Unless kerk adds 20lbs of muscle ive seen he's not strong enough to run with the big dogs of. 285
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Which leg should he amputate?
He’ll be plenty strong to final without any health/training setbacks in the coming year. Not sure how many in history can beat a focused GS, so that’s a ridiculous measuring stick.
Why not both? Would solve the pesky ligament problems.
And, beat Parris over the weekend.
Yeah, so? If you think his forced break from training didn’t have a big impact I don’t know what to tell you.
it's a lot easier to get out from bottom in freestyle, which appeared to be an issue for kerk in folk. he also lost to nelson on the backside last weekend, who then lost to parris. kerk is elite on his feet, but it seems like he can get stuck underneath the bigger heavies when he takes low shots so he has trouble finishing
Yes, but was only cleared to wrestle the day before B1Gs. So, his motor could not have been well-tuned.
My bad, I was thinking of his B1Gs performance. Still--Marinelli can make up a lot of points--when you add in Kennedy, I'm not sure Kemmerer's loss will be a net negative.
PS--the only person to take Gable down all year has a shot at being pretty good with a good offseason and a full season of prep, IMO.
Kerk's 4 losses this year were to the top 4 finishers at nationals.
He majored 2 AAs and beat a third AA.
This after 1 active week in the regular season.
Then he avenged one of those losses at Olympic Trials.
We need a 157.. Berge is done
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If he gets back up to weight (not the 228 he weighed in at during the season) he'll have no problem with guys like Cass.
Freshman wrestlers having trouble on the bottom is a problem that is not limited to heavyweights. Kerk may not be the strongest heavyweight, but he has better agility and mobility than most heavyweights. He just has to figure out how to use his agility and mobility to his advantage in getting out from the bottom.
With respect to finishing shots after getting stuck underneath the bigger heavies, this is a problem for all heavyweights. Once a heavy takes a shot on a big heavy and get suck underneath, it is very hard to finish. The answer for Kerk will be to use his agility to not get stuck underneath the big heavies.
Except that he beat the clear #2 guy just a few weeks later. Yes, freestyle. Also: Parris is a JR world champ.
Which means Kerk is capable of running with the big dogs now, with sufficient health and training.
Kerk will be fine. I'm not sure that I have ever seen a more athletic heavyweight.
Gable Stevenson ? A hwt that can do a standing backflip? Lol
Absolutely... The guy wasn't even in shape and rolled off the sofa into an AA spot. He can challenge for the title if Gable Dan is done.
Nick Lee had a hard time getting out from bottom his freshman year. Worked out okay for him.
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You are clueless. You cant expect the man to jump right into competition after being able to do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for months, thus why he lost so much muscle mass, not to mention his lungs. He didn't even look like the same person he was this past summer in competition, just look at some of the videos, he was huge. He will be more than fine.
I’m not convinced it was a strength/bulk issue but rather a getting healthy issue. Didn’t look like Kerk was lacking strength or explosion when he blast doubled Demetrius Thomas to the moon this past fall. The problems on bottom are a fair point though. Freestyle results aren’t going to shed any light on that. Also, I know my post isn’t really responsive to yours. I’m agreeing with you
I'll never understand some of our fan's takes on the wrestlers. I guess it's Kerkvliet's and J. Lee's turn in the barrel.
I know it's only a few, but geez, hasn't history taught those few anything. Trust the process.
I know it's only a few, but geez, hasn't history taught those few anything. Trust the process.
of course. i was responding to someone that suggested all that was needed was to be healthy. i think there's a little more to it than that.
A one-off, for sure. Every year there are a couple of wrestlers that are like leeches when it comes to riding, regardless of the opponent. Eierman happens to be one, and will ride even seasoned veterans.
Lol. I am now convinced that all the alcohol of the past 30 years has caused permanent damage
True but not necessarily relevant.
He's hardly the first freshman with that issue.
Also, he was out until the last week of the season. That's the absolute worst time to work on weaknesses -- it's the time to refine strengths.
It's hard to keep up w/ all the senseless negativity--but I think he was talking about Nick Lee vs. Eirerman.
He meant Nick Lee. But we know why that is - Nick didn’t care at Big 10s #yiannistyle
Kerk lost so much muscle, he was basically inactive during his rehab. He was a shell of what he was in the Fall when he returned. The fact he AA'ed while decimating some good competition shows just how naturally talented he is.
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