Truzzcat

This is awesome.

If this helps other guys to have the chance to train with more Russians, I think it is a good thing. Snyder is no longer in a place to compete with Sadulaev imo so from a USA on Russia standpoint I do not think it really matters. If Gable can help get more Russians to do RAF that's also awesome.

Bosco + monster garage! I wonder if he has much affiliation with Zahid if he may try and recruit him to Okst. That kids neutral game is unfreaking real.

I think Jayden James originally commitment was prior to home visits last year. A lot of the stellar trained kids I think spend time at lehigh so would not be shocked if singer or Bachmann committed early if they want to go there.

FCA has had a pretty big advantage at the top and bottom the last two years. The Advantage at the top is still very much there I think Joeys weight could be a huge factor because I think a match with Herring is probably close to a toss up and Jax likely bonuses him if not pushes for a tech. If he can avoid those two, I think it helps Faith Christian a ton. I am super high on Carfley if he can refine some things he has a really crazy motor and hand fights well.

Valiant seems to be doing a lot more folk events than they did at their inception. I remember when Kyler beat Mason at fargo and then I believe had a bit of a down super 32 the sentiment seemed to be the kids were a lot better at free. I've noticed they have been doing the PNL stuff and did the duals with sem and lake highland last year on top of most of them going to super 32 which is really good. They also had some guys enter reno TOC the last few years I believe. I think if kids wrestle the national circuit the high school season does not really matter all that much. I think Angelo ferrari wrestled his texas schedule his last two years and ironman and that was that so the idea that you need 100 matches in a year I do not think is the case for every kid. As to the Regan question I would assume he is going there for training mostly and they may be able to enter him in ironman since its an out of state competition so it'll be the traditional 14 weights rather than PA's 13.

106: Bassett #3 113: Forrest NR 120: Regan #6 126: Carfley NR 132: Silfies NR (looked good at cadets) 138: Forrest P4P #1 144: Herring #5 150: Bassett/Butler NR (I think he probably should be beat Perry and Dimen last year) (state 8 2024 DNR postseason last year) 157: Bassett/Butler P4P #2 165: Miller P4P #4 175: O'Farrill NR (really good I think he breaks out this year shallow national schedule) 190: Pensiero NR DQ in blood round was beating the guy who took 5th 215: not sure 285: Rodriguez (State 3)

Willie would have a much better idea than I would but if Regan somehow was given post season eligibility I think that Mccort team could potentially be the best high school team of all time.

I thought Alejandro Herrera was going to win right away. Welsh was only a sophmore at the time and he was a senior but he was 5-0 against Welsh his senior year. He just seemed to have a college style.

Pretty sure he works with Stanich a lot as well.

assuming he has not regressed since worlds last year (fairly big assumption) with no Ono he would still be the pretty sizeable favorite to win worlds this year after beating uguaev fairly soundly and uguaev still winning Euros this year. Takara suda from Japan is really good but he went to criteria with Mongush who uguaev still has a decent edge on imo and irans second or third string guy so I would have Vito over him as well.

I thought what Marcus did to Brock hardy was really crazy since he walks around at like 137-138 naturally. Brock looked like if he had another 60 seconds, he could have beaten Real and Marcus just outclassed him to a pretty significant degree. He has always had the ability to get to legs off his drag and off of re-attacks, but he seems to have gotten much more comfortable with head and ankle stuff I think he has improved a lot even since the open.

I am interested to see what April-September of holding and cutting weight does for PJ. He is a big kid, and I believe is cutting a decent amount he is also 18. I would not be shocked if his body rebounds a little bit once he stops trying to hold the weight for a month of two and he puts on a decent bit of size. I think that is sort of what happened to Haines once he stopped trying to hold 157. When your body is in a pretty nutrient deprived state it gets very good at partitioning those nutrients, so it makes it easier to put on quality size for a period of time after until you get back into homeostasis.

Just a thought experiment to show how rare this young crop of talent is. There is always a lot of turnover after the Olympics and while we had a rare group that held on for 2-3 cycles, I still think it is very promising for the future. While I am a bit pessimistic about how this team does at worlds, I think the future is incredibly bright for team USA. 18-year-old world teamers: Duke,Jax,Blaze (Bassett has beaten Valencia 5x's) 19-year-old world teamers: Lilledahl (Valencia beat woods 2x) (Joey Blaze took 4th) 20-year-old world teamers: N/A (Stanich is in the convo to make this team if he goes seniors IMO) 21-year-old world teamers: Barr, Haines 22-year-old world teamers: MM 2022 worlds (first year post trials that had a challenge tournament): 18-year-old world teamers: N/A 19-year-old world teamers: N/A 20-year-old world teamers: N/A 21-year-old world teamers: N/A 22-year-old world teamers: Yianni,Vito (Yianni was the only one to win a spot)

Do you really think after those 3 matches PJ will do better against the field? If you do then I can not refute you I think yianni out wrestled him for the most but I absolutely think pj is the future.

It’s munktaar and geno? Depends if masoumi has eligibility immediately unpon transfer

It’s probably naive to think that a 37 year old dake would be better than a 34 year old but I could see him as our best rep if he grows into the weight. His ability to push for 6 minutes just did not seem to be there.

Mostly agree. I think Luke is just really fast not sure Spencer looked slow. I have been super pessimistic about our 74kg guys even after carr beat Takatani but he seems to be his best when the moment matters the most I do wonder how what’s going on with Ben impacted Mitchell. I do not think anyone at 79kg this year was a top 10 in the world caliber wrestler which is a shame. Wyatt is really hard to predict I don’t think any of his main international opponents present the issues Trent did but at the same time Trent is probably 0-2 bbq at worlds. I’m expecting 5 medals but I think our 2027 and 2028 teams will probably be the best we have have ever had I will add I think yianni was the better wrestler currently for 70kg and I think he would have medal’d I do not think PJ will.

Thought he had a better approach here he wasn’t letting PJ on his legs he just folded match 2 and I think was mentally cooked after that. In my opinion the better wrestler lost but PJ is probably our future so I’m glad he will get the opportunity.

I’ve been pessimistic with this team however the only weight I do not think we can medal is 79. I would say we have a less than likely shot at 65,79,97 but I think there is a world where we walk away with 7 medals. PJ,Trent,Real are by no means favorites but could certainly navigate decent draws Spencer,Wyatt, (whoever wins 61) zahid all should medal and I think carr and Snyder are probably 50/50 or better.

I would like to apologize to yianni and team USA I feel as though I cursed him.

I’d like to normalize guys competing because they love it and not just because they are the best. I will watch Kyle compete every day of the week if it still feels like he loves competing. congrats to zahid!

No BS I think I sent that out and he took my wrestling ability in return because wtf.

Did Pj take that one or did Yianni combust my goodness.

Yianni may win a world title this year.