Expectations for Casey Swiderski this year?
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Personally, I expect at least a R12 season. I think he will be a high AA, but it’s tough to expect a true freshman to do that, so I will stick with R12 for the expectation with the belief that he will do better than that
Ask me in January after he’s had a couple months under his belt at this level.
R12 is reasonable for high level true freshman because the jump from HS to college is so big but the makeof this weight class makes me feel like their is opportunity for him to move higher. But if he finishes R12 this year I don't think we would feel like he under performed just because the jump is so big.
I was told he has a really hard weight cut this past weekend to get down for the first time. I also think Frost is really tough. I think Casey finished 5-7th range. His motor at nationals will play in his favor.
First time down is always the toughest. As long as you do it the right way after that, it gets easier. Casey strikes me as a person that will do it the right way and become more and more dangerous at 141 as the season goes on. Saturday will be a tough opening weekend as he gets a couple of top 20 guys in Zargo (Wisco) and Hanna (Campbell)
It was a tough weight cut but he did it the right way and should be good moving forward.
That is good to hear. That first cut is always tough.
It’s a good thing he has tough dudes right away to really tell him where he is truly at. A competitor like he is will use any mishaps to drive himself to get better.
Well maybe there won’t be any mishaps….
Well maybe there won’t be any mishaps….
^^^ This.
Personally, IF he doesn't redshirt then anything short of AA will be disappointing to me. R16 or less doesn't usually score a lot of points at Nationals. Even David Carr took a redshirt year and I'm sure he was the very best at his weight when he was a true freshman. I love the new rules where he could wrestle early and still keep his redshirt if it feels like he needs more time to adjust.
Personally, IF he doesn't redshirt then anything short of AA will be disappointing to me. R16 or less doesn't usually score a lot of points at Nationals. Even David Carr took a redshirt year and I'm sure he was the very best at his weight when he was a true freshman. I love the new rules where he could wrestle early and still keep his redshirt if it feels like he needs more time to adjust.
Yep, I haven't heard otherwise. My thoughts would be that if he starts off strong and proves he's capable of winning against the top contenders then he continues to man 141 for us. IF he takes some early losses then I'd consider keeping his redshirt and having some of our other options take over that spot.
I'm very bullish on him even if he redshirts this year.
I would not be surprised if the only reason the staff redshirted Carr was to get the lineup as stacked as they could to support their first big blue-chip recruit and help buoy the team on the national level as much as possible.
Does Carr have a Covid year? 2 after this? That would be perfect for next Olympic cycle I would think. Eierman wrestled for a decade.
