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The Ferrari Family Circus

Those two clowns that interviewed him aren't much better. Certainly not serious journalists.....giggling like school girls when he attacks another podcaster, never asking the really tough questions, or pushing back and challenging anything AJ says. No respect for them at all.
They had to suck up to him because that's the only thing he will respond to. As soon as he opens his mouth, stupid shit comes out, even if they are asking softball questions. Just suck up to him to gain his trust and then watch as he hangs himself. He said in the interview (in between the "Christina" references) that he wouldn't go on podcasts where they would ask him "unfair" questions, so they didn't and he made a fool of himself anyway.
 
Meanwhile some of our GIA brethren are content to wait until Spencer after 2028 Olympics.
A. This problem is not going to get better.
B. He will be totally unproven as a coach unless something changes. Doubt he stops training to coach anywhere.
 
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The Hawks are given a get-out-of-jail-free card. So what do they do? They double down.

Does an OLY RS mean he is still working out in their room? No one else will take him. Do they think he will no longer be a narcissistic jerk next year? He thinks he's the victim.

Brands can't be making these decisions with a clear mind. Can he?
 
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The Hawks are given a get-out-of-jail-free card. So what do they do? They double down.

Does an OLY RS mean he is still working out in their room? No one else will take him. Do they think he will no longer be a narcissistic jerk next year? He thinks he's the victim.

Brands can't be making these decisions with a clear mind. Can he?
I was so glad they put that out there. Don't care what anyone says, if there's a possibility that AJ will be there eventually, it's gonna hurt recruiting.
 
The Hawks are given a get-out-of-jail-free card. So what do they do? They double down.

Does an OLY RS mean he is still working out in their room? No one else will take him. Do they think he will no longer be a narcissistic jerk next year? He thinks he's the victim.

Brands can't be making these decisions with a clear mind. Can he?
We keep talking about AJ not changing regardless of failures at brands age I doubt he's changing either lol
 
The Hawks are given a get-out-of-jail-free card. So what do they do? They double down.

Does an OLY RS mean he is still working out in their room? No one else will take him. Do they think he will no longer be a narcissistic jerk next year? He thinks he's the victim.

Brands can't be making these decisions with a clear mind. Can he?
I think the ORS is about Angelo. If the Ferraris all leave now, then they lose both Angelo and Chittum to this circus, which, along with Jesuroga's decision to be a Navy Seal instead of a wrestler, is an absolutely disastrous setback for their future. If they leave the carrot of taking an ORS and coming back next year out there for AJ, then the rest of the family stays at least until next year. It buys them several more months for AJ to publicly embarrass himself in a way that makes it clear no team will ever take him, and they still end up with Angelo in the end. I don't think that Iowa has any intention of ever letting AJ wrestle for them.
 
I think the ORS is about Angelo. If the Ferraris all leave now, then they lose both Angelo and Chittum to this circus, which, along with Jesuroga's decision to be a Navy Seal instead of a wrestler, is an absolutely disastrous setback for their future. If they leave the carrot of taking an ORS and coming back next year out there for AJ, then the rest of the family stays at least until next year. It buys them several more months for AJ to publicly embarrass himself in a way that makes it clear no team will ever take him, and they still end up with Angelo in the end. I don't think that Iowa has any intention of ever letting AJ wrestle for them.
And I thought AJ was going to have to actually wrestle for Iowa to totally tank their program.

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I think the ORS is about Angelo. If the Ferraris all leave now, then they lose both Angelo and Chittum to this circus, which, along with Jesuroga's decision to be a Navy Seal instead of a wrestler, is an absolutely disastrous setback for their future. If they leave the carrot of taking an ORS and coming back next year out there for AJ, then the rest of the family stays at least until next year. It buys them several more months for AJ to publicly embarrass himself in a way that makes it clear no team will ever take him, and they still end up with Angelo in the end. I don't think that Iowa has any intention of ever letting AJ wrestle for them.
You can add in the Gambling fiasco to the list of disastrous setbacks.
 
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Meanwhile some of our GIA brethren are content to wait until Spencer after 2028 Olympics.
A. This problem is not going to get better.
B. He will be totally unproven as a coach unless something changes. Doubt he stops training to coach anywhere.
The Spencer Lee effect is not as powerful as they think it is. Any recruiting pop while he was with the team fizzled out very quickly and I don’t think he has the personality to be a program leader. Maybe he’ll accrue some gravitas - we’ll see.
 
