Wrestling 2023 NCAA Tournament Live Thread: Session I
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Does anyone know what mat Pletcher/Carton is on?
Impossible. I thought Starocci never gets bonus points! 😉
Exactly.
Not that he was great until January and terrible now. Wrestle these matches, and not substantially better, you'll win about half. Never beat the really good guys but never lose to the really bad guys. Max Murin 2.0
I’ll play my chips with the coaching staff Clay.
Yeah, I get the people that are saying that he will learn from this. But those people need to rewatch his B1G action, and the last few weeks in duals. He was all defense in the first half of the year, and then he started getting in on the single leg attack. That was good because he really struggled to find an effective attack. But for quite a few weeks he has struggled to actually finish that. And it costs him. I was hoping there would be progress, but today showed it just isn't happening soon enough. I'm not tossing him away because he is a good wrestler, but he needs to get over the hump on offense, and soon.
He beat him a year ago but in freestyle. He did get in and finish multiple shots though
Maybe we should declare a one hour moratorium on posts following a loss so that folks can cool down?
1 loss and this board goes to hell lmfao. The wack jobs that never wrestled are back, must be the first day of Nationals.
Quite true. He has to adjust, though. The end of the season he seemed to lose his neutral offense and in this match he was rather aggressive with good angles on the low single.
The problem is in match adjusting. If you try the same TD 3 times and your opponent exquisitely defends it with a killer ankle whizzer trying the same TD 3 more times is tough sledding. Lift and cross to double before the whizzer sinks, if your clean approach to the shot is the same.
He will learn. Gotta learn fast. Ramirez is as real as Alex right now
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I wouldn't wanna wrestle a kid named Stoltzfus. I've seen the Amish accomplish some incredible physical feats just building a garage. All the while a very small child just sat in the wagon.
Okay, but Facundo didn't lose that match because of the ref.
I heard they're challenging the results, apparently some fraud in the way they counted the points.
You all arguing about Facundo lol and I’m over here still blown away what SVN did.
Nowhere did I say Alex sucks. Nowhere did I say he’s a bad person! But he hasn’t been able to score consistently against good or even middling competition dating back to high school. He’s shown little growth in that avenue for two years. Yes, a team like Penn State which strives to win the team title every single season should, in fact, see what it’s options are at the weight class and then make the best decision it can given the information at hand. If that’s keeping Alex at 165? Great! But explore your options.
Well go evaluate and leave us alone.
NO NO CLAY WHAT YOU SAID IS THAT THE COACHES STINK AND THAT ALEX PUNCHES OLD WOMEN.
is iowa training through the 1st round? they seem to be off
Brooks with a very comfortable, smooth 13-4 MD. 4 + minutes of riding time.
If you are going to win close matches you have to dedicate to a ride for more than 2 seconds. If you not going to score a lot take advantage of each position.
