Mr. PeanutButter Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Cronin a no show today. Is this a duck, or did Van Dee beat him out for the spot? Ramos won but did not look that great. He can be exciting at times but also tends to wrestle very conservatively at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. PeanutButter Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 I spotted Cronin standing next to Manning during the stream. My guess, this was a classic case of seed protection duck. Disappointing. I think Cronin would have won that match 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aknipp Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 1 minute ago, Mr. PeanutButter said: I spotted Cronin standing next to Manning during the stream. My guess, this was a classic case of seed protection duck. Disappointing. I think Cronin would have won that match VanDee did really well. Manning is trying to get backups some experience. I doubt its a duck. They will be 2 and 3 seeds. Not a huge difference between. Don't want to be the 4th seed in the B1G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. PeanutButter Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 Just now, aknipp said: VanDee did really well. Manning is trying to get backups some experience. I doubt its a duck. They will be 2 and 3 seeds. Not a huge difference between. Don't want to be the 4th seed in the B1G. Sounds like an excuse. If Cronin is healthy, I see no reason why he shouldn't wrestle. If Manning wants his backups to get experience he can send them out against non-ranked guys. Just as I type this, Manning sends another duck to wrestle against Coleman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aknipp Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 1 minute ago, Mr. PeanutButter said: Sounds like an excuse. If Cronin is healthy, I see no reason why he shouldn't wrestle. If Manning wants his backups to get experience he can send them out against non-ranked guys. Just as I type this, Manning sends another duck to wrestle against Coleman Robb has already beaten Coleman this year. So have a few others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingcement Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 25 minutes ago, Mr. PeanutButter said: Sounds like an excuse. If Cronin is healthy, I see no reason why he shouldn't wrestle. If Manning wants his backups to get experience he can send them out against non-ranked guys. Just as I type this, Manning sends another duck to wrestle against Coleman Two birds with one stone. It's a duck by Cronin while also giving the better prospect in Van Dee some great experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajensen09 Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Nebraska wrestled the night before too, nice to Vann Dee look very well. I'd say he looks like a contender to AA next year! This Ridge Lovett redshirt might help huskers in the long run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reaper Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 16 hours ago, Mr. PeanutButter said: Sounds like an excuse. If Cronin is healthy, I see no reason why he shouldn't wrestle. If Manning wants his backups to get experience he can send them out against non-ranked guys. Just as I type this, Manning sends another duck to wrestle against Coleman They wrestled the night before at Illinois. Manning gave his older guys (Cronin, Robb, and Labs) the night off. They gave others the night off against Illinois. They beat both teams handily with backups wrestling. At this point of the season, guys are fighting injuries. He doesn’t need to grind these guys down to nothing before the end of the year. The goal is to have these guys firing on all cylinders by the B1Gs and Nationals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. PeanutButter Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 1 hour ago, The Reaper said: They wrestled the night before at Illinois. Manning gave his older guys (Cronin, Robb, and Labs) the night off. They gave others the night off against Illinois. They beat both teams handily with backups wrestling. At this point of the season, guys are fighting injuries. He doesn’t need to grind these guys down to nothing before the end of the year. The goal is to have these guys firing on all cylinders by the B1Gs and Nationals. That's all very reasonable but when the 2 marquee match-ups of the dual don't end up happening the optics look bad and I, as a fan, feel sucky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouts Honor Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 as much as people bad mouth brands for his guys getting hurt... here we are bad mouthing manning for doing the opposite... which is it? maybe the kid needed a break. its not about us... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 7 minutes ago, Scouts Honor said: as much as people bad mouth brands for his guys getting hurt... here we are bad mouthing manning for doing the opposite... To be fair, folks are generally dicks... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southend Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 This is D1 wrestling. It is kosher for the coaches to hold wrestlers. Get over it . The old days and ways are done with. Stop complaining. Maybe this is an experiment, to grow the sport? You know , the two- three page threads on here, on what’s needed to get more fans/ people to take an interest. Coaches are doing their part. I guess it’s just up to us to get over our disappointment s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Show_Me Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 On 2/6/2023 at 8:58 PM, Southend said: This is D1 wrestling. It is kosher for the coaches to hold wrestlers. Get over it . The old days and ways are done with. Stop complaining. Maybe this is an experiment, to grow the sport? You know , the two- three page threads on here, on what’s needed to get more fans/ people to take an interest. Coaches are doing their part. I guess it’s just up to us to get over our disappointment s. How exactly does voiding the 2 marquee match-ups of this dual grow the sport ? Yet another dual where the marquee match-ups do NOT happen has the opposite effect on building fan interest and "growing" the sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southend Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Evidently ,not according to all the top coaches in D1. It’s the new normal. So maybe they are on to something. Ask them not me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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