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He should be up to the task if healthy. Will make things interesting for Soldier Salute if he wrestles and wins Friday.
Agree and I hope it happens. If 133 currently is the best we will have, I don't see any better than Rd 16 at NCAAs
Teske is tough as nails, though reminds me of a true freshman with uncharacteristic losses. I also dont see him putting together a run at NCAAs but hope Im wrong if he is the guy.
Safe to say Brody should look a lot better the next time he takes the mat.
Not to be argumentative but who in this lineup would you consider a hammer? Ayala hot and cold, teske not much offense, Woods goes on cruise control a lot, VV zero offense, franek is defensive minded, Caliendo yes, Kennedy has 1 leg, 84 is a hole, glazier been decent, hill isn’t getting much.
I would consider Woods a hammer
When he’s on he is absolutely a hammer. Some matches he seems to wrestle down to his opponents level, or lets them dictate the matches pace instead of grinding them.
He does not look to be in any danger of losing even in the one score matches. Alot of his close matches are dictated by what the ref believes is stalling or is not. Id have to go back and look but think it is safe to say that there may be a total of 1-2 shots for takedown all year against him other than in the last 30 seconds of his matches.
This. Real is dominant on top and lightning quick from nuetral. He really does seem to toy with his food sometimes, but never seems to be in danger of losing the close matches. Really wish he would work more for takedowns and turns early in matches though to remove all doubt. It is almost like he wants to work on his conditioning in some matches. It is odd to watch him coast sometimes with as good as he is.
And that’s where he needs improvement, imo. He needs to initiate offense rather than waiting to counter an opponent down by 2 points. He might get the win either way, but we need bonus points where we can get them this season, imo.
I didn't think he was in any real danger against Echemendia... until he was. A 2 or 3 point lead late is no longer safe and he needs to adapt his game to avoid those situations.
He hasn’t had many matches yet this year but his match against ISU very well could’ve been a loss already. I agree with you that normally he looks like he’s in complete control of his one score matches but he looked beatable in that match.
When you allow someone to hand around with a shot to beat you, sometimes that is exactly what will happen. I just hope for Woods' sake this hard lesson is learned sooner rather than later.
I think he was dealing with an injury last year. It seems he is always dealing with an injury. In all honesty if both Teske and Cullan were 100% healthy I would probably slightly lean Schriever. I'm pretty sure he had a couple quality freestyle wins also. Did he beat Colaocco last summer? I think Cullan and Brody are very close in what they would score a nationals for team points.
Just wait till there’s 3 new sports cars flexing at you and grinning from ear to ear.
And I was also thinking Ayala and whoever goes at 65…
