Junior World Championships Thread
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I was surprised when Marinelli lost to Lewis. I don't feel so bad now. Congrats to Lewis!
Congrats to Mekhi Lewis and Va Tech!
And to whoever had Lewis as the only US junior gold medalist in this group in their pool.
And to whoever had Lewis as the only US junior gold medalist in this group in their pool.
Lewis throw to essentially win the match is F'ing Awesome. USA! USA! USA!
There is talk that McFadden is moving to 174 which leaves Lewis at 165.
Grace in defeat. This year is going to be great, but the thought of getting Aaron on campus has me pretty excited too.
The greatest fans in the world! I think its awesome you guys follow Aaron and he isn’t even there yet! Great experience winning a Junior World medal and rooting on Brady with his parents. Really looking forward to the PSU years! Thank you for the support!
We're spoiled. Great wrestler, great kid. Can't wait to see him in Blue and White.
From one Aaron to another Aaron... he's a champion at LIFE and I can't wait to see what the future holds for your son in his years at Penn State. We'll get to relish in his growth as you already have being his father. He's already making anyone who follows his success... so utterly proud. The person is just as accomplished as the wrestler. Well done... DAD!!! And mom.
I think he’s talking about Desanto. If I’m not mistaking, there was a thread on HR after Desanto nearly went berserk at Nationals. Most were pretty hard on Austin for his antics. Not that it wasn’t deserved....
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He’s a great kid that carries himself well on and off the mat. Thank you for complimenting us PSU fans but really, I suspect Aaron has admirers all across this nation.....even in Iowa. Lol
I am certain Penn State will be back with the pack when Ruth and Taylor graduate.......
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But teh Folkstyle ruin everything!?
"Saying Bo will have a field day with Warner is not disrespecting the Warner kid."
Hmmm.
Is it disrespectful to mention that Bo has pinned every Iowa wrestler he's faced and none of them have made it to the second round? Or to say I'd love to see Iowa v PSU this year because I like his chances of doing it again?
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Nope. If he has trouble stopping a duck under - sounds like it happened twice in same match this weekend - he’s going to have serious trouble with Nickal as that’s one of his several moves he hits on everybody. Concentrate on stopping that, and Nickal gets you several other ways. Is reality disrespect?
Again, kid lost to Cash Wilcke. Let’s just say he’s going to have to prove he’s mid-AA caliber before we anoint him.
In contradistinction, no one here is challenging the high hopes for Kemerer at 174 as he has proven his folkstyle chops in abundance.
It would be why? Is there some sort of track record indicating that prediction is extreme and far fetched?
Hmmmm.
It all depends on what you mean by "high hopes for Kemerer". More than a few Hawk fans believe Kemerer is a solid finalist threat at 174 while in reality (assuming good health for all) he is looking at a 3rd or 4th place finish.
Not sure it's fair to bring up Warner's loss to Wilcke - or Brunner, or true frosh Brucki and Woodley. IIRC Bo lost to some dude in Wyoming his RS year, Jason got handled by James Green during his RS, DT got mauled by Cael's bro, etc., etc., etc. and Cael got them all to the finals the next year. I mean, Cael is just an ok coach on the developmental side of things, and - for sure - the Brands brothers can do at least as well and probably better (I think I read that somewhere) - so HR optimism should be unbridled. Now that they got their recruiting chops up to par it's an all black and gold future.
Not at all. But let's acknowledge when we don't respect a wrestler's abilities. The responses to my post suggest that lacking respect for a person's (or team's) abilities is somehow inherently bad or wrong. It's not. A football team's offense will sometimes run the ball time and time and time again against the opponent, simply because they know they can't be stopped. They don't respect the ability of the defense to stop the run. Saying that Bo will have a field day with Warner is certainly a reflection of enormous respect for Bo's abilities, but it's hard to argue that it also doesn't reflect a lack of respect for Warner's. It's not saying he's a bad person, or lacking in character, or a quitter, or anything of the sort.
Recognizing Bo's skill set to probably be superior to Warner's is in no way disrespectful to the Warner kid, it is simply an observation based upon experience.
Your example of one team running the ball down another team's throat because the other team can't stop it isn't disrespecting the defensive skills as much as recognizing another's weakness and taking advantage of it.
From my point of view, showing Warner a lack of respect would be a blatant dismissal of his skills and efforts.
When we are picking the dual between Nolf and Jordan and we give PSU 5 team points, is that disrespecting Jordan or recognizing Nolf's superiority and the probable outcome?
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As Foley likes to say: Iowa City is a den of thugs and criminals; in irancontradistinction, Tehran is heaven on Earth.
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Seems like he likes to get down like Ghengis Khan as well.As Foley likes to say: Iowa City is a den of thugs and criminals, in irancontradistinction, Tehran is heaven on Earth.
Mr. Brooks, I wasn't sure if you saw this neat photo of Aaron and Ishiguro on the UWW site...
Whoa! It looks like Brooks is also strong with the Matrix. Another Chosen One for Cael!
Yeah, I saw that, very cool! That was an exciting match. How about David Taylor today!! That mat wrestling, PSU 101, was more than the competition could handle.
