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Facundo had a less than impressive win over an unranked Drexel opponent.  Kasak had a close win over a ranked opponent at the All-Star classic.  Facundo looks emaciated at 157 -- he was wrestling 171 his final year of HS.

Who do you go with at 157?  My personal pick is Kasak.

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If Facundo won the wrestle off and its just a matchup thing and he gets the better of him again at Black knight I think you go with Facundo unless he proves that he just cannot get it done against the rest of the field. The weight cut more than likely only gets harder as the year goes on... unless you're Levi Haines.

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1 minute ago, Truzzcat said:

If Facundo won the wrestle off and its just a matchup thing and he gets the better of him again at Black knight I think you go with Facundo unless he proves that he just cannot get it done against the rest of the field. The weight cut more than likely only gets harder as the year goes on... unless you're Levi Haines.

Eh. I'd argue the opposite. When you're dealing with a situation where you're shrinking your body, it's a process that takes time. And the longer you do it, the easier it gets (unless you let yourself balloon up after every weigh-in). When you cut way down, make it once, let yourself balloon up, and then try to cut back down an extended time period later, that's harder on the body IMO.

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4 minutes ago, Winners Circle said:

Eh. I'd argue the opposite. When you're dealing with a situation where you're shrinking your body, it's a process that takes time. And the longer you do it, the easier it gets (unless you let yourself balloon up after every weigh-in). When you cut way down, make it once, let yourself balloon up, and then try to cut back down an extended time period later, that's harder on the body IMO.

Agree with that for sure but I think it can be person to person. Facundo seemed like a pretty lean guy at 74kg. My worry would be that even if he gets close to a set point around 157 and the cut is not necessarily brutal he may lose strength and muscular endurance as the season goes on just because his body is eating itself because he's so lean and also expending so much energy.

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if Facundo won the wrestle off , the spot should be his but i think you need more than just 1 match or even the best of 3  

I am a  fan of wrestle offs at younger ages / typically the better wrestler is the better wrestler period 

but as they progress in age and skill set while wrestle offs are still good litmus test, they don't always tell whole story and i think that is exactly what we are seeing here 

 

this will be a reoccurring issue for Penn state at numerous weights as they just so deep in that room

NOT a bad problem to have  

 

 

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