FYI - also keep that in mind for job interviews
Maybe his dad is blaming Brands for how his injury was handled and he’s been injecting himself into the situation. Hmmm - something familiar about that.
Hey JM. Serious question. Why are Iowa fans so negative on Ybarra? Lately, he’s been given returning AAs tough matches. What is the issue that I’m not understanding? Dude has only like 7 collegiate matches to his name.
Well it's been proven we can take a kid out of Iowa and take the Iowa out of the kid.
Ayala took over once Spencer decided to have surgery and looked good. Then he gets hurt and has to miss time. I think it’s more frustration over our top 2 options being out and Ybarra being a completely different style. He did have a couple nice TD’s against Mastro last night but then he gives up a TD with a second left. Just adds to the frustration. And some posters have no clue that you don’t just plug in a new guy and he is going to dominate like Lee.
The issue is probably the same one a bunch of our fans have with whomever we put on the mat with a sub-.500 winning percentage. Most appreciate the effort and recognize progress, a vocal minority perseverate on their expectations not being met and overanalyze as a coping strategy.
I feel like they’re pretty harsh on him, especially considering his experience. Maybe I’m reading it thru my blue and white goggles though. I sometimes think this board does the same on Beau, but to a much lesser degree.
He's had a tough schedule (most 125 he's wrestled are Top 15 caliber to AA caliber) but his one D1 win, he won in SV against the Army guy who has 3 wins (that Baylor Shunk beat 8-4 even) He's getting better though but a blue chip lightweight who has a year in the Iowa room, I think it's fair they expect more. IIRC, I don't think he even blew the D3 competition out the water at Luther.
At the Luther Open:
I have no idea if Ayala is thinking of transferring or if this is (more likely) message board speculation that goes nowhere.
wait.....are you saying that a 3rd hand rumor isn't enough to make you go Batsh@t crazy with innuendos and theories posted as insider 'facts" Damned....you ain't a normal poster
Fans can be disgusting/nasty at times. Happens in every sport, though football being the most popular has the most crazies and going-over-the-deep-end'ers.
And the guy’s friend’s son may or may not have been wearing a t-shirt at the time. You were close, though. 😉
I posed a question to see if there were any others who heard similar thoughts. I thought it odd. For the record I said I did not believe what I heard just thought it strange that nobody appears to be talking about an injury with this kid in particular.
No that’s wrong. Brands did not say that, in fact everyone thought Drake was wrestling prior to the dual. And the injury occurred in practice.
I thought I heard the friend’s son might have been wearing a Penn State t-shirt?, thus he’d enter into the transfer portal to come to Penn State?😏
Im a little nervous to reply after all of the responses lol. But I think it's up to him is brands speak for "I think they can go" but I'm leaving it up to the wrestler.
This is similar to my interpretation with the implicit understanding 'He is medically cleared to wrestle.' Simlar words were used with DeSanto.
I thought Gilman already already sold his soul to the Devil when he moved out east
Your cold-blooded. Man tries to do a nice thing and you are all over him! There is NO Justice in the world!!
Be honest...you chuckled to yourself about this one.
