In the room today watching practice. Henkel and DeLuca here every day practicing. Yara here as well as Turley
Recruiting
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Can't beat 2 WNO invitees at our practice. Hope we are recruiting both hard!
Ugh that’s a tough loss. Would have loved to see him at RU but seems like he wants to get back to the west coast.
Nah, ASU is handing out BIG MONEY. Free ride plus $100K+ hard for a teenager to turn down.
ASU coaching staff - zeke jones, Lee pritts, molinaro, Thompson, Vincenzo Joseph. Also hard to pass on
Good for him. He’s probably my favorite NJ kid to watch. Elite strength, should be a good one at the NCAA level.
An interesting interview on Flo with Chris Cannon, Michael DeAugustino, and Lucas Davison discussing why they transferred to Michigan after graduating from Northwestern. A big reason was RTC workout partners and accomplishments of the coaches. The upper weights can train with Adam Coon, Mason Paris, J'den, Cox, and Ben Honis. They are coached by Kevin Jackson, an Olympic Gold Medalist and 2-time World Champion. The lightweights can train with Nathan Tomasello and Jack Medley and are coached by Sergei Beloglazov, a 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist and member of the International Wrestling Hall of Fame, The middle weights can train with Austin Gomez, Matt Finesilver, Alex Pantaleo, and are coached by 3-time All American Josh Churella.
As a side note, Cannon mentioned that his dad got a hole in one at the recent Michigan golf outing.
Unfortunately, the SKWC only has one quality athlete in Sebastian Rivera and Rutgers has only one All American coach. While Rutgers should always be in the top 15, I can't see us as a top 10 team until our coaching staff is upgraded and we get quality training partners at the SKWC. Although NIL was not discussed, it probably helped getting the 3 transfers from Northwestern.
As a side note, Cannon mentioned that his dad got a hole in one at the recent Michigan golf outing.
Unfortunately, the SKWC only has one quality athlete in Sebastian Rivera and Rutgers has only one All American coach. While Rutgers should always be in the top 15, I can't see us as a top 10 team until our coaching staff is upgraded and we get quality training partners at the SKWC. Although NIL was not discussed, it probably helped getting the 3 transfers from Northwestern.
Probably true...but isn't it a bit of a Catch-22 situation? If Rutgers had sufficient funding, where should/would we put the funding - in upgrading the coaching staff and wrestling partners...or should we put it toward NIL and point the $$$$ more directly to the athlete? Rutgers rarely has had enough money to compete bigtime in any sport. Is this problem being illustrated in the wrestling world here? This is what seems so amazingly exceptional about the success the men's basketball program is having. I hope someone can figure it out. NJ loves its wrestling...it would be great to be great at it. GO RU!
Scholarship/money is the biggest influencing power. Seemed like Cannon genuinely wanted to go here but the money swayed him to Michigan oh well.
Program is in Great shape and we have all 10 weights Ranked in Pre-Season...9 Home Duals that will be electric and packed...Best 285lber from Portal ready to go,,IMO,,,Yaraslau has 2 Years of eligibility and Ranked #6 pre-season ...Can't wait for 23/24 season
Let's Go!
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That would be amazing if we got big Yara for 2 years!
I made some time to make it into the room today.
Saw some of our recruits, some guys being recruited, some international, and a whole lot of our great college guys getting a heck of a work out in.
Not gonna get into specifics but highly recommend trying to get in and check out the work the team is doing...
Saw some of our recruits, some guys being recruited, some international, and a whole lot of our great college guys getting a heck of a work out in.
Not gonna get into specifics but highly recommend trying to get in and check out the work the team is doing...
Oh great this conversation again
Comparing Rutgers to Penn State, Iowa, Michigan, and Ohio State is ridiculous. We are not on their level.
Compare us to the rest of the big 10. There will be years where we’re the best team after than group of 4. There will be years we’re in the middle. There will be years like the last couple where we will be towards the bottom.
The current roster on paper puts us in position to be towards the top of that group this year.
Big recruiting weeken. Nini, Barbosa, Harer, Cortez twins from Giltoy CA and Angelo Posado from Poway CA all here.
The wrestling team holds a tailgate for most (all?) Of the games.
They will be there if it's like every other recruiting weekend I've seen. I can imagine it might be a tighter window for the cali kids as they have started school already.
Are they recruiting anyone else at who’s #1? I thought I’ve hear Kenny, Knox, and Deluca mentioned as targets. Anyone else?
Pretty crazy Kenny is only about to enter 8th grade.. a middle schooler.. pretty cool Ash was in Kenny’s corner at WNO.. his hair reminds me of a young Ash too.
I predict Kenny’s going to be in the convo of the best to ever to do it in NJ hs when he’s done… can only dream he will be part of RU wrestling one Day but damn that’s still so far away.. lol
Oh I thought so too.. he might be I hope so.. I was watching last cactus wrestling episode and they said he was entering 8th.. so I assumed they were right.. they could be wrong..
The recruits were having a ball at the Ashnault tdd as ilgate today. The got to go on the field before the game.
Those are all of the Cali boys. Dads were there too as was Connor Harer snd his whole family ax was Alex Nini and his family
Looks like I missed some announcements. No boom? Maybe a pop or crackle I didn't hear?
Damian Weaver and Shane Cartagena-Walsh are both on the roster.
Damian Weaver and Shane Cartagena-Walsh are both on the roster.
Shane's a great kid. I know him and the fam a little. In the room the other day, he was working hard, after practice was still looking for guys to go with. Hard worker.
Three class of 2024 recruits listed on Flo's top 100 Big Board.
Connor Harer # 24 - our prize recruit- could be day 1 starter
Alex Nini # 45 - lots of potential - probably needs a redshirt year
Nate Blanchette # 53 - great high school record - question is competition in New England
Things are looking up for the program
Connor Harer # 24 - our prize recruit- could be day 1 starter
Alex Nini # 45 - lots of potential - probably needs a redshirt year
Nate Blanchette # 53 - great high school record - question is competition in New England
Things are looking up for the program
Harer is #5 in his weight class, Nini #8, and Blanchette #4. There are still some very good uncommitted Jersey kids out there.
Of the two '23 recruits: Hermes and Packer, are they in the room, and if so, how are they looking?
Both were in the room when I went. Didn't watch them drill much but will say packer looked huge.
