Pitt has had "decent" success.
It almost they are afraid to try to score points.
Honestly, outside of say, Trent Hidlay, Andonian, Lewis, and O'Connor, who is really scoring a lot of points? Pitt beat up on the schlubs just like they were supposed to, so what are you really looking for? Its there really a difference between a 10-9 match and a 2-1 match? No, there isnt.
Its because wrestling is hard and top 20-30 guys are hard to score on. Thats it. The expectations here are way too high. People see guys like Spencer Lee, RBY, Brooks, blowing guys out all over the place but those guys are the exception not the rule. High end matches will always tend to be low scoring affairs.
Pitzer redshirting also played a big role in the result Pitt got but it doesnt seem like many fans adjusted our expectations accordingly
Yes I agree. Especially Cole and Mickey. I think Cole will have trouble at the NCAA’s because he has too many close matches. One slip and he is done. I will be rooting hard for all of them from stands.
They both worry me but in regards to Cole, what separates him from many is his counter offense is not good, it’s great. That’s the difference between his close matches and say phillipi’s.
Do you think Phillipi was too conservative in the sudden victory? He seemed to be anticipating neither of them would score?
I think it would be primarily coaching. However it could be both. I was certainly not an aggressive wrestler except on my feet. I felt like giving up an escape let alone a reversal was a real mark of shame so I was very conservative.
Pressure
Pressure, let’s try to make the opponents wary of what we are going to do instead of them having time to plan what they are going to do to us.
Well spoken. I hope I didn’t say go out and randomly shoot. If I did I am sorry.
Agree. He has to wrestle differently because other teams know who he is now and have have him scouted. He used to be more aggressive offensively, (which I loved watching), but it is what it is.
Sorry, I was unnecessarily vague in that statement. Both have improved during their time at Pitt, but I don’t think either has developed a go-to shot that they have the confidence to use late in a close match. They’re very dependent on counter offense, which is tough to get to when you’re down 2-1 with 30 seconds to go.
Good things happen when you have guys make the national finals, win natties, and consistently produce AAs
Tuition cost is the same problem private schools like Lehigh have with recruiting. Although with NIL, these differences could be mitigated with cash payments to offset the differences, at least in theory.
No theory at all. How do you think PSU recruits several top 10 p4p recruits every year? Now they can do it with NIL money without breaking ncaa rules.
Competitive with PSU? No, no one is anywhere near the river of money that flows through their club. It’s not magical why they get the best guys. The coach helps, but they’ve been basically handing out unlimited scholarships since Cael got there.
No, I know that, but where is Pitt wrestling in the scheme of NIL? Approximately how many equivalent scholarships is Pitt at over the 9.9 NCAA limit? Where is Pitt compared to NCSU and VT.
It’s tough to say exactly because I don’t know how active NC State & VT are. We definitely had guys use NIL’s so they got over their scholarship amount this year.
