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Be thankful it’s Star and not Terry.
Agreed, I was high on him a couple year ago, but he seems to have hit a wall with his development. He seems in between weights and I’m not sure he’s got the firepower to excel at D-1. Reminds me a lot of Carter Happel
Ryder hurt his knee. He was clearly limping. I’m not gonna jump to conclusions but he wasn’t himself that’s for sure. Hasn’t looked right all summer imo.
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He is real thin still at 145, I can’t imagine 141 with the 1 or 2 hour weigh-ins are going to work very well. Unless he’s naturally that lean? The guys he has tough matches against are elite: Kasak, Webster, Greyson Clark, Nasir Bailey. He pretty much destroys everyone else. I guess I don’t see why he couldn’t be a future AA at this point. I don’t think Carter Happel was going close with the very best guys in the country as a high school senior, in fact I remember he wasn’t. I know you mentioned ‘firepower at D1’ level and that definitely may be an issue, we’ll see.
I can’t imagine him making 141 in almost a year and a half and being effective at all. By then he will probably be cutting a fair amount for 149 to compete against Estrada and Rathjen. Don’t think he’s beating anyone out above 149 anytime soon, unless Ferrari leaves, so he better hope he stops growing! He would have nice length for 149, and Estra is short and thick, so he might have better chance at cutting, but it sounded like he would consider 157 if he wasn’t so short. Better start recruiting 141 and 133 hard.
Don't forget that 70kg World Team Member (serbia) Victor Voinovich has 3 years left as well. (Also hoping that he can continue to make 149 for those 3 years.)
I hope you are right. We’ve already got a bunch of guys that can “go close with the best guys in the country”, he’s a guy I’d love to see jump a couple levels.
I thought Webster beat someone good recently but couldn’t recall. He beat Mendez at U S Open and lost to Kasak in Finals. Was #1 seed at U20 team trials and lost in finals in rematch with Mendez. Block’s match with Webster was essentially even with neither wrestler coming close to takedowns.
Ryder hurt his left knee defending a TD in first minute of match. Got it taped and put on compression support. Tried to go but began limping badly. MStar came out from corner and immediately defaulted. If Fargo was in the plans, I would say now in doubt.
I don’t see where I said he was a blue chipper. Just mentioning it for the folks who don’t use Instagram. FLO has him #73 2024 and Willie has him #53.
They have split now with Webster winning at US Open and Mendez at WTT. Mendez is an AA so I would say that Ryder is showing ability to be right there with the best of the best as a high school senior. He’s only going to keep getting better.
We'll see. I was more optimistic previously that he had developed the skills to be an impact addition to the lineup. I'm not so sold now. The lack of scoring ability vs quality opponents from neutral is troublesome and he has never had a big mat game. He obviously became injured at some point this summer so it could be a factor depending on when it occurred but he has not looked especially good this summer and he wasn't tested during the highschool season.
True, his rank is more quality depth and hope for a jump in ability than impact recruit.
Where did that happen? Maybe you should re-read my post. Was just noting another big boarder will be in the 149/157 mix, as the discussion was about Block potentially entering that weight class range if he couldn't hold 141. I think VV will be our guy for the next 3 years at 149, provided he can make the weight.
Me either. I don't care who actually wins the spot, I'll cheer for them all the same. Just my opinion.
Caliendo and Kennedy are a push where I’m sitting. Caliendo didn’t have any big wins at NCAAs and all his wins were of the non-bonus variety. He had a very favorable draw. Kennedy had a very Marinelli-esque season, looking amazing in the regular season, then struggling at NCAAs. Not sure what the plan for 165 will be, but these two should beat the hell out of each other n a daily basis and make each other better.
I had him pegged as the 157lb starter last season and was shocked when he got smoked by Siebrecht 7-0. He impressed in freestyle recently losing a close bout 11-8 vs AA Ed Scott at the World Team Trials at 70kg, he should battle Voinovich pretty tough for the starting 149lb spot. Suddenly a lot of middle weight depth in Hawkeyeland.
I believe the match with Siebrecht was a 1 score match before a very late situation.
I think you may be right. Pretty concerning that Rathjen had such difficulty scoring on Cobe. Caleb looks much better down a few pounds. Seibrecht seems pretty tall for 149, what’s he like 5’11”? Lots of contrasting styles between Seibrecht, Rathjen and Voinovich.
He looked very lanky at 158, can’t imagine him at 149 with any muscle
Something about his build makes him look at least 6 foot, and he was taller than all but a few 57’s.
