Crookham Situation

[bnwtwg]

3 minutes ago, Truzzcat said:

I thought I heard he was an engineering major

You say that like Lehigh has other majors

[gimpeltf]

Technically he is an engineer.

Financial Engineering

[PortaJohn]

Growing up I was always reminded that Lehigh students had to walk uphill to and from classes.  Wonder if their Engineering department ever fixed that issue

[VakAttack]

@Husker_Du just tweeted Lehigh entered Lopes.

[Husker_Du]

it's really interesting b/c Lopes would have to win the whole thing too.

 

[jdalu75]

9 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

He would need to meet two of the at-large criteria. He could take two loses at EIWA and fall to 5-2 (71.4%) and still make the win percentage criteria. His win over Braeden Davis gives him the second criteria. 

 

Eight bouts are needed for a winning percentage.

[Wrestleknownothing]

6 minutes ago, jdalu75 said:

Eight bouts are needed for a winning percentage.

Yes, I should have said 6-2. Win first round, then take two losses of any kind.

I believe it is moot, though. Didn't Lehigh enter Lopes?

[VakAttack]

Crookham confirms.

[1032004]

I like @Jon_Kozak having fun with it

 

 

[Jon_Kozak]

6 hours ago, 1032004 said:

I like @Jon_Kozak having fun with it

 

thanks for your support...i tried to be as honest as I could with the Crookham situation. From what I've been told, Ryan was optimistic about being able to wrestle in the post-season and did everything he could to try to get back. The coaches left the decision up to him on whether or not he wanted to compete and he literally made the decision yesterday.

[Elevator]

hope he makes a full recovery and is 100% soon!  

[VakAttack]

Mineo demanding everyone apologize to him after multiple situations with him getting things wrong, deleting the Tweets, and never addressing those wrongs is high comedy. Eff that guy. 

[Winners Circle]

On 3/3/2025 at 6:42 PM, Husker_Du said:

it's really interesting b/c Lopes would have to win the whole thing too.

 

He has a very realistic shot. He's tough as hell.

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

18 hours ago, VakAttack said:

Mineo demanding everyone apologize to him after multiple situations with him getting things wrong, deleting the Tweets, and never addressing those wrongs is high comedy. Eff that guy. 

Same guy who pilloried Flo for releasing the Blaze commitment by accident, only to preemptively release Crooham medical info about a year after the Wittlake medical info he released?  Not to mention the private texts he has posted from time to time...

[Mr. PeanutButter]

pond scum. It saddens me that people support him

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

18 hours ago, VakAttack said:

Mineo demanding everyone apologize to him after multiple situations with him getting things wrong, deleting the Tweets, and never addressing those wrongs is high comedy. Eff that guy. 

Remember the Kem shoulder situation: "out for the year"?  Then later claimed that his tweet lit a fire under Kem and was the motivation for him deciding to wrestle that season.

[okokzach]

8 hours ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

Remember the Kem shoulder situation: "out for the year"?  Then later claimed that his tweet lit a fire under Kem and was the motivation for him deciding to wrestle that season.

You mean he didn't delete it like the other posts when he's wrong?

[nhs67]

9 hours ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

Same guy who pilloried Flo for releasing the Blaze commitment by accident, only to preemptively release Crooham medical info about a year after the Wittlake medical info he released?  Not to mention the private texts he has posted from time to time...

Damn fine word usage there.

For those in the back...

 

[MPhillips]

1 hour ago, nhs67 said:

For those in the back...

[jmoney]

On 2/22/2025 at 2:06 PM, VakAttack said:

Yeah, but more likely to do well fully healthy against a tougher field than less than fully healthy against a weaker field, no? 

agreed- this guy defeated Arujau once, he shouldn't need it easy to win one

[gimpeltf]

3 hours ago, jmoney said:

agreed- this guy defeated Arujau once, he shouldn't need it easy to win one

If we're still talking Crookham- twice.

[scourge165]

16 minutes ago, gimpeltf said:

If we're still talking Crookham- twice.

And...neither was exactly a fluke. I don't remember exactly how each match went, but I thought he started the matches with TDs and then kinda put them away with TDs.

10-4 type matches. One I thought he was near a major and Vito scored late. My memory may be off(I'm sure it is) but not a...Zain beating Stieber type of match where it came down to RT or something. 

And that's Vito coming off one of the most impressive NCAA runs I've seen in a while just blowing Fix and RBY out of the Gym. 

[BigRedFan]

28 minutes ago, scourge165 said:

And...neither was exactly a fluke. I don't remember exactly how each match went, but I thought he started the matches with TDs and then kinda put them away with TDs.

10-4 type matches. One I thought he was near a major and Vito scored late. My memory may be off(I'm sure it is) but not a...Zain beating Stieber type of match where it came down to RT or something. 

And that's Vito coming off one of the most impressive NCAA runs I've seen in a while just blowing Fix and RBY out of the Gym. 

Of course, they met three times.  Here's the last one (in which Arujau was finally healthy for the first time all year):
 

 

[scourge165]

3 minutes ago, BigRedFan said:

Of course, they met three times.  Here's the last one (in which Arujau was finally healthy for the first time all year):

Vito was a World Champ and an NCAA Champ and he was...like 25 years old Wrestling a Freshmen.

The insecurity here is...strange. He was hurt the first tournament of the year, he was hurt at the conference two weeks prior, but NOW he's healthy when he beat him here?

This was more about what Crookham did than what Vito didn't...but making excuses for Vito is...beneath him(or should be). 

[BigRedFan]

2 minutes ago, scourge165 said:

He was hurt the first tournament of the year, he was hurt at the conference two weeks prior, but NOW he's healthy when he beat him here?

Correct.