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They like Salazar, Sparks and Nagao from the 2020 class, and Tabor from 2021, but he’s had a really disappointing redshirt year.
2022 will bring in Spratley (top 15 recruit) along with Jamison (who won a Fargo title over every ISU fans favorite Swiderski last summer) and Hunter Lyden who’s a 4x MN title winner and Super 32 placer.
2023 #1 overall Chittum, Cadet world team member and top 10 recruit Gavin Nelson, and Fargo champ McEnelly ranked in the top 30 as well.
GS absolutely did save Eggums job. There are many up here who want to see him gone. But he did develop a recruit not-ranked in the top 200 into an AA (Bergeland) and has been recruiting well the last two years. Gophers AD doesn’t care enough to fire him if he’s producing the bare minimum.
Eggum is fine. Minnesota has a lot of issues and if he keeps the program clean he isn’t going anywhere. Plus it’s good for college wrestling to have one of the premier programs back near the top.
Getting Monday would be HUGE! Maybe he or PK could move to 157? or maybe one could go to 74 and bump brands up to 184? Not ideal or the very best option I know but adding another stud from a Wrestling family would be good news!
I don't think he or PK can make 157 and Brands is not a 184 despite his time spent there.
If I’m Monday I’m packing my bags and heading to Tempe, AZ. Lord knows they need help in that weight range, and who wouldn’t want to go to college there?? Lol
What's so great about Kennedy Monday? 3x NQ, 0x AA. Sounds like what we've been trying to move away from, no?
feels like people are conflating him with his brother.
Lugo and Desanto made leaps in the room. No reason he couldn’t do the same.
There were sophomores not 6th year seniors.
they came here after their first and second year of college. kennedy monday is like 24. i don’t even know how he has eligibility.
He’s much better than what we have in the room currently, I doubt he’s a 57 though
Desanto was a round of 12 guy as a true freshman and was a meltdown away from placing. He came to Iowa with everyone expecting him to place. Lugo was right there also before coming to Iowa and he really never made HUGE strides. Granted he was ranked 1 his last year, but being ranked and doing it are two different things. AKA the Bull.
Going from Rd12 type to the consensus NCAA Champ pick isn’t a huge stride?
Maybe Assad should be 174. He doesn’t seem to have the horse power at 84
PK to 57 sound intriguing given there’s 9 months to move that’s direction. Brands said in an interview when he was at 84 he was weighing in 78 I believe. That’s a huge challenge giving up that much weight.
Sounds interesting.
He'd be perfect for them. He's already a proven winner, and he knows how to get one (usually defensive) takedown and then stall his a$$ of the rest of the match. The great coach they have wouldn't have to change anything. Although, 5th place doesn't meet their standards for recruiting, they might have to pass on him.
If Nelson is weighing 178 full feed wrestling up at 184 then why don't he cut to 157. It sucks because I think Nelson and Kennedy are best suited for 165. Not to mention Swafford and Riggins are also probably best suited for 165 next year. We got 9 months to figure it out.
Lugo went 1-2 at NCAAs his last year at Edinboro and 31-9. He had flashes of what he could be (beating Sorensen) but lacked consistency. Was an AA his RS jr year but really looked good in his last year.
It’s pretty ridiculous to claim going from 1-2 at the NCAAs to the top seed and consensus favorite in 2020 isn’t a huge stride. Pretty much every guy who ascends on the podium or in the rankings shows promise and thus an expectation early in their career.
This post is how you know it’s the off-season even if you didn’t know it was the off-season.
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I have no reason to think Casto will hit the portal, other than the fact he made the round of 12 and he’s from Citadel and may be looking for a bigger opportunity. But if he were, he’d be a good stop gap 157.
Lovett from central Michigan is an athletic younger 157. No reason to believe he would hit the portal but has some ability and is a true 157.
Word on the street is Grothis is coming back for that spot. But you didn’t hear that from me.
whatever man...Slaton is finally on a full feed...ready to unleash the caged animal
He was going to win it all his senior year.
I 100% agree with this formula...Find young, smaller conference qualifiers with big upsides, and get them in the Iowa room. Preferably with some natural athleticism.
Hopefully O’Connor knows deep down that he still wants to be a hawk.
I’m anxious to see Brands at 174 and see what he can do.
Hopefully it will be more than hand fight and head pull for 7 minutes with no shots taken.
Hopefully it will be more than hand fight and head pull for 7 minutes with no shots taken.
And that’s why we call it, “G’s Spot.”
I’m not sure how healthy Brands was before Kemerer took back the reigns? JMO- he was undersized at 184 last year, but he looked alright @174, but may or may have been hampered by injury. At what point was he “competing with injury” and when was he flat done due to injury last year?
Yeah I think he would be best @ 165 but he didn’t seem undersized @ 174. I hope he’s healthy and wrestled like an aggressive 174 next year.
Yeah I think he would be best @ 165 but he didn’t seem undersized @ 174. I hope he’s healthy and wrestled like an aggressive 174 next year.
Could see Monday going to ISU. They have a need there and having a Carr and a Monday in the lineup would make sense.
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