Cael is a huge Dbag for what he did to ISU. And he also seems like a smug prick.
That said, he is one of the best coaches in all of sports. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a moron.
Carrchamp--Fan Vote for Hodge
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That said, he is one of the best coaches in all of sports. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a moron.
I couldn't vote for Steveson given his antics. He's not someone I would want my kids idolizing!Voted for David as I am a Cyclone fan.
As a wrestling fan, I think Gable Steveson deserves the Hodge. Was extremely dominant in a very tough weight class. Spencer Lee was also insanely dominant, but I give Gable the edge as Hwt was a much tougher weight than 125 this year. Plus Spencer won last year and it's nice to share
I would have to put RBY higher. Maybe even above Carr. Beating Fix is quite the accomplishment. David gets knocked (a bit unfairly) because he didn't have to go through Deakin.
RBY was really good, don’t get me wrong, and beating Fix is a really, really good win, but the season long metrics don’t support RBY over any of the other 5. He and O’Conner are close, but O’Conner even has better metrics.
One example. RBY only had 5 bonus point wins this year, and none were against ranked guys. O’Conner had 6 with none against ranked guys. Carr had 13 bonus point wins with 5 of those against ranked guys.
RBY wrestled just 5 ranked guys, or 36% of his matches, all year. Carr wrestled 12 (60%).
There are a lot of other metrics to look at also. Average match length is one. RBY had a shorter average match length than Brooks, but that’s it. Carr’s average match length is almost a full minute shorter than RBY’s.
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Hidlay to 174 is interesting. That weight really isn't clearing out much, with Starocci being a freshman and Kemerer coming back, Labriola only being a junior, along with any other seniors deciding to return.
Maybe he just wants to strictly focus on wrestling and less on weight management. Also probably makes training with his brother a little easier for him.
This was all probably covered in that podcast NCSU released, but I haven't listened to it.
Maybe he just wants to strictly focus on wrestling and less on weight management. Also probably makes training with his brother a little easier for him.
This was all probably covered in that podcast NCSU released, but I haven't listened to it.
Hilday made the announcement on the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast saying, "I want to give everything to my brother, and the best way that I can do that is to go up to 174 and wrestle. So, next year I will be wrestling for NC State at 174 lbs."
Im actually helping him pack his bags as we speak. Can’t be having a kid get on a post national championship interview saying Iowa state is place to come, train with the best and rebuild the program with him. That’s transfer talk.Thanks for posting. Sounds like a guy heading to PSU
Thanks for posting. Sounds like a guy heading to PSU
It was fun while it lasted!
I'm just waiting for someone to complain about David's smile or say he celebrated too much after he won
Thanks for posting. Sounds like a guy heading to PSU
You're absolutely right. I forgot that the Hodge was a season long award and not just most outstanding for the tournament.
I am still on a long slow burn myself, so I enjoyed this post, thank you very much. Not looking to start to plow the same ground again, but ISU gave much to Cael, and the magnanimous Bobby Douglas even stepped aside for him, but in the end he turned his back on ISU and headed for money and titles, taking much talent with him. I have been watching Cyclone wrestling since the days of Dan Gable, Chris Taylor, Carl Adams, Frank Santana, Joe Zuspann and Johnnie Jones, just to name a few, so I do have some perspective. The program has still not recovered from Cael leaving. I just enjoyed seeing crablegs with a comment that I could appreciate. Yes, it would appear that Cael is a great recruiter and coach, and his wrestlers seem to be relaxed and enjoy what they do. But I am not going to just 'get over it' as it was a pretty deep cut to many of us that cared. If you can, more power to you, congratulations, but I will probably always be at least a bit bitter about that one.