open practice

[Tcalumet]

I was impressed with the fact that he wrestled up a weight at 157 and narrowly lost to Coleman from Purdue. He also beat Echemendia and Yant of UNI. I like Voinovich, but I don’t think he’s heads and shoulders above Rathjen right now. Realistically Victor was 6th at B12s. (He went 1-3 and 3 of his matches were vs. non-AAs) He had a good win over Jaden Abas at NCAAs(which is his best win to date). They had similar close losses to Max Murin. I think Victor probably has the higher pedigree and I’m glad he’s a Hawk, but I’m not ready to crown the kid who had 13 losses last season as our definitive starter. I think it’ll be a dog fight between those two.

I think I saw voinovich was wrestling overseas in the off season. Impressive - focused on getting better.

 

[Tcalumet]

Ok, I see your point. Seems a bit extreme, but logical.

There is this thread w/ a link to info on today’s practice:
https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/thre...ter-on-saturday-sept-30.426890/#post-11494627

Legend has it that it doesn’t go over too well with the coaches if you show up w/ a camera., though. And given your previously described concerns about disseminating information about the program, I’d recommend not trying to “cover” the practice without a previously agreed-upon arrangement.

No true - coach prefers that fans use a go pro mounted to their ball cap. Cell phones are distracting.

 

[Redm18]

I did end up stopping in for practice for a bit on Saturday morning but had my wife and some extended family so it was hard to stay very long. As others noted it seemed to be a fairly low intensity practice to me at least when I was there and by that I mean there was not standing water on the mats. Really good crowd watching practice and a lot familiar faces in the crowd including all of the HWC guys and the currently suspended guys. I did not really see him wrestle but Cass looked jacked and really slimmed out even compared to before. I wonder if he is training for weight in MMA or something like that. Saw Spencer rolling around quite a bit with Yabara which was good to see. Nothing on his knees too. How long do open practices go into October? I might try to stop by one more as I enjoy it quite a bit.