2028 Olympic Team - Men FS Predictions

[1032004]

2 hours ago, juniorvarsity said:

Give us your picks

What @MPhillips said…he’s trying to be funny…

I’ll take a stab at @ionel’s picks

57 Forrest

65 Vega

74 Robideau

86 Michael White

97 Ross

125 Hendrickson

[bnwtwg]

12 hours ago, MPhillips said:

Messenbrink will never make a US team. Appears this will never end.

 

[Simpleman424]

13 hours ago, MPhillips said:

Messenbrink will never make a US team. Appears this will never end.

Chael agrees with you…

[1032004]

35 minutes ago, bnwtwg said:

 

But ironically, the poster he’s replying to spelled it wrong.  Is @ionel Chael, is he speculating, or is he breaking news?

[bnwtwg]

4 minutes ago, Simpleman424 said:

Chael agrees with you…

I'm the Woj to your Shams. Enjoy being three minutes late sharing a tweet from 14 hours ago you anonymous forum nerd.

[Simpleman424]

27 minutes ago, bnwtwg said:

I'm the Woj to your Shams. Enjoy being three minutes late sharing a tweet from 14 hours ago you anonymous forum nerd.

Well I’ll be…I caught up on all the post I’d missed and did not see that one at all. I do apologize…maybe I skipped a page? Carry on and ignore me.

[bnwtwg]

1 hour ago, Simpleman424 said:

Well I’ll be…I caught up on all the post I’d missed and did not see that one at all. I do apologize…maybe I skipped a page? Carry on and ignore me.

You should be very ashamed of being late posting something a day late on a niche message board of a niche sport

[Simpleman424]

1 hour ago, bnwtwg said:

You should be very ashamed of being late posting something a day late on a niche message board of a niche sport

You know I had this gut feeling I should have neglected my children yesterday and I just didn’t follow it…I will better

[juniorvarsity]

On 9/6/2026 at 9:33 AM, bnwtwg said:

 

Wild statement from Chael. Messenbrink has said some strange things recently. 

[Simpleman424]

2 minutes ago, juniorvarsity said:

Wild statement from Chael. Messenbrink has said some strange things recently. 

Chael has always said strange things…lol You know that dude sat around and scripted his pressers…it’s a talent for sure though 

[ionel]

1 hour ago, juniorvarsity said:

Messenbrink has said some strange things recently. 

I've never heard anything remotely "strange" from that guy. 

[Simpleman424]

7 hours ago, ionel said:

I've never heard anything remotely "strange" from that guy. 

I might have misread JVs post but yea MM is totally normal dude…nothing weird to see there…

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

10 hours ago, juniorvarsity said:

Wild statement from Chael. Messenbrink has said some strange things recently. 

Or you can look at it with PSU glasses and MM is now 'very zen... fascinating... cerebral'

Personally, I think the guy is a great wrestler but trying way too hard to sound smart and "deep."  

I really hope he gets it together, bc he would be a perennial gold medal contender, but I also have genuine concerns about his mental health.

[RAFWiki]

1 hour ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

Or you can look at it with PSU glasses and MM is now 'very zen... fascinating... cerebral'

Personally, I think the guy is a great wrestler but trying way too hard to sound smart and "deep."  

I really hope he gets it together, bc he would be a perennial gold medal contender, but I also have genuine concerns about his mental health.

Are you telling me the best way to treat mental illness isn't Christianity?

I can only imagine the terrible opinions on anti-depressants that MM would receive from the PSU locker room

[Gene Mills Fan]

25 minutes ago, RAFWiki said:

Are you telling me the best way to treat mental illness isn't Christianity?

I can only imagine the terrible opinions on anti-depressants that MM would receive from the PSU locker room

No he didn't say that at all. That's your take. 

[Simpleman424]

2 hours ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

Or you can look at it with PSU glasses and MM is now 'very zen... fascinating... cerebral'

Personally, I think the guy is a great wrestler but trying way too hard to sound smart and "deep."  

