[Herky] BIG Ten Wrestling Championships - Day One

Mon Mar 11 14:44:20 PDT 2019

Thanks for the 101 Jeff and I share the optimism with Curtis  :-)
That was an awesome move indeed.  They did show the move from the past too.  Looked like a replay.

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From: Herky <herky-bounces at lists.herky.net> on behalf of Curtis Frazier <cfrazier at ceoexpress.com>
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 9:15 AM
To: herky at lists.herky.net
Subject: Re: [Herky] BIG Ten Wrestling Championships - Day One

Great write-up and analysis, Jeff. You are right – guys are tentative, at best. If you look at the guys who are doing well at all schools, there is a common theme:

  *   They wrestle quick. No long set-ups. They take their shots quick and they transition to the next move very quickly. They don’t just shoot and retreat or shoot and sit.
  *   The wrestle ‘funky’. They don’t always stick to ‘traditional’ moves. Think Jason Nolf and Bo Nickal of PSU. They pull moves out that no one has seen.
  *   They finish. We have too many guys who take a (lazy) shot, are in a suspect position, and they back out. We sometimes need to push through or challenge ourselves to transition instead of retreat.
  *   They smell blood in the water – when they have an opponent vulnerable, they ratchet UP the intensity.
  *   They are confident. They believe they deserve the win and to be on the mat with the other guy. Think Marinelli.

We have a good team, but they are not great YET. The season isn’t over and Nationals should be a little better than the B10’s. This is PSU’s year, no doubt. I think we can be viable for 2nd, but realistic for 3rd. Next year, we lose Stoll and Bowman from the lineup, but add a few hammers. Could even have guys that replace starters from this year (like what happened to Paul Glynn). I remain optimistic, but realistic that there is more parity than ever before. Everyone needs to know that many ex-Hawkeye wrestlers are on staff at many of the schools that are on the rise, which dilutes the dynasty. And PA, NJ, and OH are recruiting hotbeds. Tom and Terry are doing the best that anyone could in light of these things and there is no one out there with experience to do better (perhaps a swap of Mark Perry with terry could change things up).

Go Hawks!

From: Herky <herky-bounces at lists.herky.net> On Behalf Of Jeff Napier
Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2019 11:36 AM
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Subject: Re: [Herky] BIG Ten Wrestling Championships - Day One

Not that I am an expert but here are my thoughts on why Iowa is where they are now.

  1.  Talent is number one. If Iowa had the PSU guys they would be dominating just like PSU is.  Tom and Terry may not be Gable but they are as good or better than any other coach out there now as far as coaching up talent.  Where they have not been as good is recruiting.
  2.  Other teams have caught up to Iowa in many things.  The third period used to be Iowa's.  Conditioning was a major factor for Iowa. That is no longer the case.
  3.  Injuries/Illness have limited or taken out 3 of the best Iowa guys this year.   Lee, Kemmerer, Stoll.
  4.  Mindset? - Maybe it is just lack of talent but too many of these guys just do nothing for the first period or so. Seems like  they are just trying to keep it close so they have a chance in the 3rd when they hope the other guy is tired.  They need to attack from the beginning.  Mark Ironside said on the radio that what you do in practice you do in the match.  I wonder if they do the same thing in practice instead of using that time to be aggressive, to try new things, to learn they just hand fight and grind because they don't want to get taken down.  I thnk they are too afraid to  lose instead of going out to win.  I think that was what made Gable so great. He knew the buttons to push for each wrestler individually to get them to really believe that they could win a national championship.
  5.  Bottom position - My memory may be bad but I don't remember teams being able to ride Gable's guy. Now it seems like a lot of guys get ridden a lot.  Other teams like to use legs on top (not sure why Iowa does not) and Iowa really struggles with that.

