2x R12, basically traded for Peterson’s 2x R12 in a sense lol
There's no way the pickle pooper confused Pinto with a Suriano type transfer or the other accolades his fading proclamations claimed.
The more PA wrestlers the better
lol NJ had more 2 more all Americans then PA and every other state and y’all seem to be recruiting NJ less then ever
They don't want to come here. They hear from parents, friends and especially coaches to go elsewhere. They train at SKWC for years make great relationships with the coaches, then tell them to stick it up their ass. That's New Jersey's wrestling scene for you. The people of the State sh*t more on the State then outsiders do. People who live in New Jersey have no pride in the state they live in and would rather root for someone else, while making fun of where they live.
I don’t think this is at all true. I think there’s a lot of pride in the state. But when weighing options. History of AAs, coaching staffs, NIL etc. Rutgers is not too choice for many
Cmon, this was a bad year for PA, but they are still the best state by far! And as Koleszar said the top NJ recruits are not really considering RU They need to get PA kids and they recently have done a good job getting CA kids(although they have not really worked out) Barbosa hopefully changes that
You are mistaken, we have never gotten a Delbarton kid or a top Blair kid to come here A lot of the other private school kids “parents” look down on RU They do not want to tell their other rich friends their son is going to Rutgers
It's not hard to get into Cornell if you're good at wrestling. Many of these kids will come out with AG degrees with no intentions of being farmers or ranchers. The other Ivy's have bitched for years about Cornell gaming the system.
I believe crackers bringing up someone shitting a LB of pickles was what made me mention Pinto was rumored to Rutgers back in Feb
Most of it happens in the private circles. The biggest recent case that gets mentioned here often was Robbie Howard who basically laughed at Rutgers being an option
Robbie Howard went to Penn states. If Cael calls you and you can wrestle for the best team in the country and someone asks you if you are considering Rutgers i could see how that might illicit a chuckle.
IMO, Goodale doesn’t work hard enough at the youth level. While obviously staying within the parameters of recruiting, he needs to make deeper in-roads at the elite clubs, participate in camps, more visits to schools, etc. I do see him show up to elite events but I think other coaches are simply out-recruiting him.
They stack up very well academically. The issue is lot of snobbery in the more wealthier towns. But academically they’re very competitive. I usually go by US news, they do good job in their rankings. I see in b10 not including the new programs, they’re ranked 41, only behind Michigan 21, Illinois 33, and Wisconsin 39, and are tied with OSU.
Trevor Melde?
he went to delbarton for 3 years then got kicked out for stealing computers or something and spent his senior year at DePaul
I mean technically Casale is a delbarton guy, similar to Melde he did 3 years before moving on sr year …do you guys count Mario mason ? I know he transferred to Rutgers but definitely a Blair guy
I do not count Mason and do not count Casale. Casale was going to Lehigh before he got kicked out of Delbarton and then Lehigh pulled his offer.
I will also add that a lot of the top level NJ high school wrestlers (often from the private schools) choose to attend Army, Navy, Stanford, or Northwestern as well.
This is 100% accurate and I’m a big believer that part of the problem is the football program. When you think of school athletics, you think of football. For a long while, Rutgers was an embarrassment athletically. In the mid 2000s when football was legit, everyone loved Rutgers. Now that they’re mediocre, they’re a punchline.
The big east fell apart and we ended up in the AAC. It wasn't our fault the league imploded.
Agreed, but the timing of everything was just unfortunate. The football team fell off and ESPN had no problem turning us into a laughing stock since our games were now on a different network.
So happy his college career went to shit. Kid had a mouth.
