Morningstar on WUW

[natchrlman]

Pretty good episode……lots of great stories….. I have a feeling they’ll have some more wrestlers on

As far as Kueter sounds like the plan is to wrestle him (when he’s ready) later in Big Season and not rush into lineup soon as football season is over

Seems like about the only way to make it work…… sounds like he’ll be bulking up this year…… they were talking getting him up around 250

 

[sweatybetty]

Some wisdom, I agree

 

[jrod65]

It was a good listen. Little nugget in there about recruiting some Cali guys(assuming Cortez bros).

Link:

 

[vhsalum]

Pretty good episode……lots of great stories….. I have a feeling they’ll have some more wrestlers on

As far as Kueter sounds like the plan is to wrestle him (when he’s ready) later in Big Season and not rush into lineup soon as football season is over

Seems like about the only way to make it work…… sounds like he’ll be bulking up this year…… they were talking getting him up around 250

online somewhere?

 

[T8KUDWN]

online somewhere?

you tube

 

[so cal hawkfan]

Remember when many on this board imploded and wanted the Brands and M* fired? Sounds like our staff is doing a good job and we’re lucky to have them.

 

[natchrlman]

online somewhere?

it’s on spotify too

 

[YoungGun07]

Remember when many on this board imploded and wanted the Brands and M* fired? Sounds like our staff is doing a good job and we’re lucky to have them.

Until they can find out how to keep guys healthy, and get them peaking in March, they aren't doing a good job.

 

[Hawkgma]

Remember when many on this board imploded and wanted the Brands and M* fired? Sounds like our staff is doing a good job and we’re lucky to have them.

I still think we can do better than all of our assistant coaches

 

[Nashville_Hawkeye]

Until they can find out how to keep guys healthy, and get them peaking in March, they aren't doing a good job.

And I would love to see some top tier talent be brought into the room that didn't wrestle at Iowa. I think it would be nice to get a fresh perspective from an NCAA champ or two with different experiences from different programs. Clearly TNT are doing most things exceptionally well or we wouldn't finish where we do each year. But there's always room for improvement and perhaps some fresh perspectives would help.

 

[woodsiding]

Until they can find out how to keep guys healthy, and get them peaking in March, they aren't doing a good job.

I thought they did a great job this year.

 

[SPOONER]

Shocker. A positive thread being overrun by the common complainers on their high horses.

 

[YoungGun07]

I thought they did a great job this year.

Which part did you like? The 1 seeds both being injured and losing? Our can't miss stud at 65 failing to AA? Our returning finalist at 197 getting 5th?

 

[globalhawk]

Pretty good episode……lots of great stories….. I have a feeling they’ll have some more wrestlers on

As far as Kueter sounds like the plan is to wrestle him (when he’s ready) later in Big Season and not rush into lineup soon as football season is over

Seems like about the only way to make it work…… sounds like he’ll be bulking up this year…… they were talking getting him up around 250

I assume that rules out playing linebacker. Great for wrestling.

 

[natchrlman]

I assume that rules out playing linebacker. Great for wrestling.

time will tell…… 250 isn’t unheard of at inside linebacker…… Jack Campbell was close to that

or he could grow into a DE…… DE’s are paid better than LB’s in the NFL

they were talking about his frame being capable of carrying a lot more weight than he is now…… and I can’t think
of a better place to put on quality weight than in the Hawkeye football strength and conditioning program

 

[globalhawk]

time will tell…… 250 isn’t unheard of at inside linebacker…… Jack Campbell was close to that

or he could grow into a DE…… DE’s are paid better than LB’s in the NFL

they were talking about his frame being capable of carrying a lot more weight than he is now…… and I can’t think
of a better place to put on quality weight than in the Hawkeye football strength and conditioning program

Very true. For the sake of being a HWT I hope he ends up on the d-line. Football pays well though.

 

[Nashville_Hawkeye]

Which part did you like? The 1 seeds both being injured and losing? Our can't miss stud at 65 failing to AA? Our returning finalist at 197 getting 5th?

Yeah, we definitely had some lows in last year's tournament, but I don't think we can pin all of that on the coaching staff. That said, I do think we need better talent in the room to challenge our middle and upper weights. Aside from Big Tony, the offense coming from 49-HWT has been pretty much non-existent against the top 20-30 level wrestlers. Sure our guys can light it up against the small school kids, but I'm thinking that if you're a top 10 wrestler you should be able to score points against those outside the top 25. And our problem much of the time in my opinion is that we don't even try to score, rather we hang around in hopes of a one-TD match.

 

[choosenuetral]

Shocker. A positive thread being overrun by the common complainers on their high horses.

Golf clap for Spooner upping his gif game. Well done sir.

 

[SPOONER]

I assume that rules out playing linebacker. Great for wrestling.

Maybe if this was 1982.

 

[globalhawk]

Maybe if this was 1982.

