only fans selling his ass pics to the gays. And then to top it off, you have another incident where someone is accusing him of home invasion and robbery.

-Brands allowing AJ in his room, then putting him under the "Hawkeye banner" to wrestle a teammate in a tournament, leading to him screaming at Hawk fans before going to full splits while he flips them all the bird.

-A heavyweight going against Brands orders and runs out on the mat to wrestle after being told he was sitting.

-Desanto telling a reporter he'd kill her after a loss at Nationals.

-The terrible optics of kids hastily transferring out because Bob runs the roster and bought kids to replace them.

- Interview after interview of Brands seemingly acting like he has screws loose in his head. Not gonna get into the mat side antics of a one Terry Brands.

-Now this, with Arnold. Don't know what happened but come on...another bad look?

I know I didn't mention them all but it's like one big circus there. They need a change. Hell....for all we know, they could be losing recruits over the seemingly endless cluster **** they seem to relish. The funny part in all this to me is Tom Brands literally said programs are paying people to make them look bad. Lmao...the dude actually said that.
Stoll taking the mat while 3 foot Tom told him “I don’t want this” was amazing television. Honestly what would we do without the twins entertainment?
 
@smalls103 I’m not going to post this on the Iowa board…. I agree Iowa is a national brand and can (and has) recruited nationally, but they made their name in wrestling giving in-state guys extra scholarship money calculated on out of state tuition costs and they were sanctioned by the NCAA for it. I disagree that their best years weren’t with in-state recruits.
 
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@smalls103 I’m not going to post this on the Iowa board…. I agree Iowa is a national brand and can (and has) recruited nationally, but they made their name in wrestling giving in-state guys extra scholarship money calculated on out of state tuition costs and they were sanctioned by the NCAA for it. I disagree that their best years weren’t with in-state recruits.
but is Iowa THE national brand of college wrestling? That was the question.
 
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