How can BB call Manning and commit when the entire Husker staff is still crying to the officials in Evanston?
Iowa Grades 2025 B1G Tournament
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Clearly failing grade for the staff. Not just for this performance, but for the last few years. I get there were some bright spots, but come on. It's not only adjusting and preparing each wrestler, but getting a grasp on the landscape and adjusting to that. Wrestling has changed, and other teams seem to have a better grasp.
Near fall changes- no change to top wrestling despite having one of the greatest top wrestlers of all time in the room.
Neutral danger- while every other team improved scrambling, Iowa did not appear to at all.
Three point takeown- no additional focus on aggressive neutral wrestling. Still push and plod forward begging for a stall call. On this point it's infuriating. Hell, even at the top high school level I've seen the difference that rule change has made. So many kids are aggressive on their feet. I've seen more matches where a kid may have been overly aggressive and got taken down only to continue that pace and come back.
All these changes are designed to reward the wrestler going after the win/ bonus. This staff appears to create wrestlers that are out there to not lose. I'm not a part of that awesome Carver atmosphere, but wouldn't you much rather yell "THREE" than "STALLING"?
Near fall changes- no change to top wrestling despite having one of the greatest top wrestlers of all time in the room.
Neutral danger- while every other team improved scrambling, Iowa did not appear to at all.
Three point takeown- no additional focus on aggressive neutral wrestling. Still push and plod forward begging for a stall call. On this point it's infuriating. Hell, even at the top high school level I've seen the difference that rule change has made. So many kids are aggressive on their feet. I've seen more matches where a kid may have been overly aggressive and got taken down only to continue that pace and come back.
All these changes are designed to reward the wrestler going after the win/ bonus. This staff appears to create wrestlers that are out there to not lose. I'm not a part of that awesome Carver atmosphere, but wouldn't you much rather yell "THREE" than "STALLING"?
If Brands can't get his own son to wrestle like a Brands, what is the hope he could do it for the majority of the team?
This (the part I made bold and italicized) is a bit funny. So, basically you just want to keep your expectations in line with however low we sink as a team. Move the goal-posts constantly. Then you can always say, "well, point to a single bad loss because I just can't seem to see one anywhere."
125 and 141 not placing is bad (FOR IOWA, considering it's freaking Iowa and we have endless resources to get the best wrestlers and coaches in to get the job done).
Ayala getting planted on his back and stuck is bad (FOR AYALA, considering he was ranked #1 and was favored to win the match).
Parco getting wrecked by Lovett after beating him in the dual is a bad loss (FOR PARCO, considering he usually beats Lovett straight-up). Parco getting wrecked by Van Ness again is a bad loss (FOR PARCO, considering many thought this was a winnable match only a month ago).
Teemer placing 7th is bad. FOR TEEMER and IOWA, considering it's barely top half of big ten conference and Teemer was ranked #1 at start of season. And yes, I do realize it's likely mostly to do with his injury/injuries but most on here are tired of letting our coaches off the hook for injuries.
Caliendo wrestled awesome and to the expectations of probably himself, the fans, and outsiders.
Kennedy didn't take a bad loss, but also didn't have a good win and lost a consi-semi match that is certainly winnable.
Arnold lost two matches most would have predicted him winning a year ago and had one decent win for fifth place. If we would have predicted him winning those matches a year ago, I think they could be considered bad losses.
Buchanan getting beat is bad (FOR BUCHANAN, considering he was ranked #1 and was favored to win the match).
Keuter wrestled above expectations for this weekend and probably even with expectations coming into college.
Iowa Wrestling barely edging out Minnesota and Illinois and losing by 25 to Nebraska is AWFUL (considering expectations 30 years ago, 20 years ago, 10 years ago, 1 year ago, even one week ago).
Not to mention we lost by 69.5 to PSU, which people like you seem to just be okay with (NO BAD LOSSES SO IT'S FINE!)
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It's a pretty good take. If Iowa performed somewhat better or showed some improvement from the regular season fans would be happier. Performing to seed level you figure well, they did as expected, but you'd like to see some over performance.
It's sort of like he's purposely keeping his head down in the weeds, hoping no one notices there's a forest fire. But really, he set the forest fire and good fans like you are part of the bucket brigade.
I'm surprised Iowa isn't getting more love because according to many on here last year we weren't going to be top 10 this year,and maybe not even top 20.
of course several said Drake wouldn't All American either. I don't get the disappointment when the usual vrowd6 said we would be trash this year.
They also said Iowa was no longer relevant. Wrestling by far the toughest schedule in the country with one loss seems like a great season especially with the doom and gloom predictions.
With that said obviously it was a disappointing tournament, but not sky is falling level. No crazy bad losses, but no great wins.
It's stupid to judge a team until after NCAAs imo.
Finishing outside the top 3 without some crazy injury(s) would be very disappointing. Teemers issue really shrunk the margin for error though. Hoping he can level up in his last go.
Also give Nebraska a lot of credit they wrestled out of their minds they were gifted one match but had a great tournament. They typically do great at Big ten's though and s*** the bed at Nationals Maybe this will be their year.
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Yeah, I’m not calling the season a loss. We did great in duals except penn state, and we should of course see how ncaa’s go before evaluating the season.
I just think big tens was extremely disappointing and made the path tougher. And I do understand where most of the negativity is not just from this year, but the feeling that we’re watching the same old story as past years.
And I think a lot of the doubts of our ability to finish in top 5 (or top 10 if people were saying that) this season came prior to learning we’d be adding Parco, Teemer, and Buchanan to the squad. And that Nelson would be back.
Let’s see how they look in two weeks before we judge them as not peeking at the right time.
Oddly, I kind of agree with MSUs grades and argument that the sky is not falling. Yet I also agree with your analogies and thoughts. Gut feels like a D- performance, but mind says C+. Nebby beating us 🤮 may indeed be the reason for the difference. Regardless, we need a B+ or better performance at Natty's or even I may get really grumpy like many on here.
SIAP (or linked) Did anyone read this before posting here?
(Edit: Thanks @TarpHawk)
Is @wahlberg Ross Binder?
Iowa Wrestling Slumps to 3rd Place Finish at 2025 Big Ten Tournament
Another year, another underwhelming Big Ten Tournament performance for Iowa wrestling.
iowa.rivals.com
(Edit: Thanks @TarpHawk)
Is @wahlberg Ross Binder?
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Iowa Wrestling Slumps to 3rd Place Finish at 2025 Big Ten Tournament
Another year, another underwhelming Big Ten Tournament performance for Iowa wrestling.
iowa.rivals.com
You added an errant comma in your original link.
Great article, solid on every point.
I see this as definitely the team performance is less than the average of individual parts.
Underperforming seeds by all but 2 guys drops them to C territory on that alone. The real kicker is no champs. That's what takes it from a poor team performance to something worse.
Underperforming seeds by all but 2 guys drops them to C territory on that alone. The real kicker is no champs. That's what takes it from a poor team performance to something worse.
Team gets a D. Coaching staff gets an F. We see this same under performance every year at tourney time. Nebby waxed Iowa. Illinois and Minny were right there almost equal to Iowa. That really sucked. Where would Iowa have been without the 4 hired guns? Does Nebby have hired guns or are they simply out coaching Iowa? Remember all the ridicule against Minny and how they were doing nothing. Well, they almost beat Iowa. Time for a MAJOR shake-up with the coaching staff. I say try to get Gable S. and Dake. Doing the same thing every year and expecting different results is insanity.
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