NFL average for a linebacker is 240lbs. 250lbs as a true freshman would have him on a different trajectory. Might be too difficult for you to process.

 

[HawkAlum2002]

time will tell…… 250 isn’t unheard of at inside linebacker…… Jack Campbell was close to that

or he could grow into a DE…… DE’s are paid better than LB’s in the NFL

they were talking about his frame being capable of carrying a lot more weight than he is now…… and I can’t think
of a better place to put on quality weight than in the Hawkeye football strength and conditioning program

I've always guessed he'd end up at DE. He reminds me of Aaron Kampman who made the same transition here.

 

[Nashville_Hawkeye]

I've always guessed he'd end up at DE. He reminds me of Aaron Kampman who made the same transition here.

Would love to see Ben playing on Sunday...after a successful four-year run in an Iowa singlet!!

 

[pistachio1999]

I assume that rules out playing linebacker. Great for wrestling.

Don't need him at linebacker this year. Next year yeah.

 

[SPOONER]

NFL average for a linebacker is 240lbs. 250lbs as a true freshman would have him on a different trajectory. Might be too difficult for you to process.

He will be spending many years at Iowa, not just his freshman year. And he's not going to be 250 as a true freshman.

 

[globalhawk]

He will be spending many years at Iowa, not just his freshman year. And he's not going to be 250 as a true freshman.

He wrestled 220lbs. Morningstar stated he had a frame to put on weight. He will be in the Iowa football strength program. Would you like to make a wager?

 

[natchrlman]

He will be spending many years at Iowa, not just his freshman year. And he's not going to be 250 as a true freshman.

I kinda viewed him as a Jack Campbell 2.0 starter kit….he’s definitely going to fill that frame out

 

[SPOONER]

He wrestled 220lbs. Morningstar stated he had a frame to put on weight. He will be in the Iowa football strength program. Would you like to make a wager?

Give him a couple years, sure. But he’s a lean and athletic guy who just wrestled 213 less than 2 months ago. He’s not going to be 250 come fall football camp.

 

[so cal hawkfan]

Which part did you like? The 1 seeds both being injured and losing? Our can't miss stud at 65 failing to AA? Our returning finalist at 197 getting 5th?

What I like and am optimistic about is that when pretty much everything related to the Hawkeye wrestling program fell apart after Spencer lost in the semis our coaching staff has picked itself up by its bootstraps and gone to work. They picked up two AA transfers along with two other solid transfers in Victor Voinovich and Joey Cruz. They also got a commitment from the number 1 recruit in the country. It seems like they have opened up a bit of a Cali pipeline getting 3X CA champ Estrada and appear hard at work in recruiting other top tier CA talent. What’ve you accomplished since March?

 

[globalhawk]

Give him a couple years, sure. But he’s a lean and athletic guy who just wrestled 213 less than 2 months ago. He’s not going to be 250 come fall football camp.

Who said football camp? You are making that up.

 

[natchrlman]

NFL average for a linebacker is 240lbs. 250lbs as a true freshman would have him on a different trajectory. Might be too difficult for you to process.

I think this is why we thought you were suggesting 250 as a true freshman …..

 

[globalhawk]

I think this is why we thought you were suggesting 250 as a true freshman …..

No argument. I would suggest waiting to the end of his first year to see where he is at. Let him actually get into the Iowa program.

 

[natchrlman]

No argument. I would suggest waiting to the end of his first year to see where he is at. Let him actually get into the Iowa program.

I was going to suggest the same 😎

 

[globalhawk]

I was going to suggest the same 😎

Remember, his true freshman year ends in May 2024.

 

[SPOONER]

Who said football camp? You are making that up.

You said true freshman. That marks his true freshman season. Going to take some time to get him to 250.

NFL average for a linebacker is 240lbs. 250lbs as a true freshman would have him on a different trajectory. Might be too difficult for you to process.

 

[globalhawk]

You said true freshman. That marks his true freshman season. Going to take some time to get him to 250.

I know what a true freshman is. He has a whole football and wrestling season plus more. It doesn't end at the start of football camp.

 

[SPOONER]

I know what a true freshman is. He has a whole football and wrestling season plus more. It doesn't end at the start of football camp.

Oh. Well that’s different then since football (hence playing LB) is long over by the end of wrestling season.

Regardless, he’s not packing on 30 lbs of muscle while playing football and wrestling.

 

[Reymundo]

Kueter said on a podcast this week that he plans on playing football at 240 -250 and that should be plenty big enough to wrestle 285.

 

[globalhawk]

Oh. Well that’s different then since football (hence playing LB) is long over by the end of wrestling season.

Regardless, he’s not packing on 30 lbs of muscle while playing football and wrestling.

Whatever. You do you.

 

[Steamboat529529]

I thought he was really well spoken. Lucky to have him.

 

[Grip220]

Kueter is going to be a Monster! He is likely taking in 8-10k calories a day and packing it on. I would bet by the time he wrestles his first match for Iowa he is every bit of 250.