Holy smokes!!!
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Scuba and dean entered the portal from rider , Scuba could be a solid stop gap heavyweight for y’all next season
I’ve heard there’s mutual interest
Would’t be a bad guy to bring in. Would love to see if his brother Ben could come and get down to 197. He has a lot of skills and would be a very big 197 but hes probably too big.
Weighed about 227-231 at his weigh ins this year. But super tall and figure he will gain a bunch of weight in college. Might be too big a cut to 197 with his already skinny frame
David was a bit of a late bloomer. Sort of came out of nowhere to win states senior year the year Mullen took off. Wouldn’t be surprised if Ben got better in college.
Eh, not sure how well he will hold up with the grind of the B1G as he’s never really wrestled a tough schedule nor does he have any wins over a quality opponent (top 16 as per wrestlestat) as he’s 0-12.
Would prefer Catka if possible.
Would prefer Catka if possible.
He’d be a Collucci type if he came here. Just a guy but will keep matches close, could qualify for nationals but unlikely to do damage. Would likely jump a level coming out of redshirt and rolling with Labriola
That won’t move any needles. Maybe it could if we wanted to win a dual vs a mid tier program that didn’t have a hwt.
Obviously not an ideal pickup to be competitive in conference or pickup points at the national tournament, so not sure of the upside here. Hopefully we are shooting for bigger fish first.
In no way shape or form do I see Facundo ever winning a national title, AA, sure. Everything I've been seeing points to Okie st, his ideal weight is 165, at Michigan Mantanona is a redshirt Freshman, one would have to go up.....not saying your wrong because he certainly could end up there but I wouldn't bet on it.
Does Facundo fit into his story? Do you put him at Surianos level? I sure as hell don't, at least not yet.
Certainly wouldn't be a surprise, kid had a excellent high school career, don't see him cracking the lineup at PSU, would like to see him get a chance somewhere in the Big10.
He actually did score a takedown against Illinois, he just had it taken away from him, was a ridiculous call
Up until about a week ago today we felt the same way about Antrell Taylor.
So true…both Shapiro and Blaze outwrestled Taylor yet look at the results = defense and stalling prevailed. And Blaze had a legit gripe about the lack of stall calls. I could not have been less impressed with Taylor.
I see Shane moving up to 197. Bring Dean in at 184
I have heard that Shane might move up to 197. I have heard that we will be getting a 174 who is not in the portal yet that will help us next season. So still need a HWT and either 84 or 197.
Agree that Szuba is not really going to move needle, but we need a HWT. Would like to get Catka.
165- Barbosa/Ford
174- Portal Guy/Barbosa
184-Shane Walsh/Portal Guy
197- AJ Ferarri/Shane Walsh
HWT- Catka
174- Portal Guy/Barbosa
184-Shane Walsh/Portal Guy
197- AJ Ferarri/Shane Walsh
HWT- Catka
Are we seriously now taking a risk on AJ Ferrari? Who are the other current wrestlers transferring out if we're looking to take 4 transfers in?
I don't know but we need to win. AJ will be in the finals next year. It's only 3 transfers(Ferrari, Catka and the wrestler to be named later). The portal guy can wrestle 174/184.
If we want to get better, RU needs to work the portal to improve. If we bring in 4 or 5 portal guys(and I do not think we bring that many) to improve the team, so be it. Stinks for some on the team that want to be on the team, but it is pretty easy to figure out 5-10 guys on the roster that pretty much have zero chance to start here. This will happen at many schools, some guys will have to drop down to D-2 or D-3.
I'm good with bringing in more elite talent. Ferrari has significant baggage that I wouldn't touch, even with the born again act he's putting on right now.
Ferrari isn't talking any differently than he has before. He speaks a good line and invokes God. I'm not buying it. He mentioned not having good enough practice partners where is is; any better at RU?
Pessimistically
Do you want be to gain 50 pounds to be AJ’s partner if he comes here? For you I would do it. We need some hammers!!
Do you want be to gain 50 pounds to be AJ’s partner if he comes here? For you I would do it. We need some hammers!!
I have seen Dean wrestle a few times this season and I would say definite upgrade. Has more quality wins
