Possibly. For me, it was an easy choice to skip as I had a very productive day around the house. Rutgers should be doing everything possible to keep fans interested imo. Limited home matches and throwing in a ranked matchup an hour away from the confines of The RAC doesn't move the needle for me. By the looks of butts in the seat, many others feel the same way.
Bright spots were Barbosa, Poz, and Clark.
Has Walsh RS yet? Him and Soldano should have an “indicator” match, maybe give Walsh a couple cracks at ranked guys, and see how both do at Midlands, whoever does better overall starts for the postseason.
Yes, Walsh RS last season. And I think you will see Walsh get a few chances and Midlands could decide the starter.
You can't get a medical RS unless you've already used a RS. And a medical RS isn't filed with the NCAA until after all your eligibility has been used. You also must've a documented injury by doctors that caused you to miss the season
Thing w Harer is he had a lotta hype, and it’s ok to lose to a ranked guy, but there was really nothing positive to take away from his match.. are u even sure he’s clearly the best guy at 157 anymore? I don’t think Clark at 157 would have gotten teched.. and if Barbosa wants to go 157 I don’t think it’s clear Harer is best guy rn...
Look back at the "indicator" matches. What do they indicate? Hard to say there's anyone better, and we need Barbosa at 165; he beat white comfortably twice.
Lets just wait and see how Harer looks after 5 matches.. if he’s not ready I don’t think it would be a bad play for him to RS.. then Clark/Cetta can slot in at 157 or if Barbosa is a more natural 157(but bumped up previously for Harer) he could slot in there and White can go 165.
Guess saying a RS is available, if needed, is writing off.. obv he’s a fresh and coulda just been an off match.
I'd like to know if Smith has gotten big and strong enough. He has had to gain quite a bit of weight and, hopefully, strength. He is undoubtedly a talent. Is there any indication of how he does against the others at his weight?
But those are the things we all want to see corrected so top recruits will want to come. Not talking about it resolves nothing. Unfortunately, talking about it also resolves nothing.
True. So, what to do? Fans need to have an outlet. Things also need to be fixed.
True again. Many top recruits have done better against highly ranked opponents, but your point is still valid. Harer has shown that he is the best at 157, and I still think he has great potential. He'll have some mixed results this year and learn from them. I think he will easily qualify for NCAA championships and will be a stronger wrestler then than now. I hope he is developed and shows year-over-year improvement. Others, however, are quite puzzling when they lose to freshmen and/or unranked opponents after several years in the program, especially those who have been ranked and have performed well in the past.
You guys are relentless! I sent this to his family and I hope I get a response if I do I will share with their approval. What I know is Harer could have went almost anywhere and choose to be different and come to us. I’ve tried to share info I get probably should not do that in this group so that’s my mistake not to happen anymore. I will share if I receive a response from them.
I don't think that was necessary. The comments were limited to one or two (?) individuals. I hope you shared my comments as well to show balance. The information you shared could only have been seen as positive regarding Harer. Please don't stop; we have too little shared here as it is.
Hahaha where did you see this? Listen they have every right to think what they want. Conner got over whelmed and didn’t have a good match. Not sure if pressure or excitement of first big test. Regardless what it was I know my son and he will grow from it. Whoever these people are have they taken into consideration conner hasn’t been underdog in 3 years or been takedown once in past 3 years. It all plays into it. He will be just fine. He is stepping in as true freshman for his team and coaches he’s gonna take some lumps but he is also gonna give out some. Conner loves coach Goodale and the staff as do I. They will fix whatever happened. I can promis u it wasn’t wrestling because he can wrestle with anyone. My boys have only ever been coached by me so this is learning curve for conner. He will be better from it. Yes of course you can share with whoever these people are. We are Scarlett knight thru and thru. If they don’t want my boys I’m sure lots would. Thanks for reaching out with this but I have no doubt he’s competeing in the ncaas this year for a medal. It’s novemeber we want to thrive in March!
I agree with Pess right above. Theres no need to forward anything to anybody. Dagger made an observation on the loss and questioned if others could have done better in that match. We do appreciate your info, so keep it coming.
His response I thought was how much they love Rutgers like we do.
Outstanding info, thanks once again.
LOL..you went to the parents because one poster questioned the kids performance? Seems everyone else is pretty excited to see the kids progress. Kiddagger is one of the best supporters of the program and is a troll to other teams. You need to get some thicker skin my man. I have friends with kids on a few teams , the last thing I would do is talk to them about what negative message board posters say when they vast majority have been nothing but positive..even if they were all negative I would never do that . Whatare you trying to do? Piss them off?
I was actually unclear what he even sent to them. Was it some negative comments from the board? I cant imagine why someone would do that. I appreciate the info he brings to the board but that is not cool. Everyone here obviously wants Harer to succeed here.
See post 266. He sent screenshots of KidDagger posts to the family. Ridiculous.
Rutgers also has a few guys going to Black Knight. Flo shows Soldano and Walsh in same bracket. Cetta/Clark as well. PSU sending everyone. Will be a lot of PSU vs PSU finals
184 is a battle between Walsh and Soldano they hope it gets sorted out at Army
Agree , I thought that was kind of a douchebag move. The kid got beat ,he probably got overwhelmed and couldn't recover... it happens. I don't think the criticism was harsh at all to go back to the parents. That creates a lot of tension and bad blood. It seems like we have our resident tattletale here. It seems like most people should block this person as they can be a real thorn in the program side. But on the flip side, sometimes Wrestlers need to hear a harsh criticism.It's actually from fans that really care. Dean Peterson's one of my favorite wrestlers and I hate seeing him lose, but let's be realistic...he's wrestling like a flapjack. The same thing was Soldano. The way that
Anyone who watched Soldano in HS knew he needed to wrestle more conventional and let his funk happen. He relied on it all the time and once a top level guy feels it once it's not gonna work. If you allow wrestling positions to happen and use it then instead of forcing it things would be different. The staff has tried to make that happen but they don't take the mat he does.