You can add in the Gambling fiasco to the list of disastrous setbacks. The Hawkeye wrestling program is disintegrating right before our eyes 😮
The gambling thing only torpedoed this season. The loss of Chittum, Jesuroga, and now possibly Angelo is torpedoing the future.
 
The Spencer Lee effect is not as powerful as they think it is. Any recruiting pop while he was with the team fizzled out very quickly and I don’t think he has the personality to be a program leader. Maybe he’ll accrue some gravitas - we’ll see.
Counting lights while his mom destroyed his glasses (and then quitting on the consis) definitely affected his gravitas. As arguably the #1 NCAA wrestler or at least a top 5 carries far more weight than maybe a top 50-100 of all time.
 
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A 14 minute waste of time IMO

A bit suprised they asked about the Oklahoma charges, but the response was as expected.

10 minutes of his play by play through the match, that we have all seen, ultimately justifying his state of mind and response.

Zero content on ok, what is his status with Iowa, why is he reaching out to other programs, who/if bought him the new car, are the Ferrari bros a package deal, how is the team chemistry in the Iowa room, has the Iowa AD put the kabosh on his wrestling this year but not on next year, the list could go on at infinitum...

Clearly these guys want to remain on good terms with the atheletes, but the buildup about a big interview was completely exaggerated. We literally know nothing of substance new.
 
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A 14 minute waste of time IMO

A bit suprised they asked about the Oklahoma chargers, but the response was as expected.

10 minutes of his play by play through the match, that we have all seen, ultimately justifying his state of mind and response.

Zero content on ok, what is his status with Iowa, why is he reaching out to other programs, who/if bought him the new car, are the Ferrari bros a package deal, how is the team chemistry in the Iowa room, has the Iowa AD put the kabosh on his wrestling this year but not on next year, the list could go on at infinitum...

Clearly these guys want to remain on good terms with the atheletes, but the buildup about a big interview was completely exaggerated. We literally know nothing of substance new.
They also did not ask him any of the great questions people offered on Redit!
 
A 14 minute waste of time IMO

A bit suprised they asked about the Oklahoma chargers, but the response was as expected.

10 minutes of his play by play through the match, that we have all seen, ultimately justifying his state of mind and response.

Zero content on ok, what is his status with Iowa, why is he reaching out to other programs, who/if bought him the new car, are the Ferrari bros a package deal, how is the team chemistry in the Iowa room, has the Iowa AD put the kabosh on his wrestling this year but not on next year, the list could go on at infinitum...

Clearly these guys want to remain on good terms with the atheletes, but the buildup about a big interview was completely exaggerated. We literally know nothing of substance new.
Are you saying they aren't asking the right questions? Weren't they told that by someone else not that long ago?
 
They also did not ask him any of the great questions people offered on Redit!
They did ask a couple at the end. They weren't going to ask the more antagonistic questions because they don't want him to hang up, but they did ask why his 665 PR DL hasn't increased in years and they asked him whether he would sell shirts with a picture of the double bird splits.
 
I think the ORS is about Angelo. If the Ferraris all leave now, then they lose both Angelo and Chittum to this circus, which, along with Jesuroga's decision to be a Navy Seal instead of a wrestler, is an absolutely disastrous setback for their future. If they leave the carrot of taking an ORS and coming back next year out there for AJ, then the rest of the family stays at least until next year. It buys them several more months for AJ to publicly embarrass himself in a way that makes it clear no team will ever take him, and they still end up with Angelo in the end. I don't think that Iowa has any intention of ever letting AJ wrestle for them.
It doesnt matter if he ever wrestles for them or not.

The disturbing FACT of the matter is that Brands WANTED him too.

Chittum bailed months ago, on the IDEA that Brands was even CONSIDERING taking him in.
 
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Twooooooo points to make.

To me the BMW video was simply desperation probably knowing the AD would not approve.

The recent interview simply solidified that AJ is who most of us thought he is- a piece of human garbage.

Lets hope he dries up and blows away because he is not worth our energy or discussion.
 
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