Most of TJs kids are going to come into college with a mental maturity far beyond their years. Accountability is a HUGE thing in that room and everyone there gets beat up and has to drag themselves off the mat at some point, no matter how good you are.
i don't think this is true? kemerer got the year back despite using the redshirt his 1st year and wrestled 3 full seasons.
He got a 6th year hardship, which is different than a medical redshirt. The KEY reason He was able to get it was because of missing an ENTIRE season along with Covid almost certainly causing them to soften a bit on eligibility rules for the time being.
is there actually a difference? because the expectation by everyone was that kemerer would get another year back well before covid happened. that's why he made the decision to sit out 2019 in the first place.
interesting. if he gets to keep his regular redshirt, he could theoretically do:
Yes, there are two different things. A "medical redshirt" requires you to have a redshirt available. Using a medical redshirt will use up your redshirt. So Spencer would not be able to "medical redshirt this year and regular redshirt next year" as using the medical redshirt uses his redshirt. This is available if you get injured early in the year and still have a redshirt available. This is what Stieber and Burroughs both used.
Not sure your take could happen.
I think the mental approach has changed with the arrival of Spencer. He hasn't won a Midlands, took 3rd and 2nd his first two years at B1Gs and didn't blink. Won that one that mattered 2 weeks later. I believe Spencer's teammates knowing Spencer is a frigging freak but even he has taken some losses gives the rest of the team perspective.
I’ve been blown away with how college ready kids that come out of sebolt’s room are. It’s obvious how much Drake and Cullan have drilled on their feet. They do a great job of looking for ways to get to legs, and as soon as they get opponent’s head/hands out of the way they don’t hesitate, that shot is coming. A few times this weekend I noticed drake’s lefty single was coming even before his opponents reacted to his clubs. Just awesome work.
I watched it again as well. Then again, and again. Lost track at some point.
Yeah, I could see DA @ 133 and CS @ 141 down the line. Both have good length. I know we've had quite a few guys hold 125 for their careers but I'm guessing this is one case where Jesuroga shuffles in from the bottom and people bump up. Don't know how big the parents are so purely speculation on my end.
21-22 he burned his regular redshirt And when he gets the medical Hardship waiver for 22-23, then his college carrer is done after that. Anything from then on is non college related.
I said 22-23 Medical shirt and then also said his elegibility would be used up. Did you miss that? I should have said Medical Hardship, not Medical redshirt.
No one knows what next year will bring. And we should have all learned that painful lesson recently.
Soft between the ears has a cure. Don’t keep the kid in bubble wrap. Most of the top guys now have experienced defeat. That’s how you get over it.
I agree with you. With all the injuries we seem to have every year, unless we are punting at any title chance this year you pull the shirt on Drake and let him go. He seems just fine mentally, and while he will be better next year, he is good this year and the team will be better this year with him. It also leaves him with his redshirt if he needs it in future years for injury or other circumstances. These studs are much more college ready now than 20 years ago. He has had like 10 matches already in this year, which is probably at least half of a normal redshirt year anyway which is better than nothing. With the way everything has gone the last couple years 20-25 matches a year or so seems to be the high end unfortunately anyway. Drake and Kem give us a punchers chance or better this year so I say go for it (not that TnT give a shit what any of our opinions are!). If Drake improves each match like he has so far this year, by NCAA's I think he gets us 10 or more points while Ybarra gets us 0 more than likely without drastic improvements.
How do you really know that wrestling their true freshman year was the cause and not other external factors. I think each case has such specific circumstances that it's not something that you can cookie cutter and this is what you should do.. if it causes them to check out and they thought that they could do it.. no certainty that the red shirt would really stop that. I think if he is healthy, our best option now, the staff feels they are ready mentally, and they want to do it.. you do it. no crystal ball to know for certain.
“Get comfortable with being uncomfortable”. That has stuck with me for years and I’ve heard TnT use that I don’t know how many times. When the going gets tough the tough get going! Be bitter or get better! Such cliche sayings that’s aren’t cliche at all. Maybe the most valuable life lesson for any human being in any walk of life.
Hopefully they have a backup plan to Detroit
