Lunaticfringe

Steveson, Snyder, Neal, Haselrig, Konrad

Good example of this was Jacob Lininger about 20 years ago. He was a ncaa qualifier at Hwt for Pitt, he was probably about 30-10, he transfers to 2x defending champs Minnesota and drops to 197 to enter the lineup and replace Owen Elzen after 3rd and 4th place finishes the past 2 years. He was not wrestling well at all, maybe .500 at midseason when Damion Hahn moved up to win his first of 2 titles in a row. I really thought he would get good in the gophers room.

Actually he has to be right up there. This list is 5 years old and we have lost some old timers recently in Tom Borelli, John Smith, Greg Williams, Jim Heffernan, Jim and Lennie Zalesky. Steve Martin. I’m not sure any current head coach is as old as Barry Davis. https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?postId=1728706132

I think Salazar will do great at ASU.

Not sure if I can see Davis doing well in this position. After being a head coach for 25 years, it’s gotta be tough taking the back seat. Plus I can’t see him getting on the mat anymore like most assistants do.

I 100% agree, for all the years he was in the lineup, he was a 10-15 ranked guy whether he was at 174 or 184. He wrestled well at NCAAs to AA but who did he best? He beat Peyton Mocco, Edmond Ruth, Alex Faison, Ethan Smith and a sucked down HEW Dustin Plott after 3 days of weigh ins to place 5th. Not one time in his 7 matches did he break one open, the most points he scored was 6 in a match. Now if he was beating these guys 14-5 with multiple takedowns I could see the arguments for him. He just as easily can go 0-2 BBQ with these point totals. Gabe Arnold will dictation who goes where but I think Kennedy beats Brands out for 174, he has way more potential to put points up

Dake is done after this cycle, he will be 37 at next OTT.

Sam Latona not Italian? That’s like a mobster name

Is VTech the new Rutgers with all the Italians on the roster and now adding street cred by a Italian coach too?

He isn’t doing this for NCAA glory. The money has dried up and he need a check. He has a high maintenance IG model GF to take care of

Has he officially retired from competition? Based on the Fix interview and what everyone is posting, it sounds as if he is finished.

Obviously we want Wells at 133, can he make the weight all season and be effective?

I think this just solidity’s Tyler Wells redshirting next season. He just wrestled 65kg at U20. Morvari did pretty well last season, I assume Flynn is going 125 125-Cooper Flynn Jr 133-Brandon Morvari Fr 141-Vance Vombaur-Jr 149-Drew Roberts Jr 157-Tommy Askey Jr 165-Blaine Brenner Jr 174-Clayton Whiting So 184-Max McEnelly Fr 197-Isaiah Salazar Sr Hwt-Bennett Tabor Jr I think next year you bump Wells to 141 and Vombaur to 149. If Wells can make 133 again this will be a top 5 ranked dual team with all 10 qualifying and probably 5 AAs. In 2025-26 if we retain all our talent I think Hopke builds into a real AA contender as a Fr and Millard takes over 165 as a FR

If he follows Nancy Pelosi stock moves, he will have a 50% rate of return

Outside of Cody Caldwell being retained by Damion Hahn at SDSU I can’t remember the last assistant retained from a outside coach coming in.

Mekhi Lewis really gets rated way too high. He often wins by a point or two over average guys. He won a title years ago pre injury and pre Covid but isn’t that guy anymore

AJ Ferrari Sr would make sense

Philadelphia Eagles fans

Minnesota 125-Morvari Fr 133-Flynn Jr 141-Vombaur Jr 149-Roberts Jr 157-Astey Jr 165-Brenner Jr 174-Whiting So 184-McEnelly Fr 197-Nelson Fr Hwt-Tabor Jr Redshirt Wells to move to 141, move Vombaur to 149 following year and Roberts to the portal. I fully expect Salazar to Northern Colorado/ASU next season. Following season Brenner beat out by Millard for 165 and Tabor by Hopke for HWT.

Gotta think Taylor and Burroughs are done. Gilman sure acted like he’s done.

Bolyard was there for the demise of Eastern Michigan, why not be there for Central Michigan’s as well

It’s funny how much guys mature when they get the hell away from the Brands. Excellent examples are Brent Metcalf and Thomas Gilman.

He’s a head coach of a below average program. A lot of times Associate Head Coaches at top few programs get head coaching jobs at middle of the road schools before Head Coaches of bad teams. Sean Bormet got Michigan over a established head coach Alex Clemson got Maryland Tony Ersland got Purdue Mike Poeta got Illinois Roger Chandler MSU Brandon Eggum MN Doug Schwab UNI Damion Hahn SDSU It’s not a requirement to be a current head coach to get the next job in line. However having it on a resume is a good thing but also let’s say Virginia Tech gets 2nd to Penn St which is totally possible, it will look good he helped push them over the hump.

He knows Bono will be gone sooner rather than later. He probably wants the Wisconsin job bad

Minnesota needs a 174 bad. Sparks is a shell of what he was 3 years ago, his injuries have been bad. He only qualified because Starocci defaulted