To my eyes, Beau is a very strong guy. What he seems to lack at 149 that he didn’t at Jr Worlds, for instance, was the leverage to use that strength to set up his attacks. Much of his offense is “short offense,” that requires getting your opponent in a bad spot and then capitalizing. The super crisp Sasso takedown is something of an anomaly, from most of the wrestling I’ve seen Beau do. What I see him doing this year is use his strength and elite positioning to wear the bigger guys down. It reminds me a lot of the year McCutcheon went 197 for the team (before injury). Other PSU guys have done the same thing when small (Manville vs Myles comes to mind). Pull the head with collar ties, punish from front head, and plan on making your hay in the 3rd.
Can be effective. Although the margin for error is certainly very thin. I just don’t think it’s realistic to expect to see beau launching head inside singles and doubles from space very much this year. The risk to reward ratio is lacking.
All that doesn’t mean that he can’t improve in the offensive confidence department. Beau is more athletic than Cutch and Manville (that reversal last night was sweet). I think he will improve to a degree over the course of the season. how many points he’s able to score at NCAA‘s remains to be seen.