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Nic Bouzakis to Ohio State

I have some of the same thoughts.

At the end of the day, and this is my opinion, there are just better recruiters out there than Iowa. Iowa has improved but not at the same level as Penn State or tOSU.
That is crazy. You have had the most powerful lineup for the last several years, including this one. Seems to me, you are just fine.
PSU has nobody this year.
 
You can’t say likely finalist for Sasso in 2020. He was the 3 seed behind OConner who he just lost to.
Out of everything I posted you nitpick something that really isn't even relevant to the actual point of the post? Fine, he was likely top 3 and I will switch my post to say so.
 
I heard Garvin enjoyed the Stanford visit and fellow West High alum DSJ is bending his ear. There is sincere interest from Riggins to Iowa but Michigan is in play, ISU has a shot. Nate J is down to Iowa and PSU and not talking to anybody else. Joel's taking visits to Iowa, ISU, Okie State, and Nebraska in hopes of a package deal with little brother but it's Carl or the Brand's for Nate. Heard it's a coin flip right now even after Drake told him he's going 133 after his RS Freshman year so Nate could be a four year starter.
 
I heard Garvin enjoyed the Stanford visit and fellow West High alum DSJ is bending his ear. There is sincere interest from Riggins to Iowa but Michigan is in play, ISU has a shot. Nate J is down to Iowa and PSU and not talking to anybody else. Joel's taking visits to Iowa, ISU, Okie State, and Nebraska in hopes of a package deal with little brother but it's Carl or the Brand's for Nate. Heard it's a coin flip right now even after Drake told him he's going 133 after his RS Freshman year so Nate could be a four year starter.
Lines up with what I've been told with Garvin. I'd add Cornell University to that list as well, but not sure how serious he is about them.
 
Given how long Dresser and the boyz have been in Ames...Carr and perhaps Gremmel, isn't a very long list of successes.

No?

Prove me wrong.
Just wait for this crop of recruits Mitch. That will blowup another one of your talking points about Dresser’s ability to recruit.

That was preceded by he never had coached a National champion.
 
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Just wait for this crop of recruits Mitch. That will blowup another one of your talking points about Dresser’s ability to recruit.

That was preceded by he never had coached a National champion.
You gotta admit, the results so far have been generally underwhelming.

Carr/Gremmel and very little else in 4-5 years.

Can they win more than two matches in the dual vs Iowa?

Asking for friend

And after Carr's title...Dresser tied Schwab in number of champions coached.
Given the length of both HCing careers, and the resources at both schools, pardon me for not being impressed.
 
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You gotta admit, the results so far have been generally underwhelming.

Carr/Gremmel and very little else in 4-5 years.

Can they win more than two matches in the dual vs Iowa?

Asking for friend

And after Carr's title...Dresser tied Schwab in number of champions coached.
Given the length of both HCing careers, and the resources at both schools, pardon me for not being impressed.
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Doesn't take much.

I despise most Clone fans other than you and Crabs.
Remember I’ve been an Iowa fan since I dated one of Gables original mat maids at Iowa.

Could care less about ISU football or basketball. Only support them because I’ve been friends with Dresser’s since childhood and always liked dsj and metcalf. I give money to both programs, but a little bit more to ISU wrestling I will say now because of Dresser.
 
Remember I’ve been an Iowa fan since I dated one of Gables original mat maids at Iowa.

Could care less about ISU football or basketball. Only support them because I’ve been friends with Dresser’s since childhood and always liked dsj and metcalf. I give money to both programs, but a little bit more to ISU wrestling I will say now because of Dresser.
Now...to the obligatory "pic of mat maid" or it never happened.
 
I get major Grothus vibes from Garvin. Has some fun stuff, but not sure I like him that much as a prospect.

He really hasn’t been talked about on here much which is surprising considering where he lives. I root for him because he is a local kid and has a funky style. If he can develop a consistent shot and a few other fundamentals, he could be dangerous because he is good where a lot of a Hawks aren't. We have someone a lot like him in Reyna.
 
