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I can't remember do they always just do this in weight order?

With Yianni moving up to 70 for now, I could see Vito going 61, 61, 65, 65 (Olympics). Obviously depends on if Yianni wants to come back down to 65 for Olympics or move up to 74. I don't think the cut to 57 will ever get easier for Vito and he is far from jacked, he could fill out 65kg in my opinion.

MM is good enough to win 174 weighing 170, he needs to get bigger to compete internationally at 74kg, Dake was clearly cutting from 180+ to make 74kg and he is not even the biggest 74kg guy. MM going 174 for his last year would let Kasak or Duke go 165. 26: 57: Kasak (Duke RS) 65:MM 74:Haines 27: 57: Duke/Kasak 65:Kasak/Duke 74:Messenbrink Gives Messenbrink a year to grow more towards being a more full-sized 74kg Then Kasak and MM would graduate, letting Duke pick his weight and their other recruits in that range find a spot. Other option requires both Kasak and Duke to take a RS to let MM clear out.

Yes, I am talking about depth/parity in regards to our guys in a domestic context. Parity is probably a better term than depth, as there haven't been the JB/Dake/Taylor/Snyder type stalwarts who are a level above the rest of the weight class

I will add that since 65 is often the deepest weight at our WTT/OT's there are way more possibilities for upsets with our tournament style of qualification. I could see that leading to more years where the guy who makes it out is the guy who peaked the best that day to wrestle American competition rather than the guy who would best get results internationally. Not saying it is a bad system or that I have a better one, but for 65 specifically, I think that could be where some of our issues lie

You are forgetting the Kasak in that equation

Uhorchuk is #16 in class of 2026 and Creason is #21, they don't line up at weights of need, but they are good recruits for any program.

U23 Eligible 57-Luke 61-Jax 70-Duke 74-Messenbrink 79-Haines 92-Barr 5 of them are PSU also! These 6 automatically have the u23 spots if they want them. Those who could also gain a u23 auto spot by making national team- M. Blaze 65, J. Blaze 74 (who still has u20 eligibility apparently!), Sinclair 92 J.Blaze and Sinclair would depend on Messenbrink and Barr opting out

Love the new board! He deleted his commitment post from IG and posted #decommit on TikTok. He is definitely hard to keep track of so who knows where he ends up

They are, but kids who are recruited by those schools consider other programs and some even transfer out. It is a major commitment and a head coach change is something that could make kids reconsider.

Whoever the new coach is, he will have a big task holding onto those '26 recruits who will have lots of coaches (including maybe DT/Ward) calling after them now

Yea Marcus is as good as they come when it comes to positioning, I just don't see him winning shootouts the way Jax does. However, if anyone can help you add some offense it is that PSU room.

@Husker_Du looks like DeKraker has decommitted from tOSU, any news on where he is looking now?

I think Duke and Jax are the top 2 (no particular order) because their more high scoring than Blaze and have had more senior level success than Bassett (and I think they are more dynamic scorers than Bassett is)

Hardy is really good at freestyle, he is so savvy in those positions where he looks like he should be in a bad spot