It’s a true frosh going through his growing pains. Some guys, like Sammy, are ready to go right away and compete with the best guys in the country. Others need some time to adjust and work on their deficiencies to hit that upper echelon. JoJo is going out there and wrestling a Big Ten schedule while he still has some weaknesses. He’s working through a trial by fire.
I think he is burnt.You can see the same face Camp made.Just like "I'm to proud to same I'm done with wrestling" face.
This is a bit of an overreaction IMO. Camp had a lot of issues off the mat. Can’t put JoJo in the same breath as Camp at this point.
Issues..every kid has issues.Being burnt out or loosing lack of interest happens to wrestlers with ideal and bad circumstances.If your mind and body say "i'm done",there is usually a downward spiral. Ok, scratch Camp ( maybe he was a bad example to cite) Kevin Mulligan and Anthony Giraldo..same face and look of boredom and defeat.
Don’t think we can make the judgement or assessment yet. Kids only little more than 1/2 way through his first season. Also by all accounts he wanted to be out there. I think we are seeing a kid who probably thought he could come in and have similar success to high school, probably drank the kool aid some with #1 ranking and is seeing the difference in college wrestling and having struggles. Lots of it mental as Goodale said. If we are seeing similar results this time next year I will be much more concerned. At some point would like to see him redshirt too.
I don't think the jury is out whether he is done or not.He may not have been ready and what everyone says about him not redshirting maybe true.I personally think he is a little burnt.At first,I thought he looked very disinterested and didn't seem to have any sense of urgency to get out from bottom.I gave it some thought and maybe the pressure to perform as a freshman has a caused a mental block.Look,the kid is only freshman and wrestling in front of 5000 crazy fans.Its not like wrestling in front of 300 to 400 at Pope John.Also,the kid is under the microscope,because of his #1 recruit status and heir apparent to Ashnault. I think we as fans should just lay off the kid and give him some time.The coaches will talk to him.The wrestlers read these boards,and we don't need them feeling any worse than they already do.
ok, who hijacked Creedo's handle?
He's older. Your examples support redshirting, just like Ashnault did, because you're right, everyone isn't Dake or Lee or Suriano, so that redshirt year is great for development, S&C and taking some unattached lumps. On the flip side, the stupid redshirt rules that don't allow redshirts to travel with the team and force them to pay their own way and drive or fly themself are a big factor why some won't redshirt, as they need the structure of the every day activities to stay on track.
Ha..Leonard,I can be diplomatic( not often),so revel in the moment.I felt bad for Goody in his press conference.Salary,accolades,coaching prowess aside,the man loves this team and the sport of wrestling.He can go anywhere at this point in his career,but he's stayed true to this team and the RU community.That says alot about an individual.He was visually upset in this press conference,like I've never seen before.The man is human first, parent and husband second,and everything else can take a backseat.He does love this team,and cares about those kids.You don't react like that,and certainly can't hide those facial emotions.Also, Correnti did get tossed into the heavy role ..like last minute.Yes,he should know better and wrestle smarter,but he'll get it going.Remember that one year he was getting packed left and right and then came on late.Let's see what unfolds.Also,JoJo will find a way to get his ass off of the bottom.Remember Desanto getting wacked with 4 stall calls against Scotty D( hope Scotty D sent that ref a Christmas Basket),in the blood round.The Brands Midgets found a way to fix that,and now he is unstoppable.
Regarding one of the matches you alluded to, Correnti is not young. You can't even chalk that one up to him moving up to heavyweight. Kid only outweighed him by 6 lbs. We know because Goodale told us in the press conference. Correnti was just gassed and I said it in the match thread right before OT, that he was done.
Yeah Ashnault was young and I hated that age nonsense for his 6th yr, especially when you have guys like Kolodzik, who was less than a year younger than Ashnault but a full 2 grades behind, and Stieber who won his last national title at 24 or 25...
Have you ever wrestled? Your taught from day 1 to get to a base and get up (stand up) peel hands and get free (separate from opponent) not much more to say its a fight thats pretty simple.
