Ferrari

[Fryowa]

He's the real deal and needs to take a front seat to Arnold next year. Arnold has shown he can't motivate himself for big matches and it's time to go buy a big transfer for 174. Dropping down a weight class very rarely works out in college unless you're a beast and Arnold ain't a beast. Ferrari is very obviously heads and tails above Arnold, shit happens and at an elite program sometimes you have two really good wrestlers in one spot.

I don't want to see Ferrari at 97 to make room for Arnold. He's got a very clear path to multiple nattys the next four years at 84 and Arnold ain't going to work out going to 74. There's no reason to force Ferrari to 97. Cut bait and go pay some big money for a 74. If Iowa can find a 25 and a HWT they can be a very competitive 1b to Penn State rather than just a VERY distant 2nd.

Same thing with the Ben Kueter experiment. No Iowa wrestler should be getting teched like he did last night to anyone not named Gable Steveson. I'd say let the kid go wrestle somewhere else but he'll never leave Iowa, so let him go play football. He ain't got the stuff.

 

[Hay Man]

Totally agree on the Ferrari and Arnold take.

What is the thing Kueter is missing? Is he too small at heavyweight against the top guys? He looks to be in good shape, but gets gassed once he's wrestling from behind.

 

[Sighhawk]

Arnold -174, Ferrari - 184 , Big Ben has no Defense below the belt and hes not athletic enough for the top piers. He looks confused out there.

 

[Sighhawk]

UNI- looking for football players

 

[#1DieHardHawk]

In fairness to Kueter, I mean, good God. I'd be hard pressed to find another wrestler that has faced that kind of murderer's row in the same season: Gable arguable the best ever at the collegiate level and already in the discussion at freestyle, Kerkvliet, who has gradually developed into a folkstyle force, and Hendrickson, who had 59 pins at the Air Force Academy, and is a freestyle world champion. Smh.

To make noise at HW (in folk), Kueter is going to have to learn how to use his length to his advantage. If I were him, I'd be watching footage of the successful lanky wrestlers like Evan Wick and Ethan Lizak. They were terrors on top once they got hooks in. Otherwise, he's just another example of why a 225-230 weight class is needed.

I don't see either Ferrari or Arnold at 197, so, yeah, something's got to give there. Gabe is a bit of an enigma to me. The talent and athletic ability is there, but it's almost like he goes into a passive mode if he misses on some good shots. At this level, you have to able to adapt and overcome against top-tier opponents. There seems to be a mental hurdle there for some reason.

The other variable is that, with the history of the Ferrari family, can we expect him to stick it out? He comes across as a pretty level-headed young guy, but that family is a bit nuts and they will always be in his ear.