| I could be picky and prove you wrong on that statement. Either way, without elite level or exceptional talent, giving away 20 pounds MINIMUM is a futile effort for just about everyone. The lack of offense is evident but he is still hanging in there with top 10 talent. He did better than expected today, that's my takeaway from today's match. None the less, Rutgers could put a better HWT in there. Oh wait, they don't have one. | | | | | | | |
I really don't think you can, but let's give it a try. Here are his 24 wins from his time at RU:
2019-2020
#237 Robinson, Parker (1 - 24) #67 Maryland W MD 13 - 4
#137 Smith, Riley (12 - 18) #34 Navy W MD 10 - 1
#206 Montalvo, Ramses (2 - 22) #65 George Mason W FALL 1:50
#70 Esposito, Alex (18 - 14) #32 Rutgers W DEC 3 - 2
#88 Snyder, Jarrod (18 - 12) #59 CSU Bakersfield W DEC 3 - 2
#224 Gonzalez, Randy (2 - 8) #41 Fresno State W MD 8 - 0
#90 McAleavey, Michael (22 - 18) #75 The Citadel W FALL 4:35
Beattie, Allan Pittsburgh-Johnstown W DEC 4 - 0
#230 Nagosky, Tim (10 - 25) #76 LIU W FALL 3:00
2018-2019
#66 Beard, Chase (15 - 13) #30 Michigan State W DEC 7 - 3
#37 Aven, Jacob (13 - 23) #22 Purdue W TB-1 3 - 2
#58 Miller, Fletcher (9 - 8) #34 Indiana W MD 10 - 1
#114 Elfstrum, Kendall (5 - 12) #20 Princeton W MD 12 - 2
#68 Rebottaro, Christian (15 - 10) #30 Michigan State W TB-2 4 - 2
Connelly, Keegan Scranton 12/22 Wilkes Open W DEC 4 - 1
Okaro, Michael Middlesex Community College W FALL 4:23
#35 Lightner, Kyle (7 - 5) #15 Rutgers W MFOR 0 - 0
Huling, Jacob Wilkes 12/22 Wilkes Open W FALL 1:01
#70 Camacho, Niko (14 - 16) #46 American W DEC 3 - 0
#65 Cloud, Ryan (9 - 10) #36 Rider W DEC 2 - 0
#87 McAleavey, Michael (18 - 22) #69 The Citadel W DEC 3 - 0
#89 Haddad, Omar (13 - 15) #59 Hofstra W DEC 3 - 1
#32 Miller, Cary (24 - 13) #43 Appalachian State W SV-1 3 - 1
Goodman, Jerold Centenary (NJ) W FALL 2:56
I see 8 wins against D1 opponents with winning records in 3 seasons so far (2019, 2020, and 2021 YTD), but 2 of them are against RU teammates (Espo and Lightner) in open tournaments, so that brings his non-RU total to 6. That's 6 out of 22.
I see no big wins against top opponents, especially in conference.
His best win by far was against Cary Miller, from App State, in November 2018 in dual in which RU won 26-9. I would hardly call that a big win or even an upset, but if you want to hang your hat on him beating someone from the Southern Conference who racked up wins against opponents from schools such as Campbell, Chattanooga, VMI, The Citadel, Gardner-Webb, Davidson, etc. then so be it but it seems like a foolish hill to die on. Moreover, there was literally no offense in that match either.
It's hard to say that he did better than expected yesterday given the situation. If were were winning by 4 going into that match, then sure he did his job keeping it to a decision and secured the victory for his team. I could 100% get behind that and say he is a team player... but when we are losing and need 3 points to win, and you do absolutely nothing offensively that's hardly doing your job. It didn't matter if we lost by fall there we were going to lose the dual regardless unless we won the match. Situational awareness is key, I don't think anyone would have faulted him getting pinned if he were going for a big move to secure the victory, because like i said it didn't matter if we lost by 3 or 6 there.
Not trying to attack anyone, but I think we need to be a little more objective when evaluating performance and it becomes painfully obvious that we've had a lack of high level production in a key areas for a while now. Again, that's not to say that the coaches aren't to blame either for not developing or recruiting better at certain spots but at some point you can't keep trying the same thing and expecting different results.
