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Iowa will have 5 AA’s and 3 guys are in the finals, and they got hit with the injury bug. So I don’t see them getting anything but praise when they get back to Iowa City. I think Kennedy and Kueter had a pretty great tourney.

Things are going badly for Iowa. Teemer and Parco seem to be injured.

So both Dan Gable, and Cael Sanderson were incredible wrestlers, both in college and internationally. But was their impact on our sport more as a coach than as a competitor?

So is it Big Bruce’s 13 World or Olympic medals, or John Smith’s perfect run? Tough call but I think 13 years is a long time to be one of the best in the world, that’s 7 more years than Smith. So I think it’s Big Bruce as our all time best. After those two I would say JB. Then it should be SnyderMan. He has 9 medals 4 of which are gold. Then it should be DT. Afterwards it could be Dake, Kemp, Dave Schultz. But I will say that a lot of wrestling we have today started with Dan Gable, so even though he only has two medals, he is a legend, and should be considered as one of our very best.

I don’t know what to think about SnyderMan, I think he has to really change things up. Start bringing in some top talent around the world.

Snyder had the match but made a mistake in a scramble and it cost him

Man, I’m bummed. Well Spencer has to get to work no doubt about it. Carr on the other hand was really good.

So Snyderman went 2-0 at this event, did anyone watch his matches, and if so how did he look? I guess his opponents were pretty good, even though, one of his opponents was substituted.

I believe that he’s got to hit the weight room.

Nice job by Ferrari

I’m looking forward to seeing what Jax can do as a Cowboy and beyond. I think this is great for wrestling in terms of the new generation of young wrestlers.

SnyderMan looked good, but I was surprised by the Iranian heavyweight, he put the lumber to Mason. It shows the depth Iran has at this weight.

Yeah, I’m not sure what the deal is, but maybe the lack of local wrestlers competing might have something to do with it. But who knows what caused the virtual ghost town in the stands.

So I just watched the Spencer RBY match on YouTube, and watching it on the big TV, I thought that RBY looked a lil sucked down for the weight. And if there was a 2Kg allowance for this tournament, I wonder if RBY would be better off at 61.

Well I am glad that Spencer won, but yeah he might be a little rusty since I don’t think he will really challenged last time out, and I think that this competition was tougher. As far as RBY is concerned, I think he has improved since Paris.

I noticed that too, but I am happy that Spencer and our other team members did well.

Wow, I thought for sure that he was going to Oklahoma St. But congrats to the Hawkeyes, they sure could use him. Hopefully Bo does great.

Well I hope that Gable is 100% committed and will try to get back on our Senior MFS team. Hell I would also he to give Greco a try as well

Well I would love to see Bo Nickal get back into wrestling. I think that he would be great at either 86, or 92.

Well he certainly placed the highest, and Spencer was only down by criteria until the very end, Brooks meanwhile had a semifinal match that many people thought he should have won, and I don’t know if anyone could have predicted that Yazdani would end up with a significant shoulder injury. But at the end of the day both Spencer and Aaron became Olympic medalists, and who was closest to a Gold medal is really a matter of opinion.

These three come to mind, SnyderMan, Spencer Lee, Brent Metcalf

You are right, sometimes the best wrestlers don’t make the best coaches, but I think Spencer brings certain things to the table, (1) he is a Hawkeye, and that alone may be enough to satisfy the Iowa faithful as well as those who make the decisions behind closed doors. (2) Spencer now possesses an Olympic Silver medal which is an accolade that certifies his ability to be among the elite in the world. But all this is just conjecture, his talents may lie elsewhere and who knows what Spencer will want when he hangs it up.

I have to believe that Spencer is the Heir Apparent and this point in time, but things change. I have to wonder how much time Dake or the SnyderMan have left as competitors. If they were to retire how much interest would they draw. Add in what if this happens and Spencer is still competing, do you go out and try and land one of them or maybe JB if he’s has hung it up. Or does the Brand Bros, stay until Spencer is ready.

UNI looked good, nice job with a convincing win.

Congrats to Army, nice job