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50 weeks 1 day ago | PSU Wrestling should have always been great |
They produce more talent year in and year out in Pennsylvania than any other state. It was kind of impressive that they went so long without being a top teir program |
1 year 4 weeks ago | I'm going to have to squeeze this one in |
I usually try and listen to any of the Ringer podcasts where they talk about lineman, as Mays is awesome when discussing O-Line, but I'll have to fit this somewhere in between Mbmbam and the Hardcore History series on WW1 |
1 year 4 weeks ago | Massa can beat I-Mar |
I don't know if he will, but he can. I-Mar damn near lost to Anthony Valencia a few years ago, and Massa is clearly a step above him. I-Mar is probably the second best wrestler in college right now if he's locked in, but he's not always locked in. He gets flat footed and sloppy at times, and someone as talented as Massa could take advantage. |
1 year 11 weeks ago | The flip side is |
Next year, Michigan gets Coon and Abounader back, and only has to replace Murphy and Youtsey. That's 5 guys, half the lineup, that you can expect to compete at an All American level next year. |
1 year 39 weeks ago | How are they going to do that |
If Ken Holland fills the roster with 4th liners locked up for the next 3-4 years? |
1 year 39 weeks ago | Whens the last good move Holland made? |
He dumped Pav's to clear up cap space....to pay Neilsen until he's what, 37? He's managed to sign a bunch of 4th liners outside of that to prevent any of the young guys from getting any playing time. He still hasn't addressed the defense, though I fucking shudder to think of how that's going to look. Mantha, Smith, and Jurco for Fowler? Sure why not. The Wings were in a unique position to rebuild quickly with a ton of forward depth and tradeable older players, but Holland held tight to the fucking streak, trading top 6 forward prospects for 3rd line centers so they could eek out a 7 or 8 seed. He's squandered all possible cap space, creating a future nightmare where they can't resign the youngers kids and lose them while trotting out Justin fucking Abdelkader at 5 million a year until 2023. He's proven time and time again that he's very good at listening to Hakan Anderson, and god awful at managing a roster that has a salary cap or understanding how to properly evaluate his own players. He's turned into a bad Gm, and I hope he's fired before he can fuck this teams future up too badly. Other than that he's doing great |
1 year 45 weeks ago | This seems like a lot of nothing |
Perhaps some kids parents help them get nice cars in a pretty reasonable price range because they don't have to pay for college? I mean, those are like 20k cars |
1 year 48 weeks ago | I don't think they go that way |
People in Westeros never get what they deserve. I think I can say most of us wanted terrible things to happen to Theon after his betrayal of Rob and the burning of the farm boys, but Ramsay went above and beyond, so much so that he became a sympathetic character. Joffrey wasn't tortured by prostitutes as revenge for what he did to Rose, or slain in single combat by Stannis following a one liner, he was poisoned in front of his mother by Baelish, who has torn the realm apart because he's butt hurt over Cat Stark not wanting to marry him. The worst thing that could happen to Ramsey is maybe eating some of Wyman Manderley's pies. |
2 years 4 weeks ago | Youtsey is a weird case |
He had a relatively dissapointing year this year, but he is a returning AA |
2 years 7 weeks ago | whatever you say |
Teams now score like 10 points a game less than they did back in the good old days of the 80's with all it's defense and grit. |
2 years 9 weeks ago | Georgia doesn't produce a lot of wrestlers |
Most Big Ten level wrestlers are multiple title winners in wrestling states, like Ohio or Pennsylvania. A one time champ from down south would have difficulty even placing in Pennsylvania. |
2 years 9 weeks ago | Mayhew isn't a tire fire |
He has no idea how to hire coaches, but he has some value strictly as a talent evaluator. He built an incredibly dominant defense, one that could have made a serious playoff push if he hadn't hampered the offense with his coaching choice. He hit well on the d-line in drafts, and that's what New York is going to focus on. He's not terrible in free agency, and as long as he has nothing to do with coaches it will be hard for him to fuck up that badly. He definitely deserves a job in the league, just not running the Lions. The bozo he left behind coaching the team is a different story, but he'll get his soon |
2 years 14 weeks ago | As a Kenny myself |
I can tell you that is pretty common |
2 years 15 weeks ago | Broke the mold? |
