Getting down to 30 will make practices much easier as sometimes we had to split practices with 37 wrestlers. The tough part is cutting those 7 kids who want to be part of the team.
Recruiting
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So you’re telling me a facility that cost $115 million couldn’t accommodate current roster size? That makes zero sense to me.
Bummed to see Soldano go. He could be so electric at times. I really wanted him to pan out. I expected him to be a multi AA for us. Wish he would of cut down to 74. Wish him nothing but the best.
Def jacked out SCW though! Kid has some serious heart and a big time motor.
Def jacked out SCW though! Kid has some serious heart and a big time motor.
I still remember the hype surrounding the Soldano vs Munoz match
The hype was justified. People actually thought he could knock off Brooks with his unconventional style. His first match for us he destroyed a future AA. Just crazy that it didn't work out for him. Dude is a pinner. I still think he has the potential to place. It'll be interesting to see who else enters the portal.
He, Gayer (not surprised) and Fongaro are now in the portal.
Yeah I honestly thought he was going to be our next big NJ wrestler.. getting him right after Poz too.. crazy how things turned out honestly..
Its really going to come down to how we fill 74, 97 and Hvy assuming no one else transfers from core group. Think we have enough between current roster and recruits to fill 25-84.
Peterson, Shawver, Joey O, Clark, Harer, Barbosa, SCW
Impact current/recruits - Smith, Gibson, Parkins, Magro, Chapman
To a lesser extent Nini, Cetta, Ford, Blanchette and Casale
We could use 3-4 impact transfers mostly in upper weights
Hard discussions but between Graduates and transfers thats 7 or so and does not take brain surgeon to figure out who another 8 or so that could be cut.
Peterson, Shawver, Joey O, Clark, Harer, Barbosa, SCW
Impact current/recruits - Smith, Gibson, Parkins, Magro, Chapman
To a lesser extent Nini, Cetta, Ford, Blanchette and Casale
We could use 3-4 impact transfers mostly in upper weights
Hard discussions but between Graduates and transfers thats 7 or so and does not take brain surgeon to figure out who another 8 or so that could be cut.
I think Ford and Nini are a lot better than people think.
Luckily there's a lot of good guys that are a good fit in the portal for what we need.
This upcoming team will probably be better if we can get a few solid portal pickups at 97 and HWT. TBH 174 and 197 were big disappointments this year. Nothing against them personally, but it just didn't pan out. I think we see Ford at 174, I assume Chapman redshirts, Barbosa at 165. Interested to see if Harer redshirts and/or what Magro ends up doing.
This is a bad take. Everyone knew he was never changing his style, but we took a chance and it almost worked.
We will see, if he suddenly becomes an AA caliber wrestler, wherever he goes, it wouldn’t be a bad take.
If he drops down to 174 and has success then maybe that was the answer all along. Apparently he didn’t wanna drop down here.
Do u think Ford/Nini are good enough to hang vs b10 competition though? Can they qualify for nationals and possibly score points? I think it’s too early to tell tbh..
Excited for Barbosa and hope he keeps improving. Chapman is exciting too I hope he’s the type of recruit that can contend for AA right away as a freshman. But yeah can’t be too much hype until we see them against National qualifier lvl competition at least. Barbosa proven he can hang.
Ford beat the same Ohio State kid that Barbosa did which we were all happy about. He also had another Big10 win vs MSU. Is an AA lock for next year, absolutely not, but as a true frosh who bumped up a weight or two from senior year, he did better than I expected. I bet another year in the room with Labs and company that he'll improve. He went 10-5 but much of those losses were early in the year. I guess we'll see though. Regardless, much higher ceiling than Gayer ever gave us or end of career Turley (who was ridden with injuries), and White.
I think next years 174lber will be someone that is not in the Portal yet. As I have said, our biggest need is a 197lber and Hwt from the portal. I would also look for a 149 and 157( only if Harer is going to redshirt. I would look for a 1 year guy). We need to get better at multiple weights if we want to move up the rankings. The coaches probably have an idea if Nini will take Clark's spot next year or not. If that is still up in the air, I would look to improve at 149.
