RetiredFromWrestling

I would say that folk hinders wrestlers in the lower weight classes more. Stylistically most sports diverge more in the lower weight classes just due to physics. At heavyweight, there are less scrambles and less freestyle exposures. At heavyweight, in folk style, you are much more likely to give up a TD if you take a bad shot than at the lower weights, so big boys are more strategic naturally. Snyder, Gable etc look very similar in freestyle and folk with the biggest difference being the pushout. It may be a better question to ask why we are successful at 57 kg than why we are unsuccessful at 65. That might just be it is a less competitive weight class, or something else.

I don’t think it is complicated. Koll spent 30 years at Cornell and built it as far as he could take it. He wasn’t going to catch Penn State, so he wanted a challenge and thought he could help Stanford. Covid probably did reduce his loyalty toward Cornell, they did not let them compete in 2021. He goes to Stanford and it doesn’t work out. He has a unique opportunity to go to his Alma Mater and he takes it. It seems like he made good decisions. The wrestling community is lucky to have him.