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Agree, didn't see anything in the video that should be a concern. Heck PSU has a few guys now who play to the crowd at times. Probably a bigger concern regarding McHenry is the fact that he is at 106 as a Sophomore, will he be big enough for a college 125 pounder? He still has 2 years of high school and a red-shirt year.
Sounded like the adult coach fanned the flames - at least that's what the story alludes to and some people on TheMat that were there said.
Playing up to the crowd didn't bother me. The head butt did. Classic sorry not sorry juvenile cheap shot (though I do think the opponent and bench oversold it). Not a red flag yet, but a mistake to not be repeated.
Just kidding. Minny's comment about skipping nationals sort of confirms my suspicion that a good portion of Iowa fans don't really like wrestling that much, they just enjoyed being king of the hill. If I am not mistaken, Cael in eight years at PSU has equaled the total number of championships Iowa has won in the 20 years since Gable retired. And Brands, unless something totally unforeseen occurs, will have a poorer success rate at Nationals than did Zalesky (3 titles in 11 years vs. Zalensky's 3 in 10).
Zalesky coached 9 years at Iowa, if I'm not mistaken, and the 8th, 2nd, 7th, 4th NCAA finishes his last 4 seasons, as well as the 4th and 6th place finishes his last 2 years at B1G's, were not acceptable to most associated with Iowa wrestling. Brands hasn't had a team do worse than 5th, except his 1st year. Slightly better overall, which has earned him some time.They are talking about frontrunners for second place, I think.
The True-Wrestling guy is a great interviewer. He knows the relevant history, he's genuinely curious, and listens to his subjects. Wish he'd do a podcast so there was a regular way to catch his interviews.
Ohio State will probably have their best team ever. At the end of the season I believe the nature nuts will have a very legitimate claim to the title of best, second best team in NCAA wrestling history.
This will allow Delaney and the Big10 to have a celebratory dinner acknowledging the Nature Nut achievement.
The Raptors smaller neighbor!
He's a great coach. I hope they keep him in place there until he's at least 80 years old. They have a great coach. The best. They should keep him.
You could have "Elvis Night" with every wrestler coming out in the white sequined capes. Then, after winning, each wrestler ends interview with "Thank you...thank you very much".
