We all know his credentials. Kid is a stud, who I am glad has committed to Iowa. Now after he broke his right ankle last month, and separated his shoulder yesterday, does that lower anyones stock in him? Or with him being a Junior, do you feel he has plenty of time to heal fully before putting on a Iowa singlet? For soe people injuries can nag the rest of your career. I hope that is not that case with him. Sad to see his chance to become a 4 timer fall apart.
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Before the season, there was talk about how his body seemed to have a lot of miles on it already and concerns about his durability. Now it seems those concerns are warranted. He's a good wrestler and I hope he gets healthy.
Not true , with the correct training and nutrition he could be back stronger and healthier.
Nah I’m not concerned at all. He will heal up just fine. Injuries happen.
Broken ankle? Who hasn’t broken their ankle? No biggie there. And a separated shoulder? Almost everyone who wrestles has experienced this to some degree. I suspect he will be fine. Young kids bounce back pretty quickly. Wishing him the best.
It was really tough to watch him walk off the mat after the injury in his semi match. The amount of dedication, and desire inside that young man is incredible! Get better stud!
Maybe the injury is a blessing in disguise. He said he was going to to a break & heal fully, great attitude.
The kid is 16, not 35. He’ll be fine.
The nice thing for Cullen and the rest of our guys is our coach rarely will make them wrestle a tough match against upper echelon kids. People can belly ache about how we duck and cover but we're the ones laughing all the way to 4th place every year.
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Kid is a stud! No doubt. Personally, this is the question I am most interested in when discussing the impact clubs have on the development of HS and younger wrestlers. Most of these superstar kids are training at an extreme level and competing against top national talent more often than ever before. What impact does it have over the coarse of a career? My questions will be answered over time I guess.
This is a dumb projection if these kids don't train like elite athletes they won't compete against the best. All other sports have been doing it for years. In my case football took me out for close to 2 years of wrestling so what is the resolution in the off-season sit and play Fortnight??
That is nothing like what I am asking. Wrestlers today are doing more than ever before. Is this in the best interest of kids, their development, longevity of their career? I don't know but will find out over time.
I wonder about this too. Hawks wrestle 20-30 before tournaments. International seems like 3 tournaments a year. High school, some are getting 50 matches or more, then follow it with as many in the off-season. Then when you look at the Hawks, there have been quite a few guys who have been a broke down version of themselves by their fifth year. I'm not saying you shouldn't train, but constantly rehabbing enough to get back on the mat is not the same as off-seadon training.
Here are some supporting numbers for the "average number of matches for starters, for a school, for a season"
(These numbers are for Iowa)
2014: Starters averaged 30 matches which is tied 32nd most
2015: 36, tied for 3rd
2016: 28, tied for 37th
2017: 30, tied for 19th
2018: 26, tied for 52nd
2019 (so far): 16, tied for 71st
Numbers show we are usually in the middle-of-the-pack, with this season being lower than normal...although it feels like we've had a lot more injuries this year.
In comparison, here's PSU:
2014: 30, tied for 32nd
2015: 30, tied for 21st
2016: 30, tied for 19th
2017: 25, tied for 54th
2018: 28, tied for 39th
2019: 20, tied for 51st
Sure he’s a great kid but frankly that is definitely alarming. Obviously anyone can get injured as wrestling’s a tough sport but resilience and health should definitely be a factor.
That’s a little loaded isn’t it since the Iowa starting spots at a few weights were in flux, no?
It is actually better to break an ankle than to have a torn ligament in the ankle. Have done both and the break was 100% in around a month- the several sprain took like 6 months to feel good and almost a year to be 100%. Separated shoulder generally should get stabilizing surgery otherwise will increase likelihood of happening again
Cullan and Ybarra are studs, no doubt, and I am happy they have chosen to be Hawks. They are not at the top of their own weights or near top 10-20 PFP though. While I could see having to “settle” for a 30 or higher PFP at some weights, I don’t see how we aren’t able to get the top guys at the light weights. Robbie Howard should have been begging to come train with TnT and the guys in our room. I can see where there are some circumstances where the wrestler wants to stay with the home state school, closer to home, some school seems to be a better fit, rich uncle will only pay if they go to school B, etc. It seems like the vast majority of lightweights choose a different school though. We still get the lower ranked kids, coach them up and they frequently AA and beat the kids that were higher ranked out of high school, but it sure would be nice to start out with the top dog and coach him up to be a multiple time NCAA champ rather than a multiple time AA. It is frustrating that we struggle to recruit the lightweights.
Of course getting Spencer was a huge coup. And getting DeSanto and Renteria to see the light and transfer after initially not choosing the Hawks has been great. Getting top ranked kids out of HS should seemingly be easy, but unfortunately, that has not been the case.
Of course getting Spencer was a huge coup. And getting DeSanto and Renteria to see the light and transfer after initially not choosing the Hawks has been great. Getting top ranked kids out of HS should seemingly be easy, but unfortunately, that has not been the case.
I don’t feel we have lacked at lightweight recruiting at all. Our upper weights have been a problem, but that seems to be on the uptick as well.
Sometimes kids want to wrestle right away.......probably not happening at Iowa for a few years
Well IDK what else to say other than I hope karma is a real thing bc things are really fishy in happy valley- rich uncles, ROTC and such. Maybe this FBI probe in basketball will carry over to PSU in wrestling and SEC in football
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thought there was a kid that got scholarship money for being jrROTC or something
We've had only one top 10 recruit at the light weights (125,133,141) in 10 years - Spencer Lee.
While I wouldn't say we've been "lacking," that really isn't very impressive, considering the quality of the coaching and program.
You can see what guys who are #1, 2, or 3 p4p can do right out of HS. Snyder, Taylor, Stieber, Megaludis, Retherford, Hall, Steveson, Fix, Lee. No guarantees of course, but that is where Iowa needs to be if they are going to catch PSU.
Schriever sounds like a good wrestler, and just a jr, but before his injuries, I see he was only about #16 in his own weight class. Great that he's picked Iowa, but I'd still be looking for elite guys nationally.
I agree that the scholarship is commendable, but to use that on athletes becomes a slippery slope IMO....
Heavens no, there's a lot better games out there than Fortnight!
An ROTC athlete will have to serve a multi-year commitment in the military once they graduate. This opportunity is available to any qualifying student who is willing to make that commitment. Big picture - the military would benefit from more college athletes, not fewer.
Only if one is to suspect athletic programs are pushing recruits or rostered athletes into ROTC commitments. I could only SMH if anyone really suspects that is happening.
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