I was referring to freestyle. I'm extremely out of touch with Greco. In freestyle I think Michigan lacks the star power that some of the other teams have. Minnesota may have a few holes but Cameron Sykora, Mitchell McKee, Brady Berge, Paden Moore, Owen Webster, Keegan Moore and Gable Steveson alone are going to put them in the top 3 or 4 in freestyle.
Its greco. Some of the best folkstyle guys in the country look below average against less heralded kids in greco. See it every year at the duals and Fargo.
Yea it applies more for the other weights that MI had a stud go down. For the 3 you point out they just wrestled MN kids that have had as much or more national success in greco and the MN kids are just better.
I have no doubt he would have made the world team in both styles had he attended the cadet team trials and stood a good chance at the junior greco team. He is the best athlete I've seen on a high school wrestling mat and Coach Powell has said numerous times he's the best athlete he's ever coached.
He wants to of course but like a lot of other wrestlers, I think size will dictate otherwise.
It's Freestyle. Nothing that happens in a Freestyle match, good or bad, matters when talking College Folkstyle potential and/or future results.
Yes, It gives you a great look at guys on their feet, within Freestyle rules. The difference between your approach from a Freestyle perspective and Folkstyle perspective from your feet offensively or defensively can be described in one word - EXPOSURE. THAT, is a game changer.