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From: Herky <herky-bounces at lists.herky.net<mailto:herky-bounces at lists.herky.net>> on behalf of June Hauck <jehauck at bellsouth.net<mailto:jehauck at bellsouth.net>>
Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2019 10:56 AM
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Subject: Re: [Herky] BIG Ten Wrestling Championships - Day One

I miss the days when Iowa won the B1G and the National championship every year.  I’m guessing other schools have caught up with us in wrestling and surpassed us.

June H.

From: Gwen Enokian

Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2019 9:39 AM

To: Herky

Subject: Re: [Herky] BIG Ten Wrestling Championships - Day One

Thanks for an excellent summary, Jeff

So what is missing on this team?  Talent? Technique? Effort?

On Sat, Mar 9, 2019, 10:45 PM Jeff Napier <jnapier111 at outlook.com<mailto:jnapier111 at outlook.com>> wrote:

Day one is over and PSU is dominating as expected with 6 in the finals I think most Iowa fans will be pretty disappointed overall with today's results. Pretty mixed results. They have 2 in the finals and 5 still alive in the consolations.  Saddest thing is that the two seniors had their careers end today.  Bowman and Stoll both are done.  Stoll was a shell of himself - too many issues with his knees.  Really sad as he deserved better.

Positives:

125 - Lee is in the finals and looks better.  I am not sure he can beat Rivera tomorrow but hopefully two more weeks of recovery will get him far enough along that he can compete for the championship.

165 - Marinelli beats Wick for the 3rd time and gets Joseph in the finals.

Negative - Too many matches with few to no shots by the Iowa wrestler.  And in many of those matches they lost by a point or two. Not a surprise because we have seen this all year but still disappointing.

It will be interesting to see how they react tomorrow and whether they can at least finish 3rd.

2019 Big Ten Wrestling Championships Results for Iowa
125

Spencer Lee (18-2) placed 2nd and scored 18.0 team points.

  *   Champ. Round 1 - Spencer Lee (Iowa) 18-2 received a bye () (Bye)
  *   Quarterfinal - Spencer Lee (Iowa) 18-2 won by fall over Elijah Oliver (Indiana) 27-15 (Fall 1:37)
  *   Semifinal - Spencer Lee (Iowa) 18-2 won by major decision over Sean Russell (Minnesota) 24-4 (MD 8-0)

133

Austin DeSanto (17-3) placed 6th and scored 80 team points.

  *   Champ. Round 1 - Austin DeSanto (Iowa) 17-3 received a bye () (Bye)
  *   Quarterfinal - Austin DeSanto (Iowa) 17-3 won by decision over Ben Thornton (Purdue) 20-9 (Dec 9-3)
  *   Semifinal - Nick Suriano (Rutgers) 23-3 won by decision over Austin DeSanto (Iowa) 17-3 (Dec 6-3)

141

Max Murin (14-8) placed 8th and scored 4.5 team points.

  *   Champ. Round 1 - Max Murin (Iowa) 14-8 won by decision over Nate Limmex (Purdue) 17-14 (Dec 4-0)
  *   Quarterfinal - Nick Lee (Penn State) 25-2 won by decision over Max Murin (Iowa) 14-8 (Dec 8-3)
  *   Cons. Round 2 - Max Murin (Iowa) 14-8 won by decision over Pete Lipari (Rutgers) 10-12 (Dec 6-2)
  *   Cons. Round 3 - Mitch McKee (Minnesota) 19-4 won by decision over Max Murin (Iowa) 14-8 (Dec 2-1)

149

Pat Lugo (18-7) placed 6th and scored 9.0 team points.

  *   Champ. Round 1 - Pat Lugo (Iowa) 18-7 won by decision over Jordan Shearer (Nebraska) 10-10 (Dec 8-5)
  *   Quarterfinal - Brady Berge (Penn State) 18-3 won in sudden victory - 2 over Pat Lugo (Iowa) 18-7 (SV-2 4-2)
  *   Cons. Round 2 - Pat Lugo (Iowa) 18-7 won by major decision over Jaden Enriquez (Michigan State) 16-20 (MD 12-3)
  *   Cons. Round 3 - Pat Lugo (Iowa) 18-7 won by decision over Shayne Oster (Northwestern) 11-12 (Dec 7-4)

157

Kaleb Young (19-4) placed 6th and scored 12.0 team points.