She did exactly what WCF did to Millen, right down to the half ass statement that the team is dedicated to performing better As long as she can keep hiring her kids friends, that is. |
2 years 17 weeks ago | 100% Agree |
Him and McNeil are roughly the same to me. Both lost a ton of talent at schools that can't stockpile the depth that top tier programs can. Mullen managed to have a decent year anyway, McNeil lost a Qb to injury, IIRC, and struggled just enough for an athletic director to make a regrettable decision. Though it we had hired either, right now we would be kicking ourselves for not getting Herman. |
2 years 21 weeks ago | You can hire your kids and their friends when you win |
You better damn well find some good people when you don't |
2 years 22 weeks ago | Babers isn't going to Maryland |
With the amount of jobs open this year, guys like Babers, Herman, and Holiday are gonna get snatched up by much better teams than Maryland. |
2 years 37 weeks ago | Oddsides Ale's |
It's in Grand Haven, so it's close, and everything i've ever tried from them has been excellent. When you're there, you have to try Bean Flicker, which is a coffee flavored blonde, and the Black Citra IPA if they have it on tap. |
2 years 46 weeks ago | Nope |
According to Forbes, the Lions are the only NFL team to lose money last year, and have done so for 4 straight years. |
3 years 1 day ago | Filpulla would be 5th in points on the wings |
And they could easily fit him in if they weren't paying the corpses of Franzen and Weiss to not play hockey the last 2 years. They signed Weiss to literally the same contract as Filpulla and got zero out of him. That's a giant fuck up |
3 years 1 day ago | They gave up a top 50 prospect |
but if you are OK with just throwing those guys away for literally nothing, then it's a fine deal |
3 years 1 day ago | That's being a bit generous |
either that or you've forgotten about signing Weiss, or trading for Legwand, or lettting Filpulla go, or going half a decade needing to add defense and somehow not managing to do it once. He's drafted well and managed to not make any super nova fuck ups with a core of established players but it's a stretch to say he's done a particularly good job lately, especially considering his great drafting is due in large part to Andersson's excellent scouting. It's probably time for him to move on to greener pastures and let someone who can actually go out and get some free agent or trade help take over. He's set them up nicely for the future, but the team is going to need a change of leadership from the top down if it wants to bring this young group of players to cup contention. |
3 years 2 weeks ago | It's Grey |
Which seems a little dumb to me. Schools with a lot of green probably should avoid this. |
3 years 6 weeks ago | Steiber is a beast |
Like, historic beast. He's a 3 time champ already, going for 4 this year, and he would only be the fourth wrestler in history to win 4 NCAA titles. I'm not sure on an exact count but I'm pretty sure he's lost less than 10 matches since starting high school, and most of them were close matches to older, multi-championship winning wrestlers like David Taylor. |
3 years 7 weeks ago | Finally, I contribute something of value |
I'm pretty sure that is a scene from the movie Dogma, and time is frozen around the main characters whilst some dilemna or plot point is laid out. |
3 years 11 weeks ago | They've won a single playoff game in 57 years |
It would, in fact, be surprising if the Lions made the super bowl. |
3 years 14 weeks ago | Yes |
Dom lost to the youngest Rizgallah, 4-3. I hope Coon makes the Olympics, almost entirely because that means we would get to enjoy post olympic redshirt year wrestling, which is always awesome. That's how you end up with guys like Jake Herbert teching the #2 kid in the country |
3 years 14 weeks ago | All you need to know about MSU wrestling |
Is that you could damn near walk from campus to St. Johns, and yet every single wrestler from there goes to Michigan. They were OK as a team when they had the Simmons and I think Boudro, they've had a few scattered AA and a champ since then, but that's almost entirely a result of being in a wrestling rich area. I would like to say that a big part of why that gap is starting to grow is Michigan's willingness to spend. McFarland was able to hire 2 huge name assistant coaches a few years ago from the olympic program, and Michigan has probably the nicest wrestling practice facility in college. |
3 years 17 weeks ago | Fun fact |
My phone is trolling me with that feature, as I will now demonstrate by typing a name. Brady Hoke is a very innovative and visionary offensive mind. |
3 years 17 weeks ago | I was terrified this was Coach Schiano |
Sorry man, if you end up here, but the thought of Greg Schiano in a Michigan polo makes my skin crawl, and I puke a little in my mouth |