Burton is from Idaho, some of his friends sitting row behind me. Guessing maybe he earned the opportunity to use a free Fr match to wrestle in front of family and friends.
OSU v. Utah Valley
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To me, Spratley and Travis looked basically the same last year. I remember someone commenting right after his transfer that Amine had little offense. Little offense, can't get off the bottom and can't ride for 20 secs means a loss.
The big guys looked aggressive and great. Witcraf with some good throws (duh) and even went to the leg a couple of times. Carter also wrestled well.
The big guys looked aggressive and great. Witcraf with some good throws (duh) and even went to the leg a couple of times. Carter also wrestled well.
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Regarding some guys looking like last year's version, let's all remember that translating what you learn in the room to a match is largely mental and can take some time being comfortable enough with your new bag of tricks to try them in a live match. I'd wait until mid January when they have 10-12 matches under their belt before evaluating them.
It's like a pro golfer going through a swing change. It often takes six months or more to duplicate what you are doing on the practice range to the golf course during competition. It's a mental trust issue.
It's like a pro golfer going through a swing change. It often takes six months or more to duplicate what you are doing on the practice range to the golf course during competition. It's a mental trust issue.
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It’s dual no . 1 man. I know this is your whole schtick but judging a staff’s development ability the very first dual when they’ve been on the job for 5 months is dumb. Sorry no other way to put it. These guys are coaches not wizards who can just snap their fingers and turn everyone into Bo Nickel. Development takes time.
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Sprat with a solid takedown when it counted. Teams like this bring their A game. Young program gets a home match against the most historic program ever are going to bring it. Ricks looked solid. I was happy to see Carter Young looking good. Excited for Sundays match.When it’s over my hope is that June Cleaver will say … “ Ward, you were a little hard on the Beaver last night!”
Hate to break it to you but June wasn't talking about her younger son... 🤣
Sorry for the non wrestling post but it was too irresistable to pass up.
Ricks stayed in perfect position, don't recall him taking a single shot but was apparently he was wearing down in the 3rd.
It was a snoozefest for sure. I was just pointing out that Amine largely lost the match in the 2nd, and the crossbody ride was the cause.
Fun fact, we won our first dual last year 38-6 also, but against Bucknell. Went back to check because I couldn’t remember us scoring 38 against anyone last year. That was our highest team total for the season.
Barraclough is a hammer on top, holds position well and is hard to score on. He had zero offense, no shots attempted by him. He ended up in the backpack position a couple of times. One was called stalling after like 20 sec and the other time is was not called at all. He was just trying to take it the distance in hopes the riding time would work in his favor.
As I said "basically the same last year" as that's how he wrestled a lot last year.
I expected change from those wrestlers that needed the most improvement, i.e., Spratley, Witcaft, Jamison, Travis, Thompson and Surber. I don't remember seeing Amine wrestle before but it seems like this was the way he wrestle previously, according to his detractor on this board.
I thought Witcraft looked improved, going for at least two single legs; Surber attacked continuously.
Spratley and Travis wrestles the same "no offense" style they wrestled most of the time last year. I know they won but I expected DT to be pissed during and after both matches. I want to our coaches to say (during practice and matches) exactly what I do while watching them and that is, "shoot, Shoot, SHOOT..."
Sorry if it rubs anybody and I know it's early but I bought and drank heavily of the new DT, bright orange kool-aid. I expected and expect significant improvement and fairly quickly.
And don't get me wrong, I believe Coach Smith needed to retire at least 3-4 years ago and in hindsight, it probably would have been the best for his legacy if he'd retired after 2006 (15yrs) but that's for a different thread.
Expecting every wrestler to be massively improved after 5 months is just unrealistic. Being better in March is the goal not November.
Amine best offense comes from reattacks and counters. Barraclough had a game plan obviously and he followed it. He's had 3 or 4 majors this year already. He took Garvin down multiple times. He had no offense in this match by design but that doesn't mean he has no offense
I’m not gonna sweat Spratley’s first match. UVU kid wrestled tough in his other matches. More practices, more live matches (which are going to feel totally different from live go’s in practice), and just more time in general is gonna give us a better idea of where Spratley is.
