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    Flo Rankings 1/27

    I've seen plenty of guys go up or down in weight when it wasn't their preference, but they did it for the team. I don't see Coach letting an individual make a choice for himself that hurts the teams overall strength. I also think it's absurd to talk about bumping Montalvo out of the lineup. He...
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    Southern Scuffle

    The Naval Academy has incredibly high standards, so those recruits that don't quite qualify academically are given a year at NAPS to raise their standards before becoming actual cadets. In the meantime, they have been nominated and are candidates for the Academy.
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    Is it time to discuss

    Yes, Lawton was the same way too. They had three solid teams in that district, and Lawton High was once the best team in the nation. Lawton Mac is still tough, but nowhere near the level that Lawton High was. We still have solid teams in the state, but not nearly enough parity.
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    Is it time to discuss

    Take a kid like Jacobe Smith, for example. He didn't start wrestling until 8th grade. 20 years ago, he likely would have been wrestling much sooner. Where we grew up, school wrestling started in 4th grade, and each school easily fielded a team. By the time we got to eighth grade, it was our 5th...
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    Is it time to discuss

    John is the only one who should decide when it's time to step down. As long as he has the passion for it, we cannot land a better head coach. We need help building the state talent up to the level it was at pre-2000. I know there are a lot of states that have surpassed us, talent pool wise, but...
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    Match conversation

    If Smith were to walk away, I think Guerrero would take over. I wouldn't mind seeing Pat come back. We haven't won a title since he departed the program. It was pretty amazing to have him and John coaching together. I like that Gundy is getting involved with promoting the program. if you thought...
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    OSU vs tiggers

    Joe looked stuck. Got away with one!
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    Walsh ironman

    Or possibly next Sunday at Reno?
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    Walsh ironman

    I always like when we land those Cleveland area kids. They have done very well for us when we get them. Maybe he'll end up on the radar if he places high enough this weekend.
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    Walsh ironman

    It's not BA's best year, but that tournament is also the toughest is the country. Logan is Heil's little brother. I remember reading about him in the Cleveland paper when we were recruiting Dean. For whatever reason, they said he wouldn't be following his brother to St. Ed's.
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    Positions to improve upon

    I'm not advocating for completely changing everyone's style to emulate our coaches, but there are certain guys who could definitely benefit from being more elusive at their set ups. . I just think we have gotten a little to far away from that style of wrestling. There are plenty of other shots...
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    Positions to improve upon

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    Next year

    I think Jacobe would be better off individualy at 174, but from a team perspective, I'm thinking 184.
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    Next year

    That would work too, but if Marstellar sticks around, I was thinking he'd be at 74, with Rogers at 65. Smith at 84 and Moore at 97. I think Marsden will be moving to 285 now that is brother is gone.
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    Next year

    I'd like to see us get Jacobe Smith, let him redshirt a year then take over the spot at 84.
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