PSU Recruits at Ironman
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Dropping to one knee as a defense should definitely be a stall call. Make it a point of emphasis. It's horrible to watch.
Another point of emphasis should be if a wrestler is consistently backing away to the edge call it stalling. Make them wrestle.
I actually think sealy is a 157 lber compared to the other semi finalists he looks smaller
Devino is very good, so not really a surprise he beat Blaze. These two are pretty evenly matched IMO, like the top guys in most of the other weights at Iron Man. There were a lot of close, low scoring bouts in the semis and in the finals, with a number going to OT. So not much separation.
When your opponent has one foot OOB the whole match, it tends to discourage shooting. I was actually surprised that baby fast twitch wrestled like such a delgado.
Somewhere, Mason Beckman is complaining about this being allowed now that his career is over.
You are one of my favorite posters. Iowa fan. Honest.
We have a decade+ of evidence what's going to happen, completely ignoring combustible personalities adding some drama to the process.
I think a lot of times this is right, like Hidlay-Brooks. But I think the difference here is that Ferrari looked to score the entire match. Yes, he was retreating and keeping great position, but maintained a consistent attack rate from the opening whistle. As long as he's attacking, Ferrari has no obligation to make things easier on Sealey.
Also, can't be emphasized enough how bad the tiny mat at Ironman is. Would love to see these guys wrestle on a correctly sized mat.
Agree with you first few sentences.
Per the mat size though… what freakin difference would mat size have made in this match. I dont care if they would have had a 60’ circle, Ferarri would have found his way to the EDGE.
Watch this:
The movement in this match is basically the same. Sealey comes forward, Ferrari retreats. The difference is that instead of being on the edge after 3-4 steps back, he still has 2-3 feet left and that's where he stays most of the match. The white outer ring on this mat is the perfect visual tool for this. That's basically the size of the Ironman mat vs. the size of a normal mat.
Nice work, and would watch it if I hadnt blown friday off watching ironman all damn day.
Iowa has about the biggest circle in the NCAA, and im sure your guy uses every damn inch of it in retreat.
I hope you aren’t saying that if the mat was bigger the result would’ve been the same as at WNO. Sealey has gotten much better. I don’t like how Ferrari wrestled the match constantly floating to the edge but he attacked so much that I am more than ok with him not being hit for stalling for doing it. He is a tough puzzle to figure out. If they don’t call stalls for dropping to a knee then he is super hard to attack. Plus, when is butt is to the edge any attack Sealey does take just puts them out of bounds. It’s great tactics by Ferrari in my mind and something guys are going to have to figure out because his style won’t change
not at all. just that he wouldn't have been standing on the boundary the entire match.
Seems like he should be easy to figure out if he only takes 3-4 steps back EVERY time.
Maybe if he ever breaks the habit he will take another step or 2 and be on the boundary of NCAA circles.
I'm curious how a match between Ryder vs Ferrari would go. Ferrari said it was scheduled for WNO but Ryder was nicked up after Worlds (mentioned they are friends and he really wants the match, no shade thrown)
Ryder in every sense seems like a Gabe Arnold clone. Not a whole ton of offense but man his build makes him impossible to bring down. I know he wrestled 182 but he goes 176 for free and rumor is he doesn't really cut. He won Fargo and 2 Cadet World Medals and he's pretty green in free. He's at M2 right now training.
From what I hear, one reason he moved to State College was to establish residency like the Lee family did, making me think he isn't getting a ton of scholarship money.
Ryder in every sense seems like a Gabe Arnold clone. Not a whole ton of offense but man his build makes him impossible to bring down. I know he wrestled 182 but he goes 176 for free and rumor is he doesn't really cut. He won Fargo and 2 Cadet World Medals and he's pretty green in free. He's at M2 right now training.
From what I hear, one reason he moved to State College was to establish residency like the Lee family did, making me think he isn't getting a ton of scholarship money.
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Des anyone know if all Ironman mats are the same size as those in the finals?
If they're not, then look at his low-scoring matches in the quarters (4-1) and semis (5-1) against opponents not at the Sealey or Lockett level.
His semi opponent beat Sealey last year. Only 30 seconds of his quarters match took place in neutral.
Not sure where those particular matches were held but the Rudis mats did look bigger.
Found it odd that the finals werent on a Rudis mat, assuming they were a huge sponsor.
I would bet that if these guys stay at the same weight through college, the future match results will resemble the historical Iowa-PSU rematches and corresponding NCAA placement.
See Desanto-RBY, Eireman-Lee, Marinelli-Cenzo, Kemerer-Starocci, Warner-Dean, Cassiopi-Kerk
etc….etc…etc…
I like our chances!
Good point. If not, maybe Cael will send out Sealey for a future Iowa dual so that our backup future world champ can knock off Baby Brown Eye.
never wanted him. not enough collar ties.
Great wrestling. Don't like that it was decided on that flimsy fleeing call on a miniature mat, though. Some great scrambles, especially in the third.
Thanks @NittanyLion84! Here, too, is the Sealy/Ferrari bout. Perhaps the last time these two will face each other?
The first 2 takedowns that match probably shows why Sealey wrestled the way he did this time around. Ferrari's reattacks are beautiful. I know it was mentioned he never touched Ferrari's leg at Ironman but last time he did that, Ferrari turned it into his own 2 with a beautiful dive roll. For a strong kid, he is very funky as well, which you don't see as much from AJ, which is likely why people say Angelo will be the best Ferrari brother. After 2 periods when he was down 5-1, think Sealey was just broken and Ferrari took advantage to pour it on.
