You guys do remember that PK is a 165 pounder wrestling at 174, right? That is tough to do and it is tough to out condition a bigger guy. It is quite an accomplishment to be successful up a weight in D1. A few stellar athletes can do that and they are few and far between.
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How’d he do at 165 last year?
That isn't the point. All I am saying is the guy is giving it his best and he is up a weight. If you expect him to tear the field up, you are just setting yourself for disappointment.
i can’t speak for anyone else but the frustration stems more about how he lost that match. it was plain as day that the other guy was gassed but pk didn’t do anything the entire 3rd period to take advantage and he gave the other guy a chance to regroup.
that’s the only match that really surprised me all morning. oh well, onward
Plain and simple Kennedy has not preformed to his high recruit level. He was a huge get for Iowa and he may never be an AA. He has certainly been a bust.
Okay, but we also have a sample size of what he is capable of at 174 given those limitations and his performance today was far below that. The disaster isn't that he lost. It's that he had an amazing draw and blew it.
Have you ever watched Bartlett before? This is nothing new
I disagree. Not worth it this year and there is no way he was getting through this bracket. Next year…maybe.
I cannot say for sure. They go hand in hand.
It still seems that he is wrestling up a weigh and that is his biggest problem. Now, I agree, that 165 is loaded and he probably is not good enough to dominate at that weight either. But, he is every bit as good of a wrestler as - say a Mike Evans was. He is just too small for 174 and in a much tougher weight at 165.
I agree that he has not lived up to expectations, but he should get a little slack since he is wrestling up a weight. JMHO
He isn’t good enough to beat Caliendo. That’s all that matters here.
That shit there was Alex Marinelli 101 at NCAAs!! Hate that style!! Love Alex, who was a beast until he went into that 1 TD and pray for a win mode. I do not want that style in our room!!!
Kennedy - Facundo - Both huge recruits.
Facundo doesn’t AA as Redshirt Freshman - replaced.
Kennedy loses first round, it’s a weight issue and he should cut to 157 next year.
I see a problem
Facundo doesn’t AA as Redshirt Freshman - replaced.
Kennedy loses first round, it’s a weight issue and he should cut to 157 next year.
I see a problem
He doesn’t deserve to!! That was horrible wrestling and he should have to beat Star or Lewis to deserve to advance. What a letdown of a career by such an amazing athlete!
We've seemed to recruit shorter guys at so many weights over the years and it's one of my uninformed beefs.
Guys shoot, opponent spawls, and we're stuck underneath.
My fear is Gabe has the same issues with elite guys next season and beyond.
Hope to hell I'm wrong on GA.
Guys shoot, opponent spawls, and we're stuck underneath.
My fear is Gabe has the same issues with elite guys next season and beyond.
Hope to hell I'm wrong on GA.
Penn State can afford some big recruits not panning out because they almost always have another incoming big name recruit or a transfer lined up. We cannot afford those same misses.
Some of you and your idiotic comments……good god
Siebrecht has the funk to end a match at any time but him and Rathjen and Kennedy are pretty much RD12 guys.
We need a handful of high level transfers at 33, 41, 49 and 57.
I'm good with Mikey, Gabe, Nelson, Glazier (or he who shall not be named) and BK on the back end.
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Afford is the key word here. They pay for them. Y’all and Michigan are the only other schools that can put together even close to the same money.
The Brands love the short stocky old school wrestler body type. I'm convinced that if Caliendo had the build of Griffith or Hamiti it would be a hard pass by Iowa.
Yes, thought that was the reason he was on the staff, for his recruiting prowess. That is where PSU really separates itself, and even a hand full of other team are passing us up in this area. I can’t believe some of you were wondering why tnt were/are going after the Ferrari’s. They want to win, but at this time, PSU is going to get the guys who are the whole package more than we are. We have a few young ones like that, with Gabe , Deluca, hopefully Angelo, but need to fill in with riskier guys like older Ferrari’s until we can get 2-3 guys like the ones I mentioned in each class. If that means attracting young bigger name assistants, great. I hope Glazier’s last 2 matches finally convinces some of you he is NOT better than AJ as a wrestler. Him and Colby were fun feel good stories, but both started reverting back to themselves at the end of the year. Hope Zach can AA, but now going to have to pull big upset to do it. This also gives Nebraska 197 an easier match tonight, unless he chokes too.
You know they tried to get Griffith from the portal last summer right?
Star might be beatable this week. We’ll have to see…
Understand but decision on Gabe’s shirt was made way before Star got hurt. I think Lewis beats Star now and I don’t believe Gabe can hang with Lewis this year.
I think the unfortunate reality is that too many people are still hanging onto PK's recruiting ranking. He's never been that in college.
Through 4 years, he has 2 wins over AA's. One was Cam Amine, who then beat him the next week when it counted. The other is Jackson Turley at Big Tens this year. Turley was a flukey AA out of the 26 seed 3 years ago. Sub-500 last year. I don't really count that as a true AA win if we're being fair.
Through 4 years, he has 2 wins over AA's. One was Cam Amine, who then beat him the next week when it counted. The other is Jackson Turley at Big Tens this year. Turley was a flukey AA out of the 26 seed 3 years ago. Sub-500 last year. I don't really count that as a true AA win if we're being fair.
I would have to but I think it was a toss away year team wise and I believe the coaches knew it too without publicly saying it. So they chose the next four years vs 1yr wasted for Gabe
He's not a bad recruiter, but the HC does a horrible job of closing on the recruits we're after.
We had the binder from Larry Lee... I'm pretty sure Tom tore the pages out and used them as doodoo paper.
You just compared him to another overrated guy in high school who didn’t have the athleticism to be elite in college.
How fast we've fallen is the thing that kills me. We had some momentum but that's gone now. That title run feels like it was ages ago.
Didn’t he beat then top 5 Ruth of Illinois this year or was I watching a different Iowa team. I’m not sure about your stat line…
Ruth is a 5 seed but has never been on the podium, so not an AA yet
He was a hard nosed guy who matured early, which let him look good in high school, but was never an amazing athlete. If he was , he would have lived up to the hype
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