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Ah. So you are trolling. Could have played your cards a bit different and let me on a bit more. I already explained why he was removed. I am not ignorant as to that. My beliefs as to his potential do not necessarily line up with people who are more smart that me (I am referring to the Brain and other gents who get paid to do this - obviously not you).

I can't tell if you aren't being fair to Chittum or are trolling. I do suppose it could be both? Part of the confusion is it was reported that he tested up from the Class of '23 to the Class of '22 but there was a lot if grey area there as far as where to 'class' him at? Both the Brain and Flo did have him at (towards) the top, though, when he was still clearly thr Class of '23.

At 149 - yes. This point is actually pretty accurate. Who TF are you and where did you come from? Are you a JC burner account?

Holy shit. And this is for wrestling. Imagine how much of a cunt this guy is for revenue sports. He denied me my Woodley.

Also, I really like Arnold at 174 long term. I hope the weight isn't tough to hold.

So you don't think Ferrari is seeing 157? I don't either. The youngest is looking more and more like a 184lber and I am thinking the middle one grows in to 174. I don't see Kennedy dropping to 157 unless the middle Ferrari gets a lot better. He is the worst of the bunch and quite possibly might not even contend for AA honors his entire career. The youngest (and obviously the oldest) have it in them to contend for titles (opinion).

I am with you on both of these.

I want to see him at Cal Poly with Rowley, personally. I also would accept Oregon State and wish him the best. If he goes to a different B1G school, I will still root for him, but hope the school loses. I am petty.

I am not sure if you (or anyone aside for maybe JB and the Brain on here) have as far as history with Obe. I had the pleasure of talking to him this year at NCAAs and he is absolutely intoxicating to talk to and he is as top notch as they come in the human being department. Knowing that, I do believe he will be fine in the recruitment and retention (in this instance) department. The concerns I have are the concerns that were there before he was there just in development of lightweights. That doesn't necessarily mean it's a him thing. He is a much more accomplished wrestler than Kish is(was) at the highest level (Freestyle), however Kish was a better wrestler when it came to the college ranks so it may end up being a wash - which using the current trajectories is an absolute win. I just want both of these guys to succeed. Obe was a huge part of Kish's success the last few years. Now for both to succeed they will have to look to different resources than one another (although I bet they will still rely on each other in many aspects).

While I love this hire, I do worry that they will sink back down in their middle and upperweights. He has been there a few years we can count using one hand (to be clear - you could count using no hands) how many AAs NDSU has pulled in in the lower weights. For those not really in the know on Obe, he was a four or five time US National Team member from ~2009-2013ish down at 55/57kg. It would be expected that he coaches the lightweights up, but the results we currently have show otherwise. From a morale perspective, this is an absolute grand slam. From a developmental perspective this doesn't move the needle.

That Tweet is from March, fwiw. That wasn't a new Tweet. I put him in the same sort of boat as Parrisdaddy, for obviously different reasons (legalities VS fiscalities). If I see him step on the mat at NCAAs, I will believe he is competing there. Obviously we will know if Parrisdaddy is competing at NCAAs because we will have seen him at B1Gs. That is no guarantee with Focus. He could do something stupid and get himself arrested in between B1Gs (assuming he goes to Iowa) and NCAAs.

From what it looks like this is what actually happened to Burwick, despite the turdbiscuit Bono getting all the (dis)credit for it. Jason Leonard blocked Burwick from transferring. What a dick.

Before completing your post I saw and thought 'Man... this looks like Zahid then Dabe Gean.' Then I saw I was correct. Thank you.

Honestly? With how much he dominated and how he dominated? Yes. He struggled at 141 in his lone match against another true frosh who he would have destroyed two years ago at the same weight (126/132). I hope I am wrong, but he hasn't physically grown despite getting larger for 2-3 years (Bouzakis and Chittum both, actually).

Also, perhaps someone more intimate with the process can explain... What the hell happened at 63 KG? Because UWW decided to not hold the tournament for 63 KG every Western Hemisphere country can now only send nine wrestlers maximum? They are allowing the 63 KG guys who did enter to have qualified the weight for their country, however there is a max weight class entry limitation of nine (9) per country now and only for the Western Hemisphere?

Yeah that would have been cool/funny as all hell. The rules do state that once they accept the Final X bid they cannot enter the Open or WTT, though.

I have said it a few times now in a few different threads, but I think he is a smaller version of Taylor Massa or (new addition from me) Justin Zeerip. Two phenomenal recruits that wrestled high school with a physical size, strength, and power advantage over every wrestler they ever met. When the skill gaps are so large, it looks almost as if they aren't interested in being there. When they got to college they immediately found out that most of the guys they were wrestling were able to go toe to toe and even best them in the physical department and their skill was higher, so they struggled. Chittum struggled against 149lbers with the limited sample he had. He will struggle even more so with 157lbers. Now, I am a big fan of Zeerip and Massa, I don't want this to be mistaken for ridicule. They are inspirational stores and both are succeeding at life. Zeerip and his brother Collin are Co-Head Coaches at Whitehall, MI (Ira Jenkins of Michigan is from there).

As an aside and on a more serious note... Chittum wasn't even the 2nd best 149 or 157 gent in the Minnesota room. So I suppose it is fair to assume that if nobody from Minny enters B1Gs or NCAAs then he is the favorite, right?

It's Friday, so I can safely say this with confidence: You won the week.

That cunt (Leonard) is the reason Woodley wasn't able to wrestle last year at Michigan.

My apologies. I concede.

I have about one bold prediction per shit.

Four timer. ASU as well.

Shit. I concede, damn it!