Assuming he’s coachable in the slightest margin. Mikey is a problem.
Waters won’t beat him again.
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Waters won’t beat him again.
Mikey was smaller, stronger, faster and just plain better. Waters is tough. Probably won't be a rematch though. I don't think we'll ever see them at the same weight again.
He's coachable and is very raw only been wrestling 4 years. Hes gonna be problems. With the way wrestling has changed with scrambling you've to be athletic in order to keep jumping levels. And he's an athlete he will jump levels fast. Come November he's gonna be twice as good. They will have him go 184 I have a feeling with Ryder taking a medical Labrums can take 9 months to fully heal
Yup!
Sadly it was a loss, but I was super encouraged.
Coaching will help some IQ. He had some obvious mistakes. Easily corrected if he will take the correction…he will.
Rolling with guys in the room, he’s got more than one level to jump.
White really made a mistake when he was ahead 3 to 1 and it appears he got poked in the eye and he quit wrestling and got taken down. He was ahead 7 to 6 with less than a minute to go and he got taken down. He escaped and never got close to a takedown that would have won it. Waters really wanted to be number 1 and beat White. He lost a close decision and should have more upside than Waters. Time will tell. White certainly could have won but a couple of mistakes really cost him. Wolbert won at 145 with a solid decision getting a takedown and riding hard. James at 160 won a close decision that he distanced in the last seconds with a takedown and back points. His opponent Milheim got a couple of takedowns. Jeter was dominating and seemed to make a mistake and then seemed gassed and ended up much closer than it should have been, Brown at 215 won by tech very quickly he is rated 14 at 215 but beat the 7th rated HWT like Ross beat the Iowa HWT's. He is going to Penn. St.
Just worried if 184 will be too big of a cut for White come November. He is already at 190 now, with cut.
He looks like a 184 to me. Waters did look bigger than White.
He would be a very small 197 right now though too. We have a need and he would size better IF he can do it.
I expect him at 84 his first year in Stillwater.
Yep they will probably look at the portal if anyone good at 184 goes in. If not he probably goes as a true freshman at 184. Ryder could take a medical and get his shoulder fixed
He’s in recovery after fixing as far as I know. It was obviously bad and there really wasn’t an option.
6 months minimum but they should wait 9 he's got 3 more years no rush. Take a medical next year and fully heal
Agreed. I would love to see Ryder give it a shot at 174 in the second semester. Make Dee and Facundo battle it out for the 165 spot. Neither of them has earned the right to have a spot gifted to them.
Mikey is a stud. So for those that didnt see the match, he got poked in the eye. One hand goes up to like stop the action and the other hand to his eye. Waters then shot a completely undefended low double.
I for one am excited for this kid. Watching his match it seemed to me that Waters was a little more comfortable in certain positions but Mikey is just so strong and athletic. There's a rawness there that may take Coach Taylor more than a year to fine tune but when he gets there, Lookout!
As far as line up changes I think there will be some surprises from what Im hearing. We know Coach DT and staff will go with whats best for March. That being said, personally the only change I really wouldnt want to see is Landon going up (no clue if thats in the works). I know it makes more room in the future but after watching NCAAs I think he's a career 157.
I for one am excited for this kid. Watching his match it seemed to me that Waters was a little more comfortable in certain positions but Mikey is just so strong and athletic. There's a rawness there that may take Coach Taylor more than a year to fine tune but when he gets there, Lookout!
As far as line up changes I think there will be some surprises from what Im hearing. We know Coach DT and staff will go with whats best for March. That being said, personally the only change I really wouldnt want to see is Landon going up (no clue if thats in the works). I know it makes more room in the future but after watching NCAAs I think he's a career 157.
What kinda surprises, Mr. Fartz? Due to departures or just redshirts & “the best lineup”?
Inspired by Zack Ryder wrestling with one shoulder, Sergio Vega will be removing one arm entirely.
That will take away his bread and butter moves unless he perfects the one-armed cradle….
It would be kinda crazy for Hughes and Jamison to stick around, among others.
Hell one of those two might sneak into the line up. You never know.
Great interview with Sergio’s dad. I wonder who majored him in the room.
Also been thinking about this hypothetical scenario. How many championships would Fix have if DT had been coaching him instead of JS.
I definitely think he gets the first one vs. Suriano, and maybe one against RBY. Vito was on a tear the year he won it.
I definitely think he gets the first one vs. Suriano, and maybe one against RBY. Vito was on a tear the year he won it.
Gillman ended up working with one guy effectively. His season of coaching resulted in one AA.
We AAd at 57, 64, 74, 84 and 285 outside of Troy.
Jimmy and Daton are primarily working with the lighter weight guys.
If DT (as he is today) was the coach from Fix's true freshman year, I would think that he gets 3. I think he would have had a real shot as a true freshman in '18 over Gross (as I think he would have gone over Kaid at 133 under DT even though he wrestled at 125 that year), He beats Suriano in '19, and I really think a DT coached Fix beats RBY in at least one of '21 or '22. Also he is probably in much better shape for FS with so many fewer miles on his body.
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Fix should have dropped down to 125 his senior year. Would have walked through that field. He had to cut down to 57kg a month later for trials anyways
I have no idea what his cut was like but cutting a season and cutting for freestyle for 3-4 weekends is a whole other matter
133 might be my biggest question mark for next season. Seems likely that Jax and Sergio will both bump up. Assuming that happens, we'd have Jayden Raney, Ronnie Ramirez, or Cael Hughes (tough cut). While I view Sprat and Zinkin as career 125s, I guess one of them could bump to 133 as another option. There are also a few guys in the portal who I could be talked into getting excited about. Lots of options. Clear as mud.