U really think Angelo would ever leave Iowa?? That seems highly unlikely, from his interviews, he loves the Iowa culture.
That was not a bad take. The wrestlers' development is a shared responsibility; Soldano failed to develop, and Goodale failed to develop him. I hope he gets taken by a good program. If so, I expect to see good things from him. Tragic, but not surprising that he would leave.
Well the point Leonard was trying to make is that Soldano woulda been a flop any program he went to bc he failed to adapt. We see elite recruits not work out every year for w.e reason it may be.
What I’m saying is if Soldano has immediate success, wherever he goes next then the narrative of “ we failed to develop him” would have more merit especially if he does it at 184.
I think he'd leave in a heartbeat if the 3 brother's were all together on one team. Tight knit family
On one hand you have 2 national champ/high AA types and a solid NQ wrestler in Anthony
On the other hand..does RU want the circus in town?
Maybe, but apparently Goodale already said he won’t be risking it on Aj? For what it’s worth, I listened to all the flo interview of AJ, and it would surprise me if he gets into future troubles whenever he went. But who knows.
If Goody feeling the heat...who knows..just saying. I wouldn't touch him with a ten foot pole but, you get those 3 and they stay in line..now you have some big players to work around..Peterson, Shawver, Oliveri, Angelo, AJ all can AA and the latter two have good shots to win
Id do it, wth. College sports are a clusterf@@k now anyway. It doesn’t work then just let them go. Its risk reward but why not. Everybody is taking risks these days whether its paying boatloads of $ or taking questionable guys. The one that scares me though is the one at LIU. I think other 2 have matured.
100% he loves Iowa culture. If he valued wrestling with family the most he woulda transferred to CSBU or Long Island already..
And based on AJ’s comments after he took 3rd there is zero chance AJ ends up at Iowa. Basically ripped the AD a new one several times.
LOL..You're talking about a Ferarri..family over everything. I'm sure AJ would love to go back to Iowa but it seems that ship has sailed. They lived and went to HS in Jersey for a bit and they always liked RU. Stranger things have happened.
All that being said..it starts with AJ..if RU takes him in, I could see the brother's coming..just a gut feeling
AJ just wrestled drama free at CSBU and I think he has matured enough to do the same wherever he goes next.
The irony is if Goodale takes a chance on AJ, like he did Suriano, it would get him off the hot seat. Instant title contender for us…
Not going to think about the brothers coming unless AJ comes here first. But yeah if AJ and Angelo somehow came here it would shake up the whole wrestling landscape.. Iowa would take a big step back from catching Penn state and okie state.
Hmmm are you sure there’s no Chance of AJ going to Iowa?? Seems like there’s a chance he could go up to hwt too if he wanted.
We didn't take a chance on Suriano. He had no baggage or legal issues. Ferrari has significant baggage that I wouldn't touch, even with the born again act he's putting on right now.
I find myself agreeing with Leonard 😲 AJ is who he is. Anthony is even worse. Having them at long distances from each other has helped to control the chaos. Putting them back together could be a problem. I've maintained that only the most desperate programs would consider them, so maybe Goodale will soften his stance.
He stayed cleaned at CSBU. Gotta take a chance at some point, whether elite recruit or elite transfer, if we wanna have a chance to move forward. The risk is worth the potential reward imo.
He did horrible things elsewhere. Hard pass to the point I'd consider dropping my season tickets if he comes here.
Didn’t his sexual battery charge case get dismissed which is why he was able to wrestle again in the first place?
Yeah, speaking of dropping tickets, if our product on the mat doesn’t get better aren’t more people going to drop their season tickets? We used to avg 5k+ top 5 in attendance for home matches and hasn’t it steadily dipped down? Now like 4k? Top 10 in home attendance?
Dude, people can change. He showed that at CSBU. He has 2-3 years of eligibility left and will bring excitement to whichever program he goes to next. Sometimes u gotta take a chance..