I really hope he gets it together, bc he would be a perennial gold medal contender, but I also have genuine concerns about his mental health.

Completely agree but I have no reservations about his mental health and his ability to contend at the highest of levels. I think he’s just trying way too hard to be transformative. Slight form of narcissism and a kid sheltered from the world through his upbringing and successes. I think there’s a chance he hangs it up but it won’t be because mentally he can’t do it all I just think he’ll realize there’s more important things in life…he’s not wrong. Selfishly I’d hate to see it but I get it.
 

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

49 minutes ago, Simpleman424 said:

Completely agree but I have no reservations about his mental health and his ability to contend at the highest of levels. I think he’s just trying way too hard to be transformative. Slight form of narcissism and a kid sheltered from the world through his upbringing and successes. I think there’s a chance he hangs it up but it won’t be because mentally he can’t do it all I just think he’ll realize there’s more important things in life…he’s not wrong. Selfishly I’d hate to see it but I get it.
 

Well, when he's talking on Basch about being driven to tears before and after matches on multiple occasions last year and then he feels the need to take the whole spring/summer/fall off from competition- I get a bit concerned.

[1032004]

2 hours ago, RAFWiki said:

Are you telling me the best way to treat mental illness isn't Christianity?

 

Lol.  All right back to being a real person again!

[Simpleman424]

58 minutes ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

Well, when he's talking on Basch about being driven to tears before and after matches on multiple occasions last year and then he feels the need to take the whole spring/summer/fall off from competition- I get a bit concerned.

Understandably but I think it was a bit dramatized…which I think he’s shown to do in his new phase here. Don’t get me wrong I don’t doubt he has issues but he’s such an immense talent he can take that time off and be good. It won’t hinder him like others.

[LJB]

i will preface this by saying i have not listened to any of the interviews and do not plan to... i would rather eat ground glass than listen to the basch pod...

i like MM as a wrestler, but, his personality just does not grab me (shocking) and that is fine... i can just appreciate him from a pure wrestling standpoint...

i think all this "mental health" stuff is being a bit overplayed here, but, drama llamas love to do that...

could it just be a case of HEW and the young man is ready to move on?

he has competed on an extremely high level for a long time and he might just be ready to move on in life, but, still being pushed by literally everyone to continue and it could be causing internal conflict...

there is nothing worse than being "forced" to do something your heart is just not into...

and too many "fans" can not even fathom that someone with that much talent could possibly be just not that into it anymore...

absolutely no shame in that...

only the true psychos can keep this sport up at a high level for much longer than 10 years...

[bnwtwg]

Every time...

Just when I thought I was out (again)...

He says common sense and pulls me back in...

 

[LJB]

[Simpleman424]

1 hour ago, LJB said:

i will preface this by saying i have not listened to any of the interviews and do not plan to... i would rather eat ground glass than listen to the basch pod...

i like MM as a wrestler, but, his personality just does not grab me (shocking) and that is fine... i can just appreciate him from a pure wrestling standpoint...

i think all this "mental health" stuff is being a bit overplayed here, but, drama llamas love to do that...

could it just be a case of HEW and the young man is ready to move on?

he has competed on an extremely high level for a long time and he might just be ready to move on in life, but, still being pushed by literally everyone to continue and it could be causing internal conflict...

there is nothing worse than being "forced" to do something your heart is just not into...

and too many "fans" can not even fathom that someone with that much talent could possibly be just not that into it anymore...

absolutely no shame in that...

only the true psychos can keep this sport up at a high level for much longer than 10 years...

Maybe. I think his issues are “dramatized”as well.

[RAFWiki]

1 hour ago, LJB said:

i will preface this by saying i have not listened to any of the interviews and do not plan to... i would rather eat ground glass than listen to the basch pod...

This is not a healthy human being:

 

 

[LJB]

JFC...

that feels like a totally reasonable and self aware clip...

RAF, you might want to sit this one out...