I will be disappointed if Dean doesn't make the semis. There are only a couple guys that stand in his way. On a good day you never know. I think that is why he came to Stillwater. To give himself the best chance possible of getting to the top of the mountain.
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“Came” to Stillwater or “went” to Stillwater. Your name says PennState but you’re writing from Stillwater. Hi David (or David’s dad) or Thomas or Jimmy.
Oh, and this will be the best Hamiti we see. Up at his natural weight — best wrestler on the team. He’s making the semi’s, I want to see him in the finals, hopefully beating Haines. For the record, I have nothing against Haines except that he wrestles for Penn State
Same.
Dean is on tier 2 island by himself. Obviously depending on seeding - anything less than 3rd would be a disappointment.
He’s exciting to watch. I bet coaches will work with him very close because they know his upside is very high
Respectfully I think both staffs should get credit. Previous staff recruited and trained them, DT and crew are teaching them new techniques, changing the way they travel, practices are different, etc. I think you're right that DT and crew will get a lot of credit that should probably be shared, but I don't think they should get NO credit.
Was that a slam? Or a shot fired into a floodgate? I mix up my metaphors sometimes
The one thing I think you'll see an improvement upon from this coaching staff is scouting of opponents and implementing wrinkles for individual bouts. That's why Cael's last match at nationals win percentage is much higher than the nearest coaching staff. I would expect DT to challenge that statistic.
So I don’t know the full story around Hamiti’s time at Wisconsin and why he chose to leave, but does anyone know whether the cut to 165 was a mutual thing or a “Bono says you’re a 165 or you’re not wrestling” thing?
And just for giggles let’s say Hamiti comes in as a 174 for OSU and rolls his way to 3rd place or, God willing, a finals appearance. Does something like that make Wisconsin consider reevaluating what they have with Bono?
And just for giggles let’s say Hamiti comes in as a 174 for OSU and rolls his way to 3rd place or, God willing, a finals appearance. Does something like that make Wisconsin consider reevaluating what they have with Bono?
I'm from Pennsyltucky. Our english is fluid. For the record, you are correct. I used the wrong word as I was conducting business. Shoot me.
Hamiti primarily came to OSU to eat again. Just kidding a little bit but not kidding. I don't think Wisconsin cares whether they have wrestling or not. I feel like they have a team because the B1G has an informal mandate for schools to have one. I know the new ones don't but that may change.
I make grammatical errors all the time but this one jumped out at me. I can’t let you get too comfortable on the Okie State forum — I mean, your passion for DT surpassed my love for Hamiti
I hope so. Scouting happens all the time in other sports, for some reason it seems less common in wrestling.
When I followed PSU in the Zain/Nolf/Bo years that was what struck me - yeah those guys were good, but they also seemed to know what to do against any opponent. They would wrestle completely differently depending on who they were up against. So what's more likely - they made match-time decisions, or they were given information ahead of time? Tricky tricky