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I heard Garvin enjoyed the Stanford visit and fellow West High alum DSJ is bending his ear. There is sincere interest from Riggins to Iowa but Michigan is in play, ISU has a shot. Nate J is down to Iowa and PSU and not talking to anybody else. Joel's taking visits to Iowa, ISU, Okie State, and Nebraska in hopes of a package deal with little brother but it's Carl or the Brand's for Nate. Heard it's a coin flip right now even after Drake told him he's going 133 after his RS Freshman year so Nate could be a four year starter.

I would say you’re far from insider, very far. Not saying you ever called yourself that, but you have some wicked wrong info. I could be wrong too. Any info is good info to me because it’s something to read on this board, but you can’t just make shit up.
 
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I would say you’re far from insider, very far. Not saying you ever called yourself that, but you have some wicked wrong info. I could be wrong too. Any info is good info to me because it’s something to read on this board, but you can’t just make shit up.
Garvin has Stanford as first choice with ISU probably the next choice as of now.
 
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For what its worth- it was Anthony's idea and presented it to the coaches. Not the other way around.
My guess is that Anthony wants to see if he can go 61 kg internationally, when he is eligible. And this could be testing the waters to see if he can get his body size properly down. Again, that is just my guess.
Pretty sure it wasn’t Echemendia’s idea to go 133.
 
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Make no mistake, tOSU has CONSISTENTLY outrecruited Iowa in BOTH talent and rankings. Iowa, just simply had their best run in recruiting come together with their best transfers to make for the perfect storm. THAT is why Iowa finally got back to the top the past 2 years. Yes, Iowa does a great job developing but RECRUITING/TRANSFERS are why they are currently at the top. It is also why recruiting is CRITICAL the next 2 years to stay close with PSU, let alone whether tOSU bounces back quickly from an inevitable rebuild. Plus, lets not forget that tOSU lost Rosselli, then Snyder and now Dlagnev. That would be VERY hard for ANYONE to overcome.

Simply put, here is Iowa's best recruiting/transfer combination(over the past 2 years), BY A MILE, since Brands took over as HC.

125: Lee #2 overall recruit of his class.
133: DeSanto-#17 recruit of his class and a very established wrestler before TRANSFERRING.
141: Eierman- A 3X top 5 AA transfer Murin-#44 overall recruit
149: Lugo-High end transfer Murin-see above
157: Young-#21 overall recruit of his class
165: Marinelli-#3 overall recruit of his class
174: Kemerer-#9 overall recruit of his class
184: Assad- #13 overalll recruit of his class Brands-#93 overall recruit of his class
197: Warner-#7 overall recruit of his class
285: Cass-#14 overall recruit of his class 6 of the 13 above him have already made the Finals with 4 having won it all.
Iowa almost certainly wouldn't have won the title without the gift transfer of Eierman.
 
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For what its worth- it was Anthony's idea and presented it to the coaches. Not the other way around.
My guess is that Anthony wants to see if he can go 61 kg internationally, when he is eligible. And this could be testing the waters to see if he can get his body size properly down. Again, that is just my guess.
Sorry, but you're wrong. It was not/is not Echemendia's idea to go to 133#. Echemendia wants to go 141, and he first, wants a chance to compete for the 141 spot. He will consider 133 if he loses the wrestle off, but even then he still doesn't want to make the cut down. Now, with that said, Ryan could be encouraging him to go down to 133 from the very beginning, rather than risk D'Emilio or him not being in the line up.
 
Garvin probably ends up out west but Iowa is VERY MUCH in the mix for Riggins and probably the front runner right now.
Cool. But why no visit? Or am I mixing him up with other kid not planning on going to Iowa?
 
My info is a bit old so this is probably more accurate. Riggins is still in the mix for sure must not be the "favorite". As for Garvin must be off just heard he really liked Stanford.
Just passing along what info I can.....
 
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Riggins did take another visit he really liked and I would say going into today that team is the frontrunner. Garvin my opinion his relationship with St John no way he doesn't end up at Iowa St
 
Riggins did take another visit he really liked and I would say going into today that team is the frontrunner. Garvin my opinion his relationship with St John no way he doesn't end up at Iowa St
Hoping Spencer and the boys can change Riggins mind! Garvin would be nice as well but I would rather have Riggins.
 
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