Let's see what everyone thought about last night's meet...
125- B+ McD dominated but had difficult turning his guy for back points. I realize his opponent's only objective in the match is not to give up the TF, but I'm greedy.
133 A- Ramos is going to be fun to watch in years to come. He's like a younger Brands out there. Aggressive, runs back to the center, pulling guys in from the edge. I thought it was the right move to put him in over Moore, just because he seems to use his offense more. I think Moore gets the nod tonight against MSU and will have to keep pace. I think this gets decided at Midlands.
141 A Talk about exciting! I admit I was way off on this prediction and am glad I was. No "pooping pants" with this guy. He is mean, confident, and brings some nice funk. I think he suffers from the Ballweg family's inability to not let people get to his legs, but what his older brother lacked in confidence in his ability, Mark oozes. I think we can probably put all the Marion returning this year rumors away, because 141 is going to be just fine. Probably low AA, to just missing the cut.
149 D Nothing much was expected from me, but still disappointing. I thought this would be a problem after seeing the DIII guy get to his legs so easy before Chiri got the pin. Will probably be a long year at this weight.
157 B+ Took St John a while but he got rolling late in the third. The battle between two high level HS recruits went our way. The difference between the two was one can finish shots and the other can't. St John reminds me of a bigger McD. Tall, strong, not real fast but can pull guys in and finish the shot.
165 C- Kerr was his typical self. Let the guy get to his legs and try to out scramble. This time he lost. No idea if Janseen is in the mix here, so this is who we probably got at this weight.
174 B- This was never in doubt, you probably saw this year's NC champ at work last night. In the first period, I was thinking to myself, if the attitude didn't match the talent with our 174lber. He's confident and looks the part, but got dominated. I bumped his grade up because at the very end he took a shot with a few seconds left. That tells me he never quits. Chalk this up to being young and going against a stud.
184 N/A Since it was the last match of the night, and I had a cranky kid, I had to leave during this match. He won by major, so that's nice.
197 D+ I'm not a coach, so I have no idea why this guy can't score. He's got a first class single leg, and a third class finish. He looks the size and has the right attitude and the technique looks text-book up until he gets the guy's leg off the ground. He wins the easy ones, and will probably lose against above average wrestlers.
HWT C- He won but gets the lower grade for stalling out at the end. We can't cry about the ISU and then not call our own out. He is just way too big and will probably have typical matches like last night throughout the year.
Overall, very impressed with our young ones. I'm guessing we a probably a top 5 team right now and can probably improve to a top 3 team by year end. See you all tonight for MSU.
125- B+ McD dominated but had difficult turning his guy for back points. I realize his opponent's only objective in the match is not to give up the TF, but I'm greedy.
133 A- Ramos is going to be fun to watch in years to come. He's like a younger Brands out there. Aggressive, runs back to the center, pulling guys in from the edge. I thought it was the right move to put him in over Moore, just because he seems to use his offense more. I think Moore gets the nod tonight against MSU and will have to keep pace. I think this gets decided at Midlands.
141 A Talk about exciting! I admit I was way off on this prediction and am glad I was. No "pooping pants" with this guy. He is mean, confident, and brings some nice funk. I think he suffers from the Ballweg family's inability to not let people get to his legs, but what his older brother lacked in confidence in his ability, Mark oozes. I think we can probably put all the Marion returning this year rumors away, because 141 is going to be just fine. Probably low AA, to just missing the cut.
149 D Nothing much was expected from me, but still disappointing. I thought this would be a problem after seeing the DIII guy get to his legs so easy before Chiri got the pin. Will probably be a long year at this weight.
157 B+ Took St John a while but he got rolling late in the third. The battle between two high level HS recruits went our way. The difference between the two was one can finish shots and the other can't. St John reminds me of a bigger McD. Tall, strong, not real fast but can pull guys in and finish the shot.
165 C- Kerr was his typical self. Let the guy get to his legs and try to out scramble. This time he lost. No idea if Janseen is in the mix here, so this is who we probably got at this weight.
174 B- This was never in doubt, you probably saw this year's NC champ at work last night. In the first period, I was thinking to myself, if the attitude didn't match the talent with our 174lber. He's confident and looks the part, but got dominated. I bumped his grade up because at the very end he took a shot with a few seconds left. That tells me he never quits. Chalk this up to being young and going against a stud.
184 N/A Since it was the last match of the night, and I had a cranky kid, I had to leave during this match. He won by major, so that's nice.
197 D+ I'm not a coach, so I have no idea why this guy can't score. He's got a first class single leg, and a third class finish. He looks the size and has the right attitude and the technique looks text-book up until he gets the guy's leg off the ground. He wins the easy ones, and will probably lose against above average wrestlers.
HWT C- He won but gets the lower grade for stalling out at the end. We can't cry about the ISU and then not call our own out. He is just way too big and will probably have typical matches like last night throughout the year.
Overall, very impressed with our young ones. I'm guessing we a probably a top 5 team right now and can probably improve to a top 3 team by year end. See you all tonight for MSU.
