As @cowboychuck mentioned in the recruiting thread A.J. Ferrari announces his commitment tonight at 7:30pm.
Big night for the Cowboys as the quest for 35...
Big night for the Cowboys as the quest for 35...
A.J. Ferrari decision tonight at 7:30pm
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That is something at least. At all of his other stops he made pretty long posts about each visit. Not saying it means anything one way or another.
I don't have a great feeling about this one but that's not really based on anything.
I breakdown the situation on the 3 programs that I think are in the running like below...
PSU - They are probably the darkhorse here as they haven’t seemed to be as involved with him throughout but have made a strong run at him as of late. There is the Bo connection coming from his HS and then of course the high end program and RTC which will be strong selling points.
RU - Rutgers appears to fit him and the family culturally. He had a very good visit there and they are on an upswing as a program and form a support standpoint. Some think they are the favorites but what gives me pause is the family moved to that area and for whatever reason it just didn’t go well. While their are some historical cultural connections with the family and that area they are a midwestern family and I think that played a role in their move back to Texas.
OSU - I keep coming back to us as the favorite and most likely landing spot. The connections here are deep and long standing. With the Smith (large) family and Coach G we provide some of the historical/cultural fit some have pointed to as important. He has been up to Stillwater more than anywhere else and has worked out with our guys (and our guys doing camps at his local HS and club) more than anyone else.
He grew up idolizing John Smith and a fan of OSU wrestling. Stillwater provides the best opportunity for his extremely close family to travel to his duals. With White, AD, Perry, Plott and Doucet the upper weight high level partners match up pretty well. With the uptick in recruitment OSU also offers him a great chance to compete and win team titles during his eligibility.
PSU - They are probably the darkhorse here as they haven’t seemed to be as involved with him throughout but have made a strong run at him as of late. There is the Bo connection coming from his HS and then of course the high end program and RTC which will be strong selling points.
RU - Rutgers appears to fit him and the family culturally. He had a very good visit there and they are on an upswing as a program and form a support standpoint. Some think they are the favorites but what gives me pause is the family moved to that area and for whatever reason it just didn’t go well. While their are some historical cultural connections with the family and that area they are a midwestern family and I think that played a role in their move back to Texas.
OSU - I keep coming back to us as the favorite and most likely landing spot. The connections here are deep and long standing. With the Smith (large) family and Coach G we provide some of the historical/cultural fit some have pointed to as important. He has been up to Stillwater more than anywhere else and has worked out with our guys (and our guys doing camps at his local HS and club) more than anyone else.
He grew up idolizing John Smith and a fan of OSU wrestling. Stillwater provides the best opportunity for his extremely close family to travel to his duals. With White, AD, Perry, Plott and Doucet the upper weight high level partners match up pretty well. With the uptick in recruitment OSU also offers him a great chance to compete and win team titles during his eligibility.
Well if they get ESPN+ they can watch every home dual
It is funny because I feel pessimistic but then if you read other boards they all think we are the big favorite.
He picked the good guys. We are on a monster roll guys. Hats off to all our coaches.
AJ said before he announced he wanted to pick a school his brother could go too also.
Pretty freaking huge. Big assist from @ThatOneGuy (he didn’t screw it up!)
Just fantastic. I really felt good about our position but you just never know.
For those that don’t follow this stuff this is a Zion Williamson type of recruit!
Just curious: Has haas and Ferrari ever wrestled each other considering they are in same weight class?
Don’t think so but they will do so a bunch in the room the next 4-5 years.
I don’t want to beat a dead horse or throw anyone under the bus but our recruiting is night and day since John shook up the staff. I hope Caldwell is being taken care of.
Well Oberebo you live to
He wrestled heavyweight of course.what weight did that Zion guy wrestle?
You have to think AJ, Haas, Doucet & Amos have all scrapped some at RTC practices. But in terms of competition, I think the only time AJ & Haas were in the same bracket was at Fargo in 2017. AJ took 1st at 170 and Kyle finished 8th. Of course, Kyle exploded this summer & has now jumped levels.
BTW, Flo said after winning Fargo that year, AJ has not lost a tournament (domestically) since.
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In my uninformed opinion, I would think it would be best if he could stay at 197 and put Haas at heavy, assuming he signs with the good guys next year.
It was fun putting that green color in for "committed" this morning.
Shouldn't we stick with wrestling here, concentrate on AJ? Because several of the family members appear to be very distracting
Lol that’s awesome.sorry, Wrassler, I was thinking twitter
The likely scenario is A.J. comes in at HWY and is there all 4 years he competes for. I think it’s actually more likely Haas could go 197 for a year than A.J.
With greyshirts, RS, ORS they can get creative to get both A.J. and Haas in an OSU singlet our there competing for the majority of their eligibility.
