I think that there are cases to be made for wrestlers stagnating at OSU but it is not universally true. Just looking at the team last year - Plott has gotten much better each year. Olejnik improved in his one year at OSU. Teague Travis improved greatly. Sprately and Jamison did not have the NCAA tournament that I am sure they wanted to have but both had great seasons and made strides in their development last year. A person could go through every team and cherry pick examples of guys not living up to the hype. The biggest problem for John was the Ferarri / Mastrogiovanni thing.
Agreed. He could use 30 pounds of muscle. He was way more talented than Schunke (beat him multiple times) but lost to him at the Christmas tournament and size seemed to be the biggest disparity.