Purportedly, Iowa did not even contact Aaron Brooks or Carter Starocci when they were in HS.
If you're a program trying to beat Penn State, that seems like coaching/recruiting malpractice to me.
Irony: Hawkeye fan telling a Penn State fan that objective assessment of talent/progress is “negativity”. Go over to HR/GIA and read all of the comments from the incredibly deluded mega donors who think HWC is on par with NLWC. FWIW, I have been and remain a fan of Facundo. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I don’t think he majors him but he’s going to put up points that Facundo can’t match. That said, guys seem to make a jump in year three at PSU. See: Beau Bartlett. Maybe Facundo will develop a couple of good keg attacks. I’d love to see Penn State have a Shak-Cassar situation with two legit top 5-10 guys. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
He gave up a TD to Ethan Smith in an 11-5 win. And another to DJ Washington in an 11-3 MD. That’s it. Was the top team point scorer at NCAAs. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yeah. Look at their roster from NCAAs. How many schools are taking more than 4 matches from them in March? Likely zero. They went 1-1-2-2-2-3-3-7-NP with their nine qualifiers. Their “weak” weights were 125 and 165. Their lowest placing guy after that was a former NCAA champion, who took 7th. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Well aware. Over on the PSU board I’ve been saying that Haines doesn’t look big for 157, the entire year. Never looked bigger than anyone he wrestled. Stronger? Yes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Going to be some high ranking kids transferring out soon, I think.
If Carter doesn't take an OLY, or if Haines goes up and doesn't take his RS, I fear that Facundo will either have to take one, ride the pine or transfer.
And not in a good way.
My wife has little interest in wrestling but walked by during Final X last year and thought that Zahid looked, in her words, "Sloppy".
Henri Deglane and the Egyptian Ranking Series events. All weights were +2kg. 65kg was 67kg, 70 was 72, etc. https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/10385985-team-usas-results-at-the-2023-henri-deglane Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
A guy who was wrestling at 72kg, and couldn't make 67kg for a single-weekend event, is going to wrestle at 149 for an entire season, eh?
Ok. I'll believe that when I see it.