Tbf to Carter he was wrestling a lot better his sophomore year until he got injured at Big 12s.
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Next Years Lineup
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of course Hughes can be great. Kid was undefeated in high school. No lean feat. I hope we get to see him.
Man, I am getting antsy for this season to start! It is agonizing to see other programs wrestling when ours is still a week away.
Glad I was wrong about Hughes making weight at 133 will be nice to see him wrestle this weekend.
Are you saying Hughes is wrestling at 133 this weekend?
IMO to see if they make weight, but I’ve got no inside knowledge
No, unfortunately I am one of the poor Cowboy alumni who struggles to pay his bills. lol I do have tickets for February 23rd in Iowa City and hope to make some Stillwater duals.So I'll see you in Orem?
I saw a rumor that Hughes wrestled off at 141 and won his match. Any truth to that? Could explain why Jamison got sent to Michigan
Hughes wrestled Burton for 41 because Tagen will miss a few in Nov
That makes sense. If Tagen is on a pitch count with making weight they will need someone to fill in at 141 when he is out
I know he’ll probably be wrestling guys from Sisters of the Poor State College, but a little glimpse of Thompson at 184?
At least he is trying to score and trying multiple times. Progress!
I think the scoring mindset is from birth. Some people have it and some people don’t. I’ve seen that often a traditional “non-scorer”, who changes his MO and starts scoring, will revert back to his old ways in stressful situations. Obviously, there are outliers. We’ll see how Thompson fairs against higher quality competition next year.
His finals match he looked exactly the same to me as last year, against much lesser competition too. A year left though before we need to make any assessments I guess,
I watched all four matches in Kansas. Aggressive his 1st 2 matches but probably weak opponents. In the semi's and finals he seemed not to have an ounce of motivation to wrestle. He showed nothing in these matches, he won both matches but it was painful to watch. His finals opponent wanted to fight him at the end, obviously he did not intimidate his opponent.
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I highly doubt we get 3 more years of Thompson as we will likely have better options ahead. He has done nothing to get anyone excited about his future since bing in Stillwater.
Think about the mentality of being in RS?
I say give him more time to perform as a competing guy in the lineup.
He was a big time recruit who had no business seeing the mat. He desperately needed a RS last year. I have no idea if he’ll ever contribute but one season is way to quick to write off anyone.
Agreed. That’s why I said we have a year before we have to make an assessment again.
I get not being blown away because he didn’t bonus his way through the tournament, but I also definitely don’t wanna write a kid off who could very well be doing a LOT of growing up and figuring things behind the scenes during a redshirt year. DT clearly sees a lot of potential in the kid if he picked him as his World Championships training partner. Let’s give him some time to continue to learn and mature before we make any professions about his future with the program.
@Okie_Pat has a point though. That type of wrestler doesn't change. Not in a year, and really not ever. Certainly not as a 2nd/3rd year wrestler.
Look at a guy like Beau Bartlett. You would think in that program he'd be a guy willing to pull the trigger a lot more. But that's just not who he is. Thompson isn't going to turn into some volume shooter just because his head coach was. His path to staying in the lineup will come down to how much he wins with the style he is now.
Which... unfortunately, is really freaking hard to do. But the kid has grown up winning, so he's used to doing that. And he's being coached in a completely different way now, so he's definitely going to get better. But a scoring machine he ain't ever gonna be.
Look at a guy like Beau Bartlett. You would think in that program he'd be a guy willing to pull the trigger a lot more. But that's just not who he is. Thompson isn't going to turn into some volume shooter just because his head coach was. His path to staying in the lineup will come down to how much he wins with the style he is now.
Which... unfortunately, is really freaking hard to do. But the kid has grown up winning, so he's used to doing that. And he's being coached in a completely different way now, so he's definitely going to get better. But a scoring machine he ain't ever gonna be.
I want Thompson to be everything we hoped he would be and more when we recruited him. Maybe he will jump levels this RS season idk. I am not writing him off by any means, but just looking at the guys we having been recruiting under DT that are all high volume scorers. He is a defensive wrestler and DT's approach to wrestling is the opposite of that. I just wonder if he would of been a guy DT would of recruited personally. I cant say for certain, but my thought is that he went with DT to worlds bc he was the only guy around his weight that wasn't a true freshmen or starting. DT mentioned wanting to take Plott, but didn't think it was fair to him to take him away from practice right before the season. DT may very well see something in Thompson and if that is the case then I hope he can get him to unleash a beast.
I know this board really loves sleeping on Kody Routledge but the kid had one hell of an Ironman. He easily majored (almost pinned) Will Denny in the finals to win it… the same Will Denny who just beat Melvin Miller in the semis and Kollin Rath in the finals to win Super 32.
Kody is a stud and he seems to be getting better by the minute.
Kody is a stud and he seems to be getting better by the minute.
Who cares!!! Keep spreading the good news lol. Man I’m pumped
I think he does but I also think people are making maybe to much out of him going to worlds as his training partner.
Well, he will either commit to the process or he won’t make it, especially with the roster restrictions coming.
