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Last year Gable entered seniors and Juniors at the same time.Just checking...Because he did not medal last year, Steveson is not eligible for any special wrestle-offs, correct?
If not, I see no reason why Cass shouldn't enter as the favorite to win...He has the bye into the 2 of 3 by virtue of the Jr Nationals win in April.
I don’t like it, but I understand it. Cass is going to be a very important part to Iowa winning a title next year. Staff probably wants him to focus in Folk and not getting burnt out. I felt Warner was burned out after Juniors last year and it made the season tough for him. I think that is why we are not seeing Warner at juniors this year and Cass not at the trials.
I don’t like it, but I understand it. Cass is going to be a very important part to Iowa winning a title next year. Staff probably wants him to focus in Folk and not getting burnt out. I felt Warner was burned out after Juniors last year and it made the season tough for him. I think that is why we are not seeing Warner at juniors this year and Cass not at the trials.
Hey I get it. One month can do wonders for rest and recovery, but when you have issues in the down position like Warner did his RS year it would probably have helped if he wasn’t working par terre all summer. Might be the same case for Cass and the staff is taking a different approach.I believe Junior Worlds was in late September last year? It's middle August this year.
Hey I get it. One month can do wonders for rest and recovery, but when you have issues in the down position like Warner did his RS year it would probably have helped if he wasn’t working par terre all summer. Might be the same case for Cass and the staff is taking a different approach.
Hey I get it. One month can do wonders for rest and recovery, but when you have issues in the down position like Warner did his RS year it would probably have helped if he wasn’t working par terre all summer. Might be the same case for Cass and the staff is taking a different approach.
Making a junior world team is a big deal and it’s one of the few opportunities these kids get to face international competition. This is a big step for young talent with Olympic aspirataions, so for a recruit to see that the Iowa coaches are pulling back everyone from attempting to make the juniors team that may be a big deal for them, in no way can this help recruiting that is for sure.It's juniors, not the Olympics. If the team has it's eyes set on toppling PSU next year, skipping this run to develop the young guys isn't a big deal in the grand scheme of things. Case in point, Jacob Warner, has already been mentioned. He didnt exactly look fresh in the first half of the season. I know each kid is different, but I trust that the coaches have a master plan to build as many NCAA+World+Olympic champs as possible out of this group and this decision is just part of that plan. A little far fetched to think this would have much impact on recruiting.
I don't think so.Making a junior world team is a big deal and it’s one of the few opportunities these kids get to face international competition. This is a big step for young talent with Olympic aspirataions, so for a recruit to see that the Iowa coaches are pulling back everyone from attempting to make the juniors team that may be a big deal for them, in no way can this help recruiting that is for sure.
Agree, plus it is antithetical to the hawk mantra imo. I thought Iowa wanted guys that wanted to win world/Olympic golds. Getting that international experience on the age level teams is huge.Obviously I don't know the circumstances underlying the decisions not to participate, but I don't see much positive in the Hawks lacking visibility on this stage.
Yeah, I guess I look at it as more of a personal accolades thing. Do I as a Hawkeye Wrestling Fan care if these guys are Junior World Freestyle participants? Not in the least.Making a junior world team is a big deal and it’s one of the few opportunities these kids get to face international competition. This is a big step for young talent with Olympic aspirataions, so for a recruit to see that the Iowa coaches are pulling back everyone from attempting to make the juniors team that may be a big deal for them, in no way can this help recruiting that is for sure.
Lee, Mueller, Fix, Yianni, McKenna, Berger, Mekhi, Hall, Zahid, Moore, Nickal.so i originally had this plan to debunk that top level recruits are chasing junior world teams so I went and checked HS p4p rankings vs entered to UWW junior tournament and here are the results:
2019-2020: 3 of top 14 p4p are registered
2018-2019: 4 of top 14 p4p are registered
in both of those lists, keegan o'toole is included.
so i guess its not technically correct to say that junior trials are a huge draw for top level talent.
not sure where i'm going overall with this info, just thought it would be interesting to share.
Lee, Mueller, Fix, Yianni, McKenna, Berger, Mekhi, Hall, Zahid, Moore, Nickal.
Over half of the NCAA finalists last year were age level world team members. That’s off the top of my head, probably missing some.
So are you saying winning NCAAs is helpful?Zain, Hall, Cenzo, Nickal, Lee, Nolf, Rasheed, Cassar all didn't wrestle freestyle last year and that didn't seem to hurt PSU with recruiting
Making a junior world team is a big deal and it’s one of the few opportunities these kids get to face international competition. This is a big step for young talent with Olympic aspirataions, so for a recruit to see that the Iowa coaches are pulling back everyone from attempting to make the juniors team that may be a big deal for them, in no way can this help recruiting that is for sure.
no, I'm saying not having ur horses wrestle in the summer didn't seem to hurt PSU from recruiting 3 more top 10 P4P wrestlers, So why should it hurt Iowa from doing so?So are you saying winning NCAAs is helpful?
not when all the iowa wrestlers that have qualified for it are also not thereI don't have any information, but isn't it more likely that Cassioppi has an injury?
Because Iowa doesn’t have 6 of the last 7 ncaa titles to recruit with?no, I'm saying not having ur horses wrestle in the summer didn't seem to hurt PSU from recruiting 3 more top 10 P4P wrestlers, So why should it hurt Iowa from doing so?
neither do OSU and tOSU but they are still getting multiple P4P guys. look I just think it isn't the end of the world if Cass and Warner don't wrestle juniors this year and focus on the season. Iowa needs both of these guys to place high this year to win one of those national titles you where talking about. I do feel Assad, Brands and the other wrestlers who are qualified should be there.Because Iowa doesn’t have 6 of the last 7 ncaa titles to recruit with?
I definitely agree it’s not the end of the world. But, I also think it is not good.neither do OSU and tOSU but they are still getting multiple P4P guys. look I just think it isn't the end of the world if Cass and Warner don't wrestle juniors this year and focus on the season. Iowa needs both of these guys to place high this year to win one of those national titles you where talking about. I do feel Assad, Brands and the other wrestlers who are qualified should be there.
Making a junior world team is a big deal and it’s one of the few opportunities these kids get to face international competition. This is a big step for young talent with Olympic aspirataions, so for a recruit to see that the Iowa coaches are pulling back everyone from attempting to make the juniors team that may be a big deal for them, in no way can this help recruiting that is for sure.
Seems silly to get all worked up about them not being there without even knowing the answer why.
Are you new here? That's the calling card for this board. Massive jumps to conclusion and freaking out over assumptions is BAU here. Look no further than early season threads last year where the Iowa coaches were so clearly holding out perfectly healthy wrestlers just because they felt like it. Lots of posters looked like absolute idiots as the season wore on.