Jimmy Cinnabon 411 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) ...by leaving PSU to go to Rutgers. Sure, he's the face (and abs) of Rutgers and his ego has gotten the attention he so desperately craves but he has not improved (and has quite arguably regressed) since joining Rutgers. He has just dropped 2 matches in a row, his conditioning looks suspect and he looks further from a NCAA title than before his injury at Penn State. In short, coaching and the room matters. Austin DeSanto is a perfect counterexample. Nick screwed up. Penn State is lucky they are still so loaded that even without Suriano they are heavy favorites to win it all this year. Edited January 19, 2019 by Jimmy Cinnabon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigTenFanboy 1,790 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 11 minutes ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said: ...by leaving PSU to go to Rutgers. Sure, he's the face (and abs) of Rutgers and his ego has gotten the attention he so desperately craves but he has not improved (and has quite arguably regressed) since joining Rutgers. He has just dropped 2 matches in a row, his conditioning looks suspect and he looks further from a NCAA title than before his injury at Penn State. In short, coaching and the room matters. Austin DeSanto is a perfect counterexample. Nick screwed up. Penn State is lucky they are still so loaded that even without Suriano they are heavy favorites to win it all this year. Agree it was a bad move on his part, but luck has nothing to do with PSU still being loaded without him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
portajohn 463 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 Dwayne told me. Chuck told me. Even Rachel told me. I heard about it from everybody. You gotta stop talking about it. It's like "the Sopranos." It's over Kemo 1 NYWRESTLER94 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gowrestle 697 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 There is a lot of wrestling left. It’s way too early to count NS out. Heading to Pittsburgh, he will be one of the guys who will be in the mix to win the tournament. 2 herma48852 and Bombermule reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NYWRESTLER94 221 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 28 minutes ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said: In short, coaching and the room matters. Bryce Meredith says hi 2 MikePorcelli and Coach_J reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigTenFanboy 1,790 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 1 minute ago, gowrestle said: There is a lot of wrestling left. It’s way too early to count NS out. Heading to Pittsburgh, he will be one of the guys who will be in the mix to win the tournament. Miccic got hammered by Desanto last year during the regular season. Things ended up ok for him at NCAAs. 2 herma48852 and Bombermule reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Housebuye 2,449 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 So much wrong with this post. Masterful troll job. 2 dtry222 and Coach_J reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MadMardigain 1,637 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) 46 minutes ago, BigTenFanboy said: Miccic got hammered by Desanto last year during the regular season. Things ended up ok for him at NCAAs. He did come close to losing an arm though. I personally thing Suriano’s chin sponge is holding him back. Edited January 19, 2019 by MadMardigain 1 2 Ching, NYWRESTLER94 and Ogalthorpe Haywood reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DEFan79 36 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 Suriano just doesn’t bring it against the elite. He shuts down and has a tendency to stall. That approach will never get it done against the very best. He will need to take a few more risks if he wants a shot at the championship. He’s also lucky Gross is hurt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoNotQuietly 1,175 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 Wrestling is hard. I've seen no reason to believe Suriano won't be just fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigTenFanboy 1,790 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 13 minutes ago, GoNotQuietly said: Wrestling is hard. I've seen no reason to believe Suriano won't be just fine. Theres a big difference between being just fine and winning an NCAA title. I'm a Suriano fan and am rooting for him to win it all, but that doesnt mean I think it's going to happen this year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoNotQuietly 1,175 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 Fair point. Let me clarify; Suriano seemingly barely wrestled and lost by a hair to two extremely game competitors during a part of the season which I expect wrestlers to be a little down. If he just cleans up his focus, and limits tactical errors slightly, he is right there for a title again. If you're his coach, and you've got a plan, you're probably not too worried about him right now, imo. 4 herma48852, vsnej, Housebuye and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigTenFanboy 1,790 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 17 minutes ago, GoNotQuietly said: Fair point. Let me clarify; Suriano seemingly barely wrestled and lost by a hair to two extremely game competitors during a part of the season which I expect wrestlers to be a little down. If he just cleans up his focus, and limits tactical errors slightly, he is right there for a title again. If you're his coach, and you've got a plan, you're probably not too worried about him right now, imo. Honestly I think he looked fine until the 3rd period. He looked like he had no awareness of where he was in the match at that point. Before the Desanto td, I honestly think he should have been hit with stalling again! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScarletKnight 82 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 Who the hell wants to be in that hick town? Suriano is sick and lost by the hometown ref giving desanto 2 late stalling points forcing suriano to then cut desanto. Desanto earned 3 of his 6 points which nick earned all 4. So.... Anyways looking forward to a healthy nick settling business with Micic 1 tightwaist reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DEFan79 36 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 10 minutes ago, ScarletKnight said: Who the hell wants to be in that hick town? Suriano is sick and lost by the hometown ref giving desanto 2 late stalling points forcing suriano to then cut desanto. Desanto earned 3 of his 6 points which nick earned all 4. So.... Anyways looking forward to a healthy nick settling business with Micic Micic wins that match. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NnN1825 3 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 Suriano seems to be searching for some offense at the moment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stp 564 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 Suriano hasn't gotten over the butt whoopin' Spencer Lee gave him in the NCAA finals. 1 gowrestle reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scribe 1,845 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 All that matters is the post season. Suriano will be right in the thick of it. 3 Bombermule, Columbia_Lou and tightwaist reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1032004 1,514 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 He was an NCAA finalist last year and beat the defending champ to get there, it’s not like he went down the crapper since transferring. But I do agree he seems afraid to lose against some of the top guys. Hopefully now that he has he’ll learn to open up a bit. And might need to work on the gas tank a bit for DeSanto. 2 dtry222 and Coach_J reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Novak 147 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 He gassed. Push the pace and he fades. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gowrestle 697 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 I wonder if NS peeked in high school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Novak 147 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 Peeked at Snooki? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScarletKnight 82 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 5 hours ago, DEFan79 said: Micic wins that match. He is slick, ill give him that. Nick has very strong defense (strong person, period) and very good at bottom. We'll see Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bombermule 50 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 Let’s not forget the Carver effect. Mark Hall lost to Alex Meyer and went on to win a national title.Suriano will be fine. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
custom fitch 48 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 8 hours ago, DEFan79 said: Suriano just doesn’t bring it against the elite. He shuts down and has a tendency to stall. That approach will never get it done against the very best. He will need to take a few more risks if he wants a shot at the championship. He’s also lucky Gross is hurt This. Way too conservative in the early going. Converted the first shot he took for a td without much trouble but then he shut it down. His form is so solid, he should be shooting all match because he will score on the majority of his shots. In neutral he actually reminds me of Tom Brands a bit, nothing really crazy but just super solid setups and attacks. Looks like maybe some gas tank issues and maybe something going on in his head. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
