Luke Stanich

[Winners Circle]

Hand up, I was not high enough on Stanich heading into this upcoming collegiate season. This dude is absolutely a title contender in my eyes. I think he is the clear cut #3 and I'll be very surprised if he's not in 1 takedown swing matches with Mendez/Hardy. 

[Truzzcat]

32 minutes ago, Winners Circle said:

Hand up, I was not high enough on Stanich heading into this upcoming collegiate season. This dude is absolutely a title contender in my eyes. I think he is the clear cut #3 and I'll be very surprised if he's not in 1 takedown swing matches with Mendez/Hardy. 

It is hard to unsee his clarion open match against Mendez for me. However, in the same breath I kind of feel like he would have been our best 65kg if he tried to make the senior team.

[Phantom]

Yes, big-time  ...

Edited 1 hour ago by Phantom

[BruceyB]

2 hours ago, Truzzcat said:

It is hard to unsee his clarion open match against Mendez for me. However, in the same breath I kind of feel like he would have been our best 65kg if he tried to make the senior team.

TBF he went 3 matches with Bassett who lost to both Hardy and Blaze at SR WTT. I definitely underestimated Stanich, but I'm not putting him in the top 4 on the senior ladder just yet. 

I always felt that Mendez would have won that challenge bracket at least 7 out of 10 times. He gave up a TD and three guts to Woods and couldn't mount the comeback.

I'm curious to see how good Stanich can be next season coming off of this momentum though. 141 could use some more title contenders.

[Truzzcat]

19 minutes ago, BruceyB said:

TBF he went 3 matches with Bassett who lost to both Hardy and Blaze at SR WTT. I definitely underestimated Stanich, but I'm not putting him in the top 4 on the senior ladder just yet. 

I always felt that Mendez would have won that challenge bracket at least 7 out of 10 times. He gave up a TD and three guts to Woods and couldn't mount the comeback.

I'm curious to see how good Stanich can be next season coming off of this momentum though. 141 could use some more title contenders.

Valencia was 2-1 against woods and 6 seconds from being 3-0 I think that bracket probably could have had 3-4 different winners. In terms of wins I believe the Toprak and Dhzandubaev wins are better than any other current domestic 65kg guy has.

[BruceyB]

7 minutes ago, Truzzcat said:

Valencia was 2-1 against woods and 6 seconds from being 3-0 I think that bracket probably could have had 3-4 different winners. In terms of wins I believe the Toprak and Dhzandubaev wins are better than any other current domestic 65kg guy has.

I agree with the variability in who could have won, but I would favor Mendez to win it most often. As far as international wins, you are absolutely more knowledgeable than me when it comes to international guys, so I will definitely take your word for it.