HS Recruiting News
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Considering we are one semester into his 8 of eligibility I’m thrilled we grabbed him. Seems a little early to put this on him. Both of us could be wrong, but let’s see how spring plays out.
I’m not in disagreement but if ‘25-‘26 is the window then we need to make sure we’ve done everything possible to shore up by them. I don’t think you wait on him too long if you don’t see a big jump in the spring. He needs to show AA potential (like volk) at the least and if he’s not then hit the portal again. Im sure yall will disagree but we really need to pull out all the stops for 35
I’m not saying I wouldn’t want a hammer at 125 if we can grab one. But throwing the towel on Spratley after not even two months and wanting studs is separate for me is all.
Part of the problem is time invested in a certain family that would have filled 3 weight classes, including 165. There was an opportunity cost associated with that decision that they are just now overcoming. They got Olejnik, and we should see more portal adds of a similar nature while the roster is reshaped. There are guys on the roster that could be long term answers depending on how they develop and their ability to grow or cut.
Is he on a full ride? Or minimum scholarship? Does he pay for tuition out of his NIL? You seem to know quite a bit.
Agree he will start hitting the weights and get bigger. Plus he hasn't been a kid who's cut much weight coming up . I could see him being a tweener as a freshman but if he's gonna be a 165 you just go 165
I do think he can for sure. He can wrestle in all positions. Putting on size won't be an issue the weight training program is top notch. And he's a worker so putting on size will happen no problem. They will obviously look for someone but wouldn't shock me if Teague is the guy
Can't always be the answer. When you've a young kid develop him he's shown he can compete
Thanks for the input. Obviously we want whoever is best, but if he can develop will be a nice bonus.
Well it will always be a part of it and this will happen next year
He will be in the mix, but there’s no guarantees. It doesn’t matter what weight you’re at
I agree with Blair that the portal will always play a huge part of making up the roster from here on out. As much as we may not like guys moving from one team to another it's here to stay and we need to be aggressive in the portal or we'll continue lag behind the rest of the top teams.
We have had issues with either identifying guys who have the mental strength, character and dedication to be a high end D1 wrestler or we have failed to provide the culture and atmosphere needed to help them get there.
There is a long list of these guys over the past 5 or 6 years and it has really hurt our program.
I’m very hopeful that has changed.
Dee Lockett is probably projecting there.
Most likely but Doucet will have something to say about it. Always wrestle the best guy, right?
Based on results it is hard to say that he will. Stranger things have happened though.
I saw he was at 149 recently I wasn't sure if the plan was to challenge Williams now instead of Jamison
I don't think Williams spot is at risk based on what John Smith has said in his media availability.
And the way Jamison has competed prior to his injury I wouldn't think his spot would be in jeopardy either
He was a bad pickup. Hope you didn’t spend any money on him.
He wasn’t magically going to be capable at 141. He’s a 149 and should have always competed for that spot (last 2 1/2 years anyways)
Spent 3 years at 133. Not sure how 141 would’ve been magical. Also, was a low risk high reward pick up if it worked out. He was ranked top 8 at one point in 2 seasons.
I do agree that I hope we didn’t spend much but I doubt we did.
Maybe controversial, so don’t rip my head off: we focus on every weight, which is a better dual team, but national championships is what brings home the bacon. Maybe we should focus on being a team tournament team. That is one area we can draw on Penn State’s formula for success. (I hate referencing PSU for anything)
