Welcome to the Post Season...
11th Place and both ACC Titles, if you told me that beginning of the year, knowing what we knew RS wise and loosing a couple starters to the portal... I would have called you a liar. This teams personality coupled with staying the course and trusting the process, allowed us to probably win some duals that we weren't supposed to and snowballed into an awesome ACC tournament. And with having a good season and a great tournament, the expectations were on, for the last weekend in Cleveland. So unfortunately we come back from Cleveland a little bit disappointed, all while knowing we were right there to finish much higher in a couple instances. One thing I can say, is that throughout the entire season, until each one of their last matches, our team fought and brought the effort just about every time out. And as a coach, that is about all we can ask of them. Proud of our guys this year, and incredibly excited for what is to come!
Some quick updates for the next couple weeks:
-Sr. US OPEN Probables: Henson, Andonian, Bassett, Sasso... and maybe a couple more
-Jr. US OPEN Probables: Burton, Bassett.... Seidel and Gaj are the other possibles for U20
-Most likely a couple Hokies will enter the portal, they will always be Hokies and we love them.
-Team Camp June 25-28 Still a couple spots left, if your hometown team wants in. Robiewrestling.com
-SERTC is looking hard for another resident athlete, so hopefully we will have some news in the next 2-3 months
-I get to speak at the Blacksburg Sports Club tomorrow, so if you are there be sure to say "Hi!"
-The portal also opens tomorrow. April Fools day, so be aware.
-We should know golf tournament dates in the next week or so.
Appreciate all you guys do for our program and the support you give us throughout the year, win or lose. We have a lot to be proud of, and I am humbled every year as a look back at the 9 seasons we have been here. The best is yet to come and I can not wait to experience it with the best fans in America! Go Hokies!
Happy Early Easter!
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VTDante
4mo
experience with more of our guys wrestling freestyle.
Five years ago, I never would have thought to wake up at 4am to watch a Hokie wrestle in Zagreb.
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4mo
they are there to keep you here ... excuse me ... to keep you safe
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wasris
4mo
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4mo
I wrestled from 8th through 12th grades in the 1980s and coached a youth team for a few years. As a bonus, my youngest kid is a grad student at VT in nutrition. I can recruit her to help too!
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donjfs3
4mo
Everybody is excited for the coming years to be a very small part of what you and the rest of the staff have been building, a few questions:
- Are we actively focused on bringing in guys with a top wrestling foundation? Seems our true freshman have become advanced quickly on the mat, and for those of us watching the HS commits - let's just say they're better than I was on top.
- The $1M question you probably don't know the answer to yet - any clarity on what 133-157 might look like come next season?
- Will we be monitoring the portal at all for any specific weight or in general if there is a natural fit (ie: guy we liked out of HS, VA kid, etc)?
- Seems we're recruiting more national. Anything open that door or did we just start getting some inbound interest from the west coast and run with it?
- Burton looking like a 165 or 174? Both in play? Guessing if he goes 79kg we have our answer
Thanks for jumping on and touching on any topics that you're allowed to, we appreciate the continued engagement directly from the staff! The little things like a phone call day before the opening dual, christmas card, etc. go a long way as well. You guys run things the right way. Hope to see you at the golf outing.
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