He started the match with a TD on Ross. And he is a pretty damn good rider. In folkstyle that match may have been 3-0 with 2 minutes of riding time after the first. He’s not going to light up the scoreboard against the very best guys (at least right away), but his style will win matches. Just look at his brother who implements a similar style of stingy defense, good position, good mat wrestling. If anything Coby has more offense than his brother who made the NCAA finals.
If I could hit “winner” 7 times on that comment, I would.
He’ll be a legit contender for the 133 spot, it’ll be interesting to see that play out
I honestly haven’t watched Merrill a ton yet. Does this mean he’s good or something?
If he would have finished the Senior tournament, I have no doubt he would have finished better than sixth. I also think he would have given Hendrickson a better match in the finals than that other dude gave him.
People saying that won't work in folkstyle apparently don't really get it. Yeah there are no push out points (yet), but controlling the center of the mat and wearing guys down translates just fine.
How many heavyweights this coming season are going to be able to handle his physicality? I’d guess not many.
Your highest returning 285 AAs are Ferrari (if he can find a home and if he stays at Heavy), Kueter and Christian Carroll. I like his chances against all three of these guys. All are in the 220-240 range as will be Ross if he doesn't redshirt to bulk up.
Add in getting called for stalling and big time environments where there are a lot of nerves and emotions. Guys are forced to actually open up a little more and wrestle. Dreshaun was allowed to take a lot of down time. That won’t happen in folkstyle and the pace and pressure because more of a factor.
I really think Carroll would be the toughest of the three if he was wrestling as well as he did at CKLV. He was at his best during CKLV in my opinion.
