I don't know I'd call a finalist "special" but for the sake of this convo...I will allow it.
Portal April 1st
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I don't know I'd call a finalist "special" but for the sake of this convo...I will allow it.
It is possible that Sealy is just too big for 157 and he can't perform well down there. I find it interesting that he goes up to 74kg and looks great there.
Top 10 recruit (#1 pfp when he signed).
Took Duke right to end of their match early this season, losing on a debatable stall call. I thought he looked really good in that match.
Good recent freestyle results and a couple quality wins unattached this year. The Cannon match was weird but Cannon can do that to guys.
I just think he has a higher ceiling than Kasak but I guess we'll see.
Wrestler A - lost to Caleb Rathjen his true freshman year and
Lost to #26 ranked Abas from Stanford during his true freshman year.
As we've seen throughout the history of the sport, judging a wrestler by the results of their true freshman year isn't a great indicator of their future success (ahem Paul Jenn/Cael).
I'll admit I'm not a Kasak fan. Too much smoke around the crazy weight and strength gains. I also don't see a guy that's an extremely "skilled" wrestler in all n positions, he's just tough as hell and strong as an ox.
ISU and Purdue were in his top 3 when he was being recruited. ISU and Purdue have a hole at 133.
Would be cool to see him at Northern Iowa. I always thought Kale had a heigh ceiling, but didn’t seem to materialize. Wish him the best though.
If no last minute jump ins, then lets just go Ech, AJ and retain JW. Onward, don't ever look back.
dang drake taking our guys already
I liked how Sealy looked at the US Open. Would be happy to have him!
I'd be happy to have him too. The more good wrestlers the better. And he'd probably have a shot at a weight with the Hawks.
Pretty stark that there is now a poster advocating to grab two guys that no team wants and retain another guy that has been basically kicked off two teams just to hold on to hope for battling for a team trophy. Not even a ghost of a chance at challenging for a championship even with selling out for those clowns.
Not doing this to troll Iowa, just would like to see @MSU158 respond with some twisted logic about how well the twins are running the program and how only Cael is doing a better job.
Nobody gives a s*** what you think.
His true freshman year he lost to Bartlett once at 141 and Lovett twice after replacing Van Ness at 149. Not bad losses. Rathjen was a bad loss as you mentioned. I suppose you can call his loss to Abas in the 1st round of the NCAA championship as bad but then he realed off 7 straight wins (one of only a handful to ever do it) to get 3rd with a major against Lovett along the way.
Sealey was injured to start his true freshman season and went 0-2. He did much better last season but at this point he's not comparable to Kasak. But I agree with you to an extent, Sealey does have a lot of upside.
Wouldn’t retaining JW be looking back?
Easy, now, just here snooping for intel on a rival and status of Spencer’s elbow. For now, I'd still call Lee the WTT and Final X favorite, though Luke's right there.
The finest troll we have seen in sometime.
His worst loss was to Rathjen in SV1. He had 4 other losses on the season: one to Bartlett at 141 in their "live wrestleoff" at the Black Knight that Kasak was never expected to win, 2 losses to Lovett (7-3 and 4-0), and 4-2 to Abas in the first round of NCAAs before he wrestled all the way back to 3rd, beating Arrington, Lovett (MD), and Watters on the backside. Sealey has taken a bunch of losses much worse than all of those.
At this point, as VHS pointed out, their folkstyle records speak for themselves. Sealey certainly has the pedigree and talent to make a major jump and truly challenge Kasak for the spot, but it will take a major jump. I'm not betting on it.
Fair responses and valid points. Who knew we had to occasionally rely on Nit fans to have normal discussions...
Kasak will win the spot. Just look for the back acne to reappear and he will be at top form.
Prolly. But Kale doesn't fit at ISU, so there's that...
Really could have used him if going pitch counts at 33 and 41. Wish him the best going forward in a starting role.
If he's their starting 133, that's completely fine by me.
Post a picture of said back acne. Since you're so confident that it exists, it should be easy to find. And, post the video it's from.
I'll wait.
I think every team needs back ups can't go with 10. The portal era has made people believe you gotta have a spot handed to you
Unless Sealy starts getting the back acne then all bets are off
So todays transfer portal news is PJ Dukes weight, PSU roster, and back acne. Cool. Thanks for the updates
This sounds like a start to a bad headline. Ech, AJ, and JE walk into an Iowa city bar….
but eff it let’s roll
You mean JW, the riddler graduated. But yes, JW turns that bar scene into epic storylines.
How about you blo* me instead.
Sealey is great. Uber talented. Even when he was the big dog in hs he would have some unexpected losses.
nothing i'd worry about though.
that being said, last i heard he had a very serious GF who lived in the area of state college and her father was very supportive of them.
no idea if that's still true (ya know how college relationships go).
but every time i see a thread asking why sealey doesn't leave i have to think that (the relationship/family) might be a big factor.
nothing i'd worry about though.
that being said, last i heard he had a very serious GF who lived in the area of state college and her father was very supportive of them.
no idea if that's still true (ya know how college relationships go).
but every time i see a thread asking why sealey doesn't leave i have to think that (the relationship/family) might be a big factor.