AS’s stats. I can’t remember who did it but AS was second behind Messenbrink. It is insanely impressive what he’s done so far. He doesn’t just want to win, he wants to dominate his opponents

His schedule doesnt help

advantage. Those guys are all pretty confident in their ability to get out from bottom and may choose to go underneath where Aaron is at his best. Knox and some of the other guys he’s wrestled already this year probably will not. That said, I feel like Aaron just needs to be even in neutral against the top guys to have the advantage overall.

and I showed up for Lasix surgery in a Hokie football jersey the morning after a VT win over Duke in basketball. He was cool, told assistant to cover me up with a Duke blanket for the surgery

Eddie is probably a really good feel for Blaze. Obviously not a 1-1 in terms of style and attacks, but they're both super disciplined in their positioning, and will punish you if you get out of position. On the other hand, how do these guys prepare for Aaron? There isn't another wrestler doing what he does from the top position.

He's a bit wild and can score from anywhere. He also is a bit wild and can get put on his back by a guy like Seidel

Eddie V, Gorman, Latona are good enough practice partners and you can use a heavier high level guy if you want to gameplan for specific looks. There are so many good guys out there it'll be tough to do though, I think the hays in the barn and best guys will emerge at the end of the day. I want to see him against Jax because Jax is a rare guy who can score from anywhere, including bottom so there is some risk if you get out of position at all. It's a stark difference from Botello's approach on bottom which may have been the worst thing I've ever witnessed lol

Henson, Carter, Dance, DMF etc were all great but this dude is different I hate to put that much pressure on a 18-19 year old, especially in what may be one of the deepest bracket of killers in recent memory but he’s special, very special