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Ain’t gonna matter. No one is touching Penn State until Sanderson retires and by that time it’ll be Bo Nickal
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Nothing of surprise there. I thought Parco might take Van Ness this time around, otherwise pretty much as expected.
Cael has a huge advantage over Tom and Terry in a number of ways:
1. Money. Lots of it.
2. An eye for recruiting talent, not just "toughness," and he knows how to maximize it.
3. He doesn't preach intensity and aggression. Rather, he instills focus and confidence. There's a bit of a "Zen" approach to his coaching that allows his wrestlers to lock in and maximize their talent.
Tom and Terry are legends and great coaches, but you have to question if their "battering ram" coaching style is sustainable with the wrestlers over the course of a season or career. At some point, incessant preaching of toughness and proper preparation habits has to result in diminishing returns.
Cael has a huge advantage over Tom and Terry in a number of ways:
1. Money. Lots of it.
2. An eye for recruiting talent, not just "toughness," and he knows how to maximize it.
3. He doesn't preach intensity and aggression. Rather, he instills focus and confidence. There's a bit of a "Zen" approach to his coaching that allows his wrestlers to lock in and maximize their talent.
Tom and Terry are legends and great coaches, but you have to question if their "battering ram" coaching style is sustainable with the wrestlers over the course of a season or career. At some point, incessant preaching of toughness and proper preparation habits has to result in diminishing returns.
What was amazing was the discrepency in takedowns between the #1 and #2 teams. Not counting Ayala's TDs vs the PSU reserve, Iowa had a TOTAL of 2 TDs the entire night vs Penn St. starters. Considering Iowa boasts two #1 guys, two #2 guys, etc, that's an amazing stat.
Often when Iowa gets in these matches, they wrestle conservatively. It didn't feel that way last night -- they were sufficiently aggressive....Penn St. guys just refused to get taken down, no matter how deep the Hawks got in on shots.
Obviously, it's the Nits and everybody else this year. The battle for 2nd-4th will be real interesting at nationals.
As a true Fr, Ferrarri looked pretty darn tough vs a 4x national champ. I thought the stalling penalty point he picked up in the 1st period was BS...he'd made as many offensive moves as Starrocci at that point -- they just penalized him for not moving to the center of the mat, but it wasn't like he was running out of bounds. If he hadn't made any offensive moves, I get it, but man, that was cheap.
Often when Iowa gets in these matches, they wrestle conservatively. It didn't feel that way last night -- they were sufficiently aggressive....Penn St. guys just refused to get taken down, no matter how deep the Hawks got in on shots.
Obviously, it's the Nits and everybody else this year. The battle for 2nd-4th will be real interesting at nationals.
As a true Fr, Ferrarri looked pretty darn tough vs a 4x national champ. I thought the stalling penalty point he picked up in the 1st period was BS...he'd made as many offensive moves as Starrocci at that point -- they just penalized him for not moving to the center of the mat, but it wasn't like he was running out of bounds. If he hadn't made any offensive moves, I get it, but man, that was cheap.