  *   Champ. Round 1 - Kaleb Young (Iowa) 19-4 won by forfeit over Jake Tucker (Michigan State) 21-15 (For.)
  *   Quarterfinal - Alec Pantaleo (Michigan) 16-7 won by decision over Kaleb Young (Iowa) 19-4 (Dec 3-2)
  *   Cons. Round 2 - Kaleb Young (Iowa) 19-4 won by major decision over Jake Danishek (Indiana) 18-13 (MD 8-0)
  *   Cons. Round 3 - Kaleb Young (Iowa) 19-4 won by major decision over Ke-Shawn Hayes (Ohio State) 19-9 (MD 11-1)

165

Alex Marinelli (22-0) placed 2nd and scored 15.0 team points.

  *   Champ. Round 1 - Alex Marinelli (Iowa) 22-0 received a bye () (Bye)
  *   Quarterfinal - Alex Marinelli (Iowa) 22-0 won by decision over Te`Shan Campbell (Ohio State) 20-5 (Dec 6-3)
  *   Semifinal - Alex Marinelli (Iowa) 22-0 won by decision over Evan Wick (Wisconsin) 27-3 (Dec 2-1)

174

Mitch Bowman (7-7) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.

  *   Champ. Round 1 - Ryan Christensen (Wisconsin) 17-8 won by decision over Mitch Bowman (Iowa) 7-7 (Dec 3-2)
  *   Cons. Round 1 - Mitch Bowman (Iowa) 7-7 received a bye () (Bye)
  *   Cons. Round 2 - Drew Hughes (Michigan State) 25-13 won by tech fall over Mitch Bowman (Iowa) 7-7 (TF-1.5 6:19 (20-5))

184

Cash Wilcke (20-5) placed 6th and scored 8.0 team points.

  *   Champ. Round 1 - Cash Wilcke (Iowa) 20-5 won by decision over Brandon Krone (Minnesota) 9-15 (Dec 2-1)
  *   Quarterfinal - Emery Parker (Illinois) 15-3 won by decision over Cash Wilcke (Iowa) 20-5 (Dec 3-2)
  *   Cons. Round 2 - Cash Wilcke (Iowa) 20-5 won by decision over Norman Conley (Indiana) 20-15 (Dec 5-2)
  *   Cons. Round 3 - Cash Wilcke (Iowa) 20-5 won by decision over Max Lyon (Purdue) 22-12 (Dec 8-3)

197

Jacob Warner (15-4) placed 6th and scored 8.0 team points.

  *   Champ. Round 1 - Jacob Warner (Iowa) 15-4 received a bye () (Bye)
  *   Quarterfinal - Jacob Warner (Iowa) 15-4 won by decision over Beau Breske (Wisconsin) 13-8 (Dec 10-4)
  *   Semifinal - Kollin Moore (Ohio State) 19-1 won by decision over Jacob Warner (Iowa) 15-4 (Dec 5-2)

285

Sam Stoll (9-5) place is unknown and scored 10 team points.

  *   Champ. Round 1 - Sam Stoll (Iowa) 9-5 won by decision over Chase Beard (Michigan State) 15-13 (Dec 6-1)
  *   Quarterfinal - Gable Steveson (Minnesota) 29-0 won by decision over Sam Stoll (Iowa) 9-5 (Dec 5-3)
  *   Cons. Round 2 - Jacob Aven (Purdue) 11-19 won by decision over Sam Stoll (Iowa) 9-5 (Dec 5-2)

174 (9th)

Mitch Bowman (0-0) placed 4th.

  *   Quarterfinal - Mitch Bowman (Iowa) 0-0 received a bye () (Bye)

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