Kaleb Young is pure eyeball test for me. He steadily progressed throughout high school, and by his SR year he was dominating people, including turning a close loss to Mike Labriola into an easy takedown, cradle, Pin at Super 32. The same Labriola who one year later beats Penn state top 10 recruit and world medalist Wittlake at WHOS Number 1. I just happen to think he has the talent to AA, he doesn't need to be a champ for the Iowa team to be successful.
Young was a higher ranked recruit coming out of high school than both Happel and Murin. His best wins in folkstyle are significantly better than Happel's.
I'm sure you all will have a good laugh over on BWI at the thought of lowly Iowa challenging the mighty PSU for team titles going forward with all of your recruiting prowess, go ahead.
A bunch of people throwing crap against the wall. Maybe he does go to tOSU, but not one person that's made a comment here has any inside information on the matter
This is the 2nd time I've seen you post something like this RE: Warner...I hope it means what I think it means...
Obviously team titles don't rely on just one person, but the common theme for Iowa wrestling the past 6 years has always been 'one stud short'.. I think that Warner is that one extra stud that the Iowa lineup needs. Just my opinion. 197 is incredibly weak right now, and the chances of it becoming 'stacked' in the next 2 years are slim to none. I think Warner will walk into the weight and be a force right away (Top 3) regardless of where he goes to school. I was being slightly facetious, but if not Warner... who? What other stud does Iowa have a chance to get? And its not even so much about who, but its when. Having Warner in 2017 is perfect, it gives him good overlap with the other studs in future lineups, namely Lee, Teasdale, Murin/Happel, Kemerer, Marinelli, Stoll. Missing on Warner and getting another top stud in 2018 or 2019 doesn't really help as much.
The difference between 95 points and 115 points is indeed a game changer. Although the way PSU is recruiting we may need 140.
Moore made the team at a thin weight. Casser was the favorite and got hurt. Moore is good but in 2 years I'll take Warner.
Hypothetically speaking, say you do get Warner, wouldn't it make sense to wrestle him as a true frosh? tOSU will be loaded in 2018 with Tomasello, BoJo, and Snyder all SRs. Thats a lot of points to make up the following season. and 197 clears out big time. Cox, Pfarr, Harner, and Studebaker all gone next season.
Re-read, I was referring to tOSU. Although maybe that was't very clear in my post. I'll edit slightly.
My thing with Fix is I don't really know if he's gonna be a 125 (I know that's what people are recruiting him for) and if he is I don't think it's for an entire college career. I would say Fix because he's the bigger recruit honestly. If Collin Moore is wrestling well there's no need to start Warner right away unless he's beating top 5 guys. I don't know about Warner but when it's all said and done Fix will probably be a cowboy
I agree hard to figure out where fix will be his whole career. I wouldn't be surprised if he did go 25 all 4 years. I think tOSU is done with big name guys for 2017. Fix likely to OSU and Warner to either Iowa or Purdue.
I got fixed 30 years ago and I'm really happy about that. Sorry, thought it meant are you happy with getting fixed or not. Should have read more closer. I'm happy though. Warner without a doubt.
I think I know of someone who knows what weight every recruit will be at for their career...
