Are we satisfied with the upper weight development?
It seems to be lacking.
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HokieRat
9mo
The last round of 12 finisher is Smith and Catka in 2024
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9mo
I think they are good....we will see!
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9mo
Its November. The guys you are talking about are sophomores. They are good, let em go! And Haught, as a reminder, was a 3 time All American. And all he did was get better til he wrestled on Saturday night. Upper weights, imo, are the absolute hardest to wrestle at...they are good to go!
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9mo
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9mo
team to succeed.
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9mo
I'm not hitting the panic button yet. Mullen absolutely looked like he can beat Hopke- he wrestled dumb. But we need to see clear improvement from Sasso and Mullen this year, and the open wasn't a good start.
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9mo
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9mo
Big fan of Jimmy. Just didn't like how he wrestled in that loss, and really didn't like how Sasso looked.
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9mo
I think we are still seeing a lack of consistency from him and I am hoping it clicks soon for him to take another step forward.
Mullen, however, came in highly regarded and yes, he did play football for a while at VT, he was very accomplished on the mat and should be doing better with getting results.
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donjfs3
9mo
He played football but he also had a full freestyle season and he was no stranger to the mat. He had seen high level competition prior to VT, he has a win over one of the Mirasolas if I'm not mistaken.
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tchokie
9mo
show for it
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donjfs3
9mo
If Sasso and Mullen both don't get close to the podium we will have to do something. The natural talent is there.
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9mo
I've been in wait and see mode. I thought Andy developed well, but was athletically limited. Catka was a big recruit though. Was his career a one off of bad luck or a knock against our coaching? We've got the talent now. If Sasso and Mullen don't develop, it'll be hard to deny there's an issue.
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9mo
I’m not seeing the development in the upper weights. I think we’re getting the talent. Andy Smith was the exception, was not a marquee, recruit and developed well. However, we need to see our blue chippers in the upper weights progress. And we really haven’t to date.
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