Interesting factoid
- Thread starter 93hawkeye
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I love it. I will also say if Brooks can wrestle a little smarter, he has a chance at a title next year.
I agree, but at this current point in time, I will just be expecting Brooks to improve his AA finish on the podium. That way, if/when he wins the title, I can be pleasantly surprised!
Not sure how much smarter he needs to be. Sammy's issue was taking down in the 2nd and not being able to escape and ended up getting tilted. Dudley and Brown.
Ive said it before but other than recruiting this teams biggest priority is getting guys more comfortable rolling around in uncomfortable situations. Gliman vs Nico was a good example of if the other guy gets a foot off of our shot it typically turns the tide into there favor. Clark is the only exception to this on the team. That's why Clark is as good as he is. If we could just combine Clarks mat savy with Gilman on his feet we would have a hodge winner.
Why cant Gilman break down and turn guys? His techs are all takedowns without backpoints unless he catches you on his feet.
I've come to the conclusion either Brands doesn't value teaching tilts or none of the coaches can teach it because they weren't those types either.
I use to think it was just the right kids but there is no reason Gilman and Sorenson cant have that tilt in their arsenal. PSU can hit a tilt with 90% of their lineup. Iowa is at 30% and one of those 3 is Meyer switching like a middle schooler. And Im pretty sure Clark, Brooks and Meyer had this in their arsenal before they signed with Iowa.
This staff has to get this through the f'ing heads at some point. I could make a case that they actually made guys like Evans and Clark worse at turning from FR to SR year. Evans was a hammer in the beginning only to end up a ankle holding staller in the end of his career.
We have a million threads on recruiting but some of you need to look at the other monkey in the room that is this. Seriously Why does Cael spend like 75% of their practices rolling around but Brands acts like any sort of funk or tilting is beneath him? So lets drill high crotches until you cant walk off the practice mat some more.
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Not sure how much smarter he needs to be. Sammy's issue was taking down in the 2nd and not being able to escape and ended up getting tilted. Dudley and Brown.
This; I was wondering the same thing, especially after Dudley's match, why would you do it again and take down in the second period against Brown?
Brooks has as good of chance beating Gabe Dean as the rest of us do...none. I would be thrilled with 3-5. If he can put a few matches in a row together he would have an outside chance at making the finals.
I agree. Dean is fundamentally sound, strong as an ox and a way better athlete than he gets credit for. Likely his football background.
But with Brooks. Why do we love him? Because he can pull a tilt and get 4 back points out of nowhere.
Why didn't Brooks finish 2nd. Because he ran into two guys who he couldn't defend the tilt on: Dudley and Brown. And one dude who was just a freak pinner that was underated nationaly in Miller.
Like I said, Lets work on the tilts and how to defend it and spend time getting comfortable in those situations.
