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This is honestly really shocking to me since the Russian federation opted to not send any of their wrestlers. I wonder if he will be defecting after the Olympics I hope they will just allow it and move on but that does not seem very Russia.

Free and Folk are certainly not a 1 for 1. However when you account for the fact that be beat Ashnault a few weeks after his folk season ended (ashnault has been wrestling exclusively free for 2-3 years) and that he has two years of high school development left before he even touches a college match (on a roster) I think it's fairly safe to say his ceiling being low AA is a dog water take.

Never forget Malik has a win over a guy that pinned Gillman! I agree 100% I think in Kurt and Maliks case coming into college they were almost small for 50kg I guess I more so meant guys that are cutting a bit to make 113 or are comfortable at 120 and aren't really growing a ton more in terms of structure.

There are definitely genetic anomalies, but I don't think you can be a current day collegiate athlete and get away with not lifting even if you're Aaron brooks, I just don't think the coaches would allow it.

it would appear that he lifted all throughout college but has not been lifting since thus he has decided that his physique Is not the result of lifting but in fact just wrestling.

Listening to Spencers interview on flow, he speaks about how he feels 125 is too small of a weight for the modern day male. I think this was a general sentiment but especially in regards to the collegiate season. He mentions how he thinks it will get even worse in the coming years and attributes the roller coaster that is 125lbs to this. It made me wonder if you are a college coach are you looking to recruit and undersized guy who may not be quite as elite as say a guy who was making 126 his senior year of high school. An example of this that I thought of was Ayden smith. Ayden is great hes a 2x 1st place guy in PA and he wrestled 113 the entire year regardless of the 2lbs. Now is he Luke Lilledahl obviously not, but I think he will comfortably make 125 for 4 years. Lilledahl is a poor example because he could be an all timer given his trajectory but the point im trying to get at is do you want the guy thats not quite as good right now but could make 125 his junior and senior year or the guy who's good right now but may end up at 133 after a year or two and has to cut his ass off.

of the 150 true freshman AA's 6 of them or 4% came just last year with Stanich,Bailey,Kasak,Watters,Shapiro,Welsh.

I think that most neutral fans will throw out "buts" and "ifs" in regard to Russia not being there. Which I think is only really fair to do at 74kg if Dake were to win. While Uguev, Sadulaev, Mamedov all very well could have won gold. All of them competed in worlds last year and failed to do so (only one of them came away with a medal). Chalk that up to whatever you want rust from not competing an off day etc... Point being Sidakov is the only guy who is the returning champ at an Olympic weight so I feel as though 74kg is the only weight someone could argue should have an asterisk and I would not be one of those people.

I think his floor if he were in college next season would be low AA.

I don't think Spencer has great odds but to say he has no shot is a bit insane to me. I would have probably said Stevan had no shot after seeing his draw last year, and now the field is weaker without Russia. Abakarov seems like a very bad matchup for Spencer but he could very well beat anyone in the field after all he beat Gillman two in a row.

Downey leading Carter at the break after likely smoking backwoods, and training in a high school at the age of 31 leads me to believe he could have been just about as good as anyone if he was dedicated from the time he graduated HS until present day.

RR won a pretty loaded cali class at 120 this year with Nate Carrillo, Isiah Quintero and Moses Mendoza Im always a big fan of the guys that could potentially be career 125's not sure that he will be but being 120 in his junior year is a positive.

frankie edgars gym is right there too

mike chandler is about that height but I don't know that JO is mike chandler beefy. The cut probably feels like a breeze with the 24-hour rehydration. I would love to see him transition to the ufc at some point but only if he can be a top guy. I think his wrestling should transition to MMA very well given his style was very much off of timing from space and a lot of slide by stuff.

he transitioned full time to MMA he has had one fight and then another scheduled about 4 times, but his opponents keep pulling out.

My favorite wrestler of all time so I am super excited. I don't see him being a super big factor being he's older and has probably not been wrestling nearly enough given his MMA transition. I am none the less super excited to see him compete.

It sucks for Coleman and he seems like a great guy. That being said no program is going to turn down David Taylor, especially when you couple in the financial backing that came with him. The timing is unfortunate for Coleman with the main jobs being filled prior to his departure but there will be openings and are current jobs for him. As mentioned, the assistant spot at Rutgers as well as the developmental job for the cadet and junior guys which is a pretty sought after position. He will bounce back, I'm sure it stings now but when the dust settles it should fuel him to just be an even better coach and show Okie state what they missed out on.

From @Husker_Du 's last pod it sounds like they are offering guys a lot to flip but it seems like kids are just rather disinterested in the program. They are also dealing with two teams reporting them for tampering and reaching out before guys enter the portal which is a bag of worms. For these young guys I think that they need to see you can win there and by win I don't mean AA I mean win it all because with the level these kids are out now it feels like it's probably all or nothing for them. Outside of Spencer they really have not shown that in recent years.

Crazy to think Imar was potentially two Vincenzo joseph inside trips away from maybe being a top 3 all time college wrestler. He would have been 112-1.

Really interested in Ramierz and Mutarelli.

game recognizes game

I know the cut was difficult for Haines and as of late it seems like over cutting is a bad thing. Haines seemed so strong at 157 and so hard to get out of position that I wonder if it's actually the perfect weight for him and that he may struggle as he moves up. When I say struggle, I don't mean he won't be a top guy I just mean he may not be THE guy.

I know he intends to try and make the team at 61kg I feel like starting at 141 and growing into 149 would be a good move for him as for Beau man if that's who you mean by 174, I almost feel like he's going to have to be an 86kg guy come 2024 his frame is huge unless he stays super skinny like wick forever.

If blaze could hold 133 (I think he's a 141) I think they could almost fit perfectly. After a red shirt I think the mantanona brothers could occupy 165/74 but big Blaze could also grow into 165. Worst case scenario would probably be marcus 141 and lemley bumping Gilcher out at 149.

bleise was on an absolute heater until he wrestled Long it would seem, took out Jack and Kolodzik.