Starocci in 23-24

[Eagle26]

Lets assume he goes the Gable Stevenson route and signs a NIL deal with a MMA manager.  They'll decide his best course of action.  Ditching college and medaling on the world stage might be the better career plan.  I personally think it would be a bad plan because I don't care how much he believes in himself Carter ain't beating Dake. 

I think an Olympic medal would make him much more marketable. Unfortunately though, a world medal would not add as much marketability as it should. There’s a better fan base for NCAA wrestling and there’s a very short list of 4 timers. I think that’s his ticket

[PortaJohn]

4 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

2.  Shouldn’t he train somewhere besides NLWC with Dake there?

Just my personal opinion but I think training with Dake would be his best strategy.  

[1032004]

52 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:

Just my personal opinion but I think training with Dake would be his best strategy.  

Lol, I can guarantee Dake wouldn’t train with him though.  I’m sure they can both train at NLWC without wrestling each other though 

[scourge165]

2 hours ago, PortaJohn said:

He's been on record about having no desire to go for #5.  

He's also been on record saying it'd be "cool" to have the chance to get 5 and do something nobody else ever has. 

I believe he'll go for 5...if he gets 4. 

[scourge165]

2 hours ago, 1032004 said:

Well then I think this brings up a couple debates:

1.  I think one could make the argument that wrestling an NCAA folkstyle season is still good preparation for the Olympics

2.  Shouldn’t he train somewhere besides NLWC with Dake there?

1-I agree. It's really not that hard to transition from Freestyle to Folkstyle...if you're on his level. You're still getting regular matches. Obviously it's not ideal, but I'm sure he could train Freestyle and it may make Folkstyle more fun. I'm guessing these guys are probably mixing their training up as it is.

2-I'm guessing Dake is gonna want to do a VERY little big of training with him. Some...but I suspect it'd benefit Dake more than Starocci. 

[Gus]

13 hours ago, scourge165 said:

They do generally tend to be good bets. 

And I'd be shocked to see Starocci lose to Marsteller again. I think it's more likely he wins the spot at 74KG than Marsteller beats him...and I don't think Dake is giving up his spot at 74 just yet.

I'm also of the belief that Starocci will be back for #4 and #5(provided he gets #4).

The possibility of being the first in NCAA history has to be pretty compelling to the ego. When your ego has it's own gravitational pull....

Gonna have to disagree with this pretty strongly. Dake is one of the P4P best wrestlers in the world right now and Starocci has already lost to Chance once. 

[scourge165]

1 minute ago, Gus said:

Gonna have to disagree with this pretty strongly. Dake is one of the P4P best wrestlers in the world right now and Starocci has already lost to Chance once. 

Yes, I don't think he'll beat Dake, but I don't think Marsteller is beating Starocci again. 

Is it really more likely he beats Dake than Marsterller beats him? I don't know, that was more just for emphasis. It's going to be very interesting to see how Starocci does at 74KG. 

It's a shame the greatest sport in the world only gets 6 Olympic weights. 

[Wrestej]

Hell I think Starocci is a big 174lber.  163 would seem to be a big cut for him.  

[1032004]

57 minutes ago, Wrestej said:

Hell I think Starocci is a big 174lber.  163 would seem to be a big cut for him.  

Agree

[AgaveMaria]

23 hours ago, ionel said:

that reminds me, need to mow the lawn tomorrow 

3-5 foot drifts of snow in the yard. By the barn the drifts are still higher than the roof of the F-150 pickup.

Up near the Canadian border. Weather guys say a few more weeks before we start spring melting of the snow. 4 below last night.

When it finally melts and grass gets going the first month & a half we can watch the grass grow 1-3 inches a day. Not kidding. If we wait a week to mow it is too high. As summer goes on it slows but early growth is amazing.