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Walsh made a final his senior year , the entire family had a wild style , saw Taylor throw a lot of people on their heads in youth and high school

If I were Bloomsburg I would be trying to bring Rich Perry in, he’s a world team member , alum that won over 100 matches 4x ncaa qualifier lost in R12 and was the captain of the last winning Bloomsburg team..he’s only 2 hrs away right now on the penn RTC staff , he may not be the biggest name but guys like Jordan Burroughs arent coaching at Bloomsburg or sacred heart anytime soon

Well I agree with your take on the pee wee through high school , every high school team in the country has a batch of the rowdy kids , heck coaches look for those sorts of guys but at the D1 level I don’t think kids failing out past freshman year is as big of a concern as it is for coaches of other sports . Idk much about D2 and D3 nowadays so you could be right about that but strictly from a D1 standpoint I think the years and level of dedication to reach that level makes those guys mature enough to handle the school side of things when they get to college. I also think the big time wrestler culture has been shifting to a cleaner lifestyle for years , the days of national champs getting DUIs at Taco Bell and Iowa wrestlers drunk shooting teammates seem more of the exception than the rule in 2023 , for every Ferrari you have 3 Pat glorys who spend 10 hrs minimum a week studying and putting in the school work while also weight cutting and practicing I get your point about the small school stuff , if an edinboro or Bloomsburg suddenly had half the team failing those programs are most likely getting the axe , or a Fresno state situation where they were looking for a reason to shut the program down and they found one but I just don’t see any head coach letting that happen right now maybe @Jason Bryant has some gpa or academic info on wrestling that can shine some light on this topic

I’d argue the opposite, when is the last time you heard of a big name wrestler or even an AA level guy fail out of school or be held out of matches for grades ? Happens every year in football, basketball , baseball and I can’t think of one example really, maybe Teasedale when he was at PSU but I don’t think he was even in school for a full year and he was redshirting , guaranteed the wrestling team has a higher GPA than most sports at most schools

Not bad considering Zabriskie was national champ 2 years later

I think you are furthering my point Corby …Stutzman who is a solid guy and decent not great coach got Bloomsburg to a pretty solid level and maintained for 8 years so it shows with the right guys Bloomsburg can be much better then they’ve been the past 10 yrs

Bloomsburg needs some new energy and voices in the room , under Dan Wirnsberger from 2002-2005 they went 26-22 with 2 NQ each of the first 2 years then 6 in his final season , John Stutzman went 97-56-1 from 2005-2013 with an average of 5 qualifers a season including 2x AA Matt Moley as well as a few top 8 seeded guys and bloodround finishers like Richard Perry and Frank Hickman , since Stutzman left in 2013 the team they’ve gone 39-106 ,had 0 qualifers in 14,15,16,17 and a grand total of 6 NQ since 2013 which is how many they had Stutzman final season something needs to change otherwise I could see the program getting dropped altogether due to the financial situation of most PA schools

Fun fact the head coach of the Ponaganset program is none other than the infamous Pat Mineos brother, wrestled at Maryland but I think injuries derailed his career also has long time Brown head coach Dave Amato on the staff

Agreed but he felt better doing it at cal poly lol

Bono guys typically have gotten worse not better over their careers at Wisconsin because they overtrain like it’s still 1992 , Evan wick talked about it after the transfer that his body was breaking down and yet he’s waking up at 5 A.M. to go on mandatory team runs

I agree while I think rock Harrison seems like a good guy I personally cannot stand his announcing, Hardell Moore is great

D3 kid had multiple attempts , had the leg up in the air and D2 kid dived roll and they scrambled to a stalemate quite a few times so idk where u get the no attempts to score , D2 kid also had 2 committed shots but he didn’t have much of an angle he was coming straight on, and not for nothing but 2 national champs took the match on very short notice , both had to make weight and hop on flights to PA. Credit to both guys for stepping in and taking on a challenge , also always nice to seem D3 keeping d2 in check

Hidleys first move off the whistle was 3 euro steps backwards to the line then sink an under hook and literally never gets called for stalling

Crazy Max Askren is the last non PSU, Cornell, UNI winner and those 3 schools could very well be the top 3 seeds this season

I remember massa saying something in a post match interview at ncaas I believe about him not doing anything or wanting to wrestle never heard a negative thing about Mekhi as a person though

Luke Stanich is the real deal , been watching him since his freshman year of high school , went to a small public high school so I think he has a chance to jump even more levels in that Lehigh room ,Stanich has beaten mason Gibson and lost to him conversationally as well so come march or a year from now that might not be such a bad loss

strickenberger beat Brandon Kaylor his 1st match for WVU and has looked like a really solid get for Tim Flynn , his offense is still high level so far even with the jump in talent level.Kaylor beat Ayala yesterday and a lot on here feel he’s a title threat so I think Steickenberger looks like a guy who could compete for a podium spot this season

It’s discussed by Marcus LeVesseur on the wrestling changed my life podcast , Ben was walking around the tournament with a giant boom box in his shoulder all day

Ben Askren

Did Robbie Howard pin your kid or date your daughter or something ? It’s mid November of a season that ends mid march , the guy has the same amount of Ls as the returning ncaa finalist at the weight and he lost to a guy who never AAed and a high school kid , the kid missed 2 years of wrestling and has one half season of folk style since his HS career ended ,thank god you aren’t a coach at penn state bc you would’ve sent Cassar packing the second he lost to garret Hoffman

LeVesseur did put it on Ben Askren when they were both seniors in hs

Riley LeFever was a 4xer at wabash and he beat a lot of D1 guys , his freshman year alone, he beat Cash Wilke , Schultz from Nebraska, one of the Orndorff brothers , Kyle Synders brother , Jackson Striggow and wrestled Kolin Moore close and beat Moore right after graduation for 3rd at the world team trials ..going back a little further TJ Hepburn was a 2x D2 champ , lost to dake 4-0 in the midlands finals his senior year , he could’ve wrestled with the top guys , Frank Cagnina too, he knocked off Tony Ramos at ncaas his freshman year at Lehigh then transferred to central Missouri and win 2 titles

Hell you can search around the Oklahoma state wrestling board and find them discussing this stuff around the time it was happening

Vince Turk shot Sam Stoll , that’s as confirmed as it can get Mastrogovianni has openly talked about them shooting up his car and house because of something involving his relationship with the Ferrari sister the Aj video in question was up for a full day before It was deleted ,I watched it multiple times , hes also intoxicated waving around a gun shirtless in a room full of college kids

10 and 12 years ago, meanwhile Iowa wrestling literally had one of there wrestlers SHOOT a returning AA since then and are letting the Ferraris in , the elder 2 took an Ak -47 and did a drive by on another teammates house and let’s not forget AJ drunk waving around a gun making an instagram video in which he threatens to kill John smith but yea Ed Ruth being drunk and wanting Tacos definitely made your point