Sorry 8-1 isn't close. Sometimes people just wrestle tough. Don't think too hard. How many time did Alex marinelli wrestle "close" but was dominant? A ton! A 5-3 match back in the day could be dominant. 2 takedowns and an escape vs 3 escapes.
Very encouraging first dual of the season. The guys looked aggressive and looking to score points
Not sure about this...Deacon has about 20 pounds on Bradley
8-1 is close now that a TD is worth 3. And please be careful using the Marinelli comparisons as I can easily com e back and ask you how many times did Marinelli wrestle "close" and end up losing at NCAAs. As much as I appreciate our guys respecting their opponents, I don't want them to respect them so much that it results in losing in the 3rd. And frankly we've seen too much of that for my comfort. And FWIW I love Alex, but wrestling close cost him some matches in my opinion that he probably shouldn't have lost. I want our hammers dominating; we need bonus points from them when it matters. And we should train like we fight; the training is now and the fight comes in March. I want our fellas trained to avoid "close" matches.
Did franek bonus or pin a lot of guys the last few years?? Not super athletic, so the style we see is what got him this far. If he can eek out a close win against Haines, I’ll be ecstatic. What was he ranked coming out of high school?
You are reading too much into a first match of the season. Franek never wrestled in the black singlet before. So don't judge on what you have never done I presume. 8-1 isn't close. That's a dominant match even with 3 pt takedown. Loosen up my guy.
Are you kidding!! If he eeks out any kind of win against Haines I'll be right there with you.
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I don't need to loosen up; I'm just fine. I'm just stating my opinion and then perhaps providing a counter argument to part of your opinion. I like what I saw tonight for the most part. But I'm still going to provide my opinion on where I thought we could have done better. If Franek can win like that all year, I'll be happy as can be. My point is that I don't want our guys to settle for close matches against opponents that are nowhere near their caliber. I've seen close matches bite us in the ass come NCAAs and I want us to improve from that perspective.
Looked good, but think Kennedy would have dominated this guy also.
I don’t know…an 8-1 win by the senior and #2 man in the country against an unranked cherry freshman during an era where TDs are worth 3 points…that sounds pretty close. I never indicated Franek was ever in danger of losing or anything crazy like that. You choose your terminology and I’ll choose mine.
had to find the background. I have known him since he was about 8. He has always seemed calm, level headed-never out of line, so that is somewhat surprising to me.
He beat up on Aiden Harris and acted like a bit of a tough guy in doing so. Guessing the Carver experience got the best of him.
The kid from Cal Baptist was a Nebraska transfer that actually beat Blockhus last year, if I recall....
I wanted to root for the kid, I used to live right down the street from his high school.
And he did have a couple close losses to decent talent. But he also had some rally bad losses as well. Come NCAAs a win is a great thing but I would like to see more cuts and TDs in some matches and getting bonus points vice having 3+ mins of riding time and a decision, especially with this 3-point TD.
Yes last year Morton reversed Blockhus with about 5 seconds left to pull off the upset in their dual. That was one of his 5 wins on the season to go with his 15 losses.
