Yeah their alumni is pretty impressive, just think if Wisconsin could get them.... Like I said a sleeping giant if the right coach is there.
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Ben has it made right now and he's having a huge impact on the sport and the state of Wisconsin. I agree, I don't see him leaving now that this monster has been built. Maybe he wants to try his hand at D1 and goes that route when Smith leaves, but I can't see it happening. I don't think he likes the bureaucracy and politics of being employed at a University and being told what to do or what not to say. He also doesn't like wearing shoes
I know Ben is their mentor and club coach, but it's hard to believe none of these kids want to stay home and compete in front of friends and family and attend a pretty cool university like UW. I know people don't really like Bono, but Reader is a likeable guy.
Trust me, it gets talked about a lot around these parts!
You can add to that list… Millard at Minnesota. Haakon Peterson going to Michigan. Kellen Wolbert to Ok State.
I mean I would bet that both AA this year, probably 7th or 8th, but hey I'd take it. Also Arnold has progressed a lot more than Knaak, which I am surprised by.
Both will very likely be AA’s at some point, possibly even this year.
Maybe your “meh” is different than mine.
Arnold was significantly better than Naak coming out of HS. Don’t let their close matches fool you. Arnold is not an offensive Dynamo, and familiarity played a part. Arnold was the #5 overall recruit in the class and Naak was mid-30s. There are significant differences in expectations between those two ranks.
Would not chalk up the difference between them to development or progression. This is what would have been expected.
Maybe they will. I don’t think either will this year. Not even sure Arnold is a starter next year.
If Arnold isn’t a starter, probably says more about their room than it does him.
Going after Gobblin and Bob is a quick way to get banned in my experience.
SIAP in a wrestling thread. Couldn’t watch this weekend and could only listen to big 12 conf tourney. Catching up on big 10 finals now and am totally confused. First, when they said it was in Chicago I thought united center but it’s in rinky-dink welsh Ryan? Second they couldn’t even get big 10 branded mats and just used northwestern’s?? Lastly, there are other matches going on at the same time??? You can barely hear the announcers if another mat has something exciting going on. They are without doubt the premier wrestling conference but wow this is unimpressive.
The pin by Byrd just now was impressive however.
The pin by Byrd just now was impressive however.
B10 rotates universities as the host of their conference tourney, something the B12 should do. BOK Center in Tulsa is the B12 host every year. There could be a whole other thread as to why it stays in Tulsa and why it needs to change. They don't have B12 branded mats either. They are branded with BOK Center so they can host other events as well I assume. I agree I like the finals separate from all other matches, but not a fan of B12's 8pm CST start time. Do it sooner with placing matches or just run concurrent to B10, it's not like they are pulling huge viewing numbers at 8pm anyway.
I wonder why they don’t rotate it to Wells Fargo arena in DSM? ISU and UNI would put more butts in seats than the BOK center does. Our dual attendance has regularly been better than OSU in the recent past at least so it confuses me if environment is the most important factor
Wells Fargo is busy this time of year unfortunately with State Basketball.
