As I understand it, he's back in the room. I hope Marinelli gets to roll around with him. If there's anybody who can show Alex what cement hips and tough ride look like, it's Mike.
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I don't recall him riding anyone by his senior year.
Funny how many complain about Morningstar being on staff yet Evans is seemingly embraced as a positive room influence.
Don't get me wrong, Mike is a gritty hardnosed wrestler but I don't particularly think he was a standout at riding better than average wrestlers so I agree.
Him being from Pennsylvania probably doesn't have anything to do with it
. Sometimes you try too hard.
By his senior year he did master the "hover til they stand then lift an ankle to drive out of bounds and repeat" technique.
Maybe your kid can be a 3 time AA if he hovers aswell as Mike did!
If not exciting Evans was effective. Got his hand raised a lot.
Riding time points suck! Just sayin.
Have no problem with Mike. I wish we would have had at least one season with him at 184
He rode the piss out of the guys out of the top 10 and struggled riding the top tier guys. Pretty much like 99% of the other AA level wrestlers. As far as I'm concerned they can keep as many PA wrestlers in the room as possible.
184? Why would an undersized 174 pounder wrestle 184?
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It appeared that Evans was the smallest out of all of the top 174 lbers - Kokesh, Storley, and Brown. I agree he wasn't a big 174 lber and would have been very small at 184. He even wrestled at 165 in college.
He did looked suck down to me as well. Wasn't he a 189 in highschool?
I doubt he ever actually weighed 189 while competing at that weight.
I don't know, you're probably right but I certainly feel the eye test showed he looked more filled out in highschool. Still though, I think he wrestled at his best weight in college. I never saw signs that cutting weight affected his performance. Can't recall ever seeing him gas.
He didn't.
He wasn't close to 189 in high school and wasn't filled out at all. Given his height I do think 174 was a tough cut in college. If he hit the weights hard, I think he could have done pretty well at 184. He's stronger than he looks.
I think he's a good addition to the room. Getting out of the bottom is typically a challenge for incoming freshmen. Having Mike ride them will be a great way to improve in that position. Learning how to put on a tough ride will also be something he can bring to the table.
I agree although I think the pain he was wrestling through may have factored in. His senior NCAA he was wrestling with a foot injury that made walking difficult. I don't recall his other NCAA's although the screw job in Ok City may have affected him which would be disappointing.
Evans was a warrior. That guy gave everything he had and left it on the mat. Loved his attitude.
He was a tough, talented kid, and someone you could count on to consistently win. Being a 3x AA is a tough feat, and he deserves a lot of credit for that. However, the flip side is that his DNP-6-6-6 career generated a total of 31 NCAA points. Impressive except at a program whose goal is to be at the top of the podium. To win NCAAs you need to average >10 points at every weight. He only did that once in 4 years. So despite his individual accolades, to be blunt, he didn't do the job he was recruited to do. Any analysis of Evans's NCAA career that fails to note that is painting too rosy a picture. I think he will help develop Marinelli and I hope Marinelli scores 100 career NCAA points and gets Iowa back to #1.
Evans is among my favorite hawks of all time. love him and his family.
and i think he was a model of consistency - a pillar in that line-up.
I don't see how you can possibly say 'he didn't do the job he was recruited to do' .
that's the definition of being 'spoiled' by all the hawks success. 3x AA's don't grow on trees.
and i think he was a model of consistency - a pillar in that line-up.
I don't see how you can possibly say 'he didn't do the job he was recruited to do' .
that's the definition of being 'spoiled' by all the hawks success. 3x AA's don't grow on trees.
If Mike didn't do what he was recruited for while wrestling for Iowa why did the guys recruit him to help develop Marinelli?
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Mike is returning to try and wrestle for the H Club at the senior level and just came off a year of coaching and apparently wants to continue coaching. As stated above, Mike was an above avg rider and was tough as hell to TD...both good qualities to further an offensive kid like Marinelli.
if you ask mike I would bet he is not even close to being satisfied with overall career. 3 time aas don't grow on trees, but mike evans talent should have been 2 time national champ imo, and it is not all his fault that he is not.
One thing is for certain: He absolutely should have been a finalist at least once, as it was plain to everyone paying attention, except the ref who inexplicably didn't call the fall, that he had Chris Perry stuck in the semis.
This. Mike's college accolades have very little to do with his return to Iowa, except that he's known to be a tough guy and a tough rider.
There's really no disputing Tarp's conclusion that he didn't accomplish what he was recruited to accomplish where Nationals were concerned. He was one of the very most highly recruited kids nationwide -- the kind of guy you expect to score a boatload of points at Nationals if your program is going to win a team championship. Mike didn't get that done -- although he really did earn at least 2nd-place points the year he stuck Perry and it went uncalled. He certainly would have scored quite a few more that year.
In any case, chief is right. Mike definitely has qualities that could make him a great asset in the Iowa room, despite the fact that his college career didn't result in as much scoring at Nationals as I'm sure he would have liked.
Whoa, I wouldn't say he was anymore talented than Brown, Kokesh, or Perry. I don't think any of them are 2 timers.
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