I couldn't care less which way they decide AA's in a situation like that, and I don't think Carter or Cael would have cared either. Carter would have known he was the best 174 and I'm sure he would have tweeted something about being the best. I'm just making the point that sometimes the best 8 wrestlers of a weight class aren't the top 8 seeds and it would have been entertaining if Carter just missed the cutoff.
Tomasello has had a few decent moments in FS (e.g., beating Suriano) but on the whole guys with reach give him big problems, as you might imagine even before looking at results. Tomasello is similar to Mark Hall inasmuch as there is a tier he's probably never getting to b/c he's giving up so much reach. And maybe it's not even a reach disadvantage so much as a "compactness" disadvantage. I mean, look at the four Forrest scored on to end the match, which he was able to pull off because his reach enabled him to octopus himself around NaTO in a way that wouldn't have worked against a more wiry wrestler, which of course is most of 57kg. NaTO had nothing to plant against, no leverage, and easily rolled. (That's not to say that NaTO couldn't have done anything--he seemed to not see it coming--but he's still at a big disadvantage in so mnay FS positions.)TBF, DT probably could have tech'd a bunch of senior-level guys at 57kg when he was 17. This was the last chance qualifier and most of the guys there aren't exactly contending for world team spots. Let's not pretend Tomasello is tearing it on the senior level. I can't remember the last tournament I saw him in.
Now,whenif Jaxtakes it tobeats Spencer because of injury, your point is emphasized (softened for our black and gold visitors' benefit).
We got the best one in Luke. I don’t see any of them going the same weight in College. Luke 125, Forest 133 and Bassett ( who knows) keeps getting bigger.
Typical Jersey stuff. Not a big fan of this already at his age. Wrestle it out. Excuses are for wussies
