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We did not wrestle well tonight that is for sure. Wyoming was ready for us. Not a pretty win with 4 upsets.
Hope Boo gives up the chess match and leaves. Tired of the games. He’s to good to stay
not sure its a chess match. john indicated prior to this match that he will take the guys who have been in the line up with the exception of preston. this weekend duals were like a closing to the first semester which boo was ineligible. if boo was eligible in the first semester their wouldn't be a problem. i am sure after reno boo will be going all the way.
boo was eligible this past friday but i was assuming john probably looked at the last two matches (n coloraldo and wyoming) as like landmark matches for the first semester. but anyways he will have his time. maybe its a strategy to bring the best out of boo or martinez. competition has a way of doing that. who knows.Don't want to make a mountain out of a mole hill but if Boo was ineligible, he couldn't have been dressed out on the bench nor weigh in with the team at the dual today. He was eligible for the dual in Wyoming. Regardless, I agree with you, Boo hopefully will step in and perform well as expected. Just frustrating to watch us get beat up by a team and see a guy in warm-ups that could have gotten us off to a much better start.
so glad you joined us, to encourage someone to leave with your first post. Several things wrong with that post, though. It is wrestling, not chess. Games are played, and wrestlers don't play, so there aren't any games going on. And if he is too good to stay, then he is too good to leave!Hope Boo gives up the chess match and leaves. Tired of the games. He’s to good to stay
mustangwrestling-Do not know what you are intimating. No games being played and John told us before the trip that Boo would be in Reno and Geo would be at the two duals. I was at Reno. The starters were not at Reno. Geo is a good wrestler but Boo is better.so glad you joined us, to encourage someone to leave with your first post. Several things wrong with that post, though. It is wrestling, not chess. Games are played, and wrestlers don't play, so there aren't any games going on. And if he is too good to stay, then he is too good to leave!
Weigel also wrestled very good Tuesday. I hope that Heil hears the interview of Meredith where he talks about knowing he could break Heil and then actually breaking him. The truth is he did seem to break Heil that match but I suspect that Heil's motivation this year has increased.The wrestling for us was sad tonight. Piccinni and White seemed to the only wrestlers who wrestled well showing skill, good judgement and determination. If anyone would have told me that Wyoming would win 5 matches against us tonight I would have thought they were crazy. I know we are looking towards next year but we need to have wrestlers improving as wrestlers and moving up in the rankings instead of losing to Wyoming. Lewallen needs to wrestle 49 and Martinez( I'm sure he is doing his best but he has not developed a bit since his transfer which surprises me) has disappointed as a wrestler for 2 years now. Kaid Brock is in a slump this year. We were lucky Heil didn't die on the mat because he obviously was totally spent and had nothing more to give in his match with Meredith. I don't believe we have better than an okay answer at 84. Smith has not been impressive either at 74. Hopefully this is our bottom and we build as a team from here.
I bet that coach Smith said more to the team than I wrote in that post.To Harley's point, the bigger picture (because I don't think we thought this dual was ever really in jeapordy) is kaid and chandler bouncing back. 174 needs to continue to improve and I think he will. Heil will be fine as he was gassed at the end, won't be an issue in march. Blalock was game just came up short. 184 and 149 will probably see changes.
Weigel also wrestled very good Tuesday. I hope that Heil hears the interview of Meredith where he talks about knowing he could break Heil and then actually breaking him. The truth is he did seem to break Heil that match but I suspect that Heil's motivation this year has increased.
I bet that coach Smith said more to the team than I wrote in that post.
Wrassler, no problem.Harley, not sure, maybe this post was in response to mine? I hope you don't think I was taking a shot at you. I was just trying to inject some humor (and failed possibly). I genuinely like your posts. Some I agree with and some I don't, but I think it's fair for us to critique the team and the wrestling as long it doesn't become personal. Heck, I've ranted myself about our recruiting and marketing.
2x NC not getting a one seed
cause he lost at 7200ft breathing thru a straw
ya right lol
My opinion we should not be using altitude or anything else as an excuse. Dean and Bryce have been close every match so the inevitable happened and hopefully will not happen again. Kaid has not been his usual self all year and he got caught in a 6 point move and used all his energy to get back even. I predicted on this board that Chandler would have all he could handle with his opponent at 165. Ashworth looked strong last year and this year at Reno he looked outstanding. I do not know what happened to Geo but that may be a moot point from here on out.We will see what happens when Dean gets Merideth in Tulsa closer to sea level.
My feeling is the elevation and the back to back weigh-ins were a factor in certain matches. I say that because I've never seen Dean so tired that he couldn't even stand up. And Geo was the first bout of the dual, meaning he wrestled only 1 hour after weigh-ins. He also looked like he had very little energy to me. Maybe John had Boo fly out because he thought Geo might not even be able to make weight. In fact, I can't think of a reason for Boo to fly out and not wrestle unless there was some type of injury, which doesn't appear to be the case. Regarding Kaid and Chandler, I'm not sure. Kaid seems like he is struggling with the weight in general - he only won on RT the night before. With Chandler, I was hoping he would entrench himself as #4 in the country and possibly threaten the top 3. But he hasn't demonstrated separation from the 4 - 10 guys.
Of course it was all a factor which is exactly why Coach Smith scheduled it this way and also put them through a tough workout the same day as the second dual.
He wanted to stress them and test them. He knew exactly what could have and in some cases did happen up in Wyoming.
I would say every one of those matchups will be revered come March (exception being Geo as I think the spot is Boo's very soon). Good learning and training couple of days for the team.