Max Dean in Portal
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Surprising, wonder why he would leave Cornell with his brother still training there. Maybe his brother is taking a coaching job somewhere?
Would Dean consider Iowa? It's been a back and forth show with Brands and Assad.. Max Dean could give us a potential finalist and lots of tournament points. I don't know if Iowa even has room, just throwing out a question..
Being the same place as your brother isn’t necessarily a strong draw. It would have zero impact on my decision, personally.
A lot of people are hyping Michigan as a title contender if he transfers in, but he would actually be a downgrade from what they were expected to have because it means Amine is done and not cutting back to 184 as speculated with Brucki coming in at 197.
It worked out fairly well for the Brands and Banach bros. You know just to name a couple
Maybe. They could have that conversation, but a LOT of factors. If he came for nothing scholarship wise it would be hard to turn down, but even then there is risk involved. Assad got pulled out of redshirt, then sat the free year (assuming injury), so he's just getting started. He was a 7 seed(?) when the tournament got cancelled. That's pretty good for a true freshman, at the upper weights to boot.
The transfer portal is a big part of the deal nowadays, Coaches are going to have to learn as they go on how to balance that with high school recruits and their parents. Iowa got DeSanto and Eireman, that's been helpful for sure. It's part of the gig now for everybody.
Don’t kid yourself. Carl is all over this.
And the Steiner's, Zalesky's, Zadick's, Kistler's. But, it's not necessarily for everybody. Sure makes it easier on the parents though!
I wonder if there much less to this than people are reading into. He has not been on the roster since '18-'19 and I know the Ivies have very different rules. Maybe he stayed in school both those years and exhausted his "Cornell" eligibility. Who knows. If he wanted to use the free year, he was going to have to transfer anyway.
I think dean at Iowa makes sense. Let Assad truly redshirt and brands get to a more natural weight.
Bael 100% is trying to recruit Max Dean. Here is a picture of him on a recruiting visit in Ithaca just yesterday
Don't think so. I think the big driver is that he got beat up by Foca at last chance, who looks way too big for 174 now. With Darmstadt up at 197, he doesn't have a spot. I think Foca is going to be a hammer. He's so dynamic.
Almost 0% chance of it happening, but Iowa would be a good fit style wise and he would be a good addition to the RTC.
Good point, i probably should have clarified that anyone PSU brings in at 184 isn't likely to add many more points, given they have the returning champ there.
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With all the family ties, MSU actually has a shot. Would just need to figure out how Gabe would fit in. Would they bump Miklus?
Like a squirrel collecting nuts (or Mizzoufan collecting squirrels?). Don't matter if you use them all, just don't let the other damn squirrels get 'em.
All of these what-ifs are hard on the brain. Sorry, that's all I got.
Two-team race next year might soon turn into three-team race. Love it. Let's beat everyone who brings their best lineup possible.
Michigan won’t be in the team race. The points at 174 and 197 will be equal if not worse and even if Dean wins 184 that’s not enough points to be in the mix. What place did Michigan get last year? 10th?
If they get Real Woods, Dean, Griffith, Brucki to go along with guys like Ragusin, Cam Amine, and Parris... that's a pretty salty lineup.
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Salty lineup. Likely a trophy. Not in the mix for a title
Edit to add: they finished 60 points behind Iowa and 44.5 behind Penn St last year. Iowa will be better next year and Penn St will be at least equal, I hesitatate to say much better because of 157 but likely will score more points next year. Michigan isn’t making up that kind of ground.
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5th actually. Their being in true contention would actually hinge on a lot, but Dean really isn’t any factor in that. What it comes down 100% to is if Micic comes back and Griffith ends up there.
This lineup would be VERY tough:
125-Medley/Ragusin
133-Micic
141-Mattin/Ragusin
149-Storr
157-Lewan
165-Amine
174-Griffith
184-Amine
197-Brucki
285-Parris
that is 5 legit Finalists in Micic, Griffith, Amine, Brucki and Parris along with likely AA Amine and possible AA’s in Lewan and Storr with a small chance at 125 as well.
that's minimal points from 25, 41, 49, 57. Lets be honest if Bull hadn't MFF out this year Amine wouldn't be an AA. Also i don't think Micic comes back so minimal points from 33 also. Micic graduated HS in 2014. Tell that to the people giving Kemerer crap
Why wouldn't Ragusin go 125 and it sounds like Real Woods will slide into the 141 spot. No?
Ragusin
Micic
Woods
Storr
Lewan
Amine
Griffith
Amine/Dean
Brucki
Parris
This year essentially didn’t count. So he has not taken a redshirt and may still do so.
Would love to see a healthy Bull next year stick it to Griffith. Think he's definitely the better wrestler and wins that 7/10.
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