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Would be huge for the program if that's the guy. Him or Mark Cody would be slam dunks IMO.

NY natives not named Nickerson who may be the guy: Donnie Vinson Nick Gwiazdowski Mark Cody Kerry McCoy Vougar Oroudjov Kyle Dake

Kind of surprised Bockman even entered the portal at all. I can only imagine Adam Hall and the staff he assembles will be more impressive than the previous staff.

Yes, even under the old system, it should be very clearly communicated between the coach and the trainer. "DO NOT finalize/input this until I look it over and give you the go ahead." Lack of communication from coaching staff. THAT is what is unbelievable at the DI level.

Wow. That's unbelievable at the DI level.

I'm very high on this kid. Gritty. Finds ways to win close matches. tOSU got a good one here. Between him and younger Bouz, their future at the middleweights looks bright.

I think his results have regressed because he is not now, nor ever been, a super technical wrestler. He won, and still wins, a lot of his matches based on his incredible athleticism. When you're young, and at a lightweight, being extremely powerful/strong/explosive/athletic is more likely to lead to wins than it is when you get older and into bigger weights. My two cents. Not saying he's not a technical wrestler. But he's certainly not as technical as you'd expect based on his results.

Care to elaborate? I was in college at this time, and never heard about this. Curious about it now.

Not a bad 'best option' at all. NQ as a true soph with 18-11 record.

Not sure about that. But @Husker_Du has him in bloodround at 141 in 2025 Crystal Ball.

No.

Hawks is better. Evidence by his resume and him making the R12 this NCAA and R16 the NCAA before. Could/should coaching staff handled the situation differently? Probably. But Hawks is the better wrestler.

100%. Unfortunately sounds like we're on the fast track to UB dropping.

With all due respect, you're a f*cking idiot for this take. You're delusional if you think high school kids today 'barely know' who John W. Smith. And I'm saying that with all due respect.

He has been on record saying that the cut to 74 was difficult. I think this is common knowledge.