I don’t see it personally. Kid is big and super thick in the butt and legs. Maybe he can suck down the first couple years but he is so athletic he would be a killer at heavy. He wrestled 220 at Fargo so he can probably get down to 197 but him getting stronger and weighing around 240 at heavy seems like the smarter path to me
Agreed 100%. I like his ceiling a bit more than Carroll also (who is great in his own right)
Jude's plan is heavyweight and he seems to be our top option there (visited for the White Out)
I like Merrill more than Carroll as well. I think he’s the second best kid in the 2024 class behind Lilledahl. I have him ahead of Hopke if they are both at heavy. He is just really flipping good and so athletic. Carroll is as well but Merrill seems to have a killer instinct that I don’t see with Carroll.
Coby seems to have jumped a few levels as well and become a bigger recruit. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.
What is his deal with sabotaging exceptional talent with excessive weight cutting? I'm from D3...not anything to brag about really but we've had our moments. Joey Wildasin was the first killer from my area, 4x Finalist, 3x Champ. Marstellar's obvious credentials. Both of them went to Okie State and both got killed by that cut. Word around town was Wildasin cut so hard to 118 that he didn't pee for a week and got a bad infection because of it and dropped out. Marstellar obviously underperformed and perhaps substances influenced it but I'm sure I've read/seen somewhere from him that the cut destroyed him. Big Willie on Basch just talking about how he has high hopes for Wittlake now that he's not dealing with that cut. So, how is this dude not seeing the writing on the wall? Why make kids suffer needlessly especially when it's detrimental to their and his success? Like what gives? Just old and stuck in his ways? I just don't get it.#1 Ranked Cody Merrill Commits To Oklahoma State - FloWrestling
The #1 ranked high school wrestler in the nation at 220lbs and the #7 recruit in the class of 2024 committed to Oklahoma State.www.flowrestling.org
Interesting fit if he can’t make 197 with Carroll there as well. Merrill looks like a heavy to me but at Oklahoma Stare he might be even be a 184
Except this isn't true. (Also Willie said appropriate weight.)
Wildasin made the cut to make the team. Marstellar made the cut to make the team. Wittlake made the cut to make the team. See a common thread running through all of those? Their choice-not a directive.
Also - spare me the nonsensical bullsh*t. John cuts those guys HARD. He never dealt with day of weigh-ins and his eye is just a bit skewed in that area. He's doing the right thing for the team in a lot of respects and I think he's gotten better - but the "okiest cuts guys hard" moniker is true, and has been in the very recent past.
Two things can still be true at once. If guys are good enough and fight hard enough, sure, john will let them go up. But his expectations for what weight class you are is pretty harsh. Again, some of it has to do with lineup, making the team, the lifting and the drinking - but its still true as well - John cuts them harder than pretty much anyone else.
Dont know. But, i am glad you know what his expectations are. I don't think you are correct. But, if you want to go ahead and propagate rumors and innuendo, have at it.
Nah. just fax from wrestlers in the program.
Bad example though, he was still very successful despite the cut.
It's a good example. Because that's the expectation. You cut your brains out and you're successful.
ringer looked like a tick when school started every year. that 208 was definitely not good weight
