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No doubt Dake would be great at Greco, but could he be good enough to win or medal at the World’s? My thought is that he would probably come up a little short of making our team, but you never know.

I understand that his mind and heart he wants that Gold medal in LA, but I think his age and his frame are against him. DT could do it because he’s got the frame to be an 86 guy.

So, what does Dake do now? Does he drop back to 79? Does he follow DT into coaching? Personally I would love to see Dake get into coaching, I think it would really energize college wrestling even more. I know it DT’s first season but wow what a success.

I expect Snyder to win in 26, but I think by the time 28 rolls around I think it’ll be Brooks

Marcus Blaze future World/Olympic Champ or medalist? I think so.

Hopefully

Does anyone have much for Snyder domestically (at this point in time)?

PJ Duke, are you kidding me, wow! I thought that Yianni’s experience would prevail but obviously PJ had other plans. Congrats to him. I like the youth movement, I think it’s kind of exciting.

My take on Kyle Dake is that he’s undersized for 86. I know that he is an incredible wrestler, but I believe that Zahid’s size proved to be the biggest difference in this series. My next thought is what does Dake do next, go back down or does he retire from competition and follow DT into coaching, which I would love to see.

I highly doubt that Snyder is going to move to Stillwater at this point in time. I can’t imagine Kyle going in and telling his wife that they are uprooting and moving halfway across the country on the heels of his incident. I think Kyle has a lot of work to do on the home front and I think that he will wrestle at Final X. Now whether or not this problem takes a toll on his wrestling, we will have to see.

Also, if SnyderMan is his usual self he will tech Hayden two in a row.

I read somewhere that Metcalf said that he felt good at 65 kg. But I have always wondered what if he had a chance at going 70 kg. He was always a guy who put a ton of pressure on his opponents using his strength and conditioning. I know that when James Green tried 65 he wasn’t the same. And although Metcalf handled the cut better I wonder if he would have been better off at 70.

I don’t think he’s getting worse it might be that he’s just getting older. He was once the young guy, now he’s 29/30, and he’s facing a lot of young studs internationally. I don’t know his daily routine nor do I know who he’s rolling with, but he might need to see some different wrestlers in the practice room.

Hendrickson….wow, obliteration. Does he make the Senior team this year?

I’m really looking forward to seeing Jax Forrest competing. Best of luck to all our team members.