Lee will pin Pletcher

[MadMardigain 1,273]

Guess that .5 stalling warning I was asking for didn’t come into play since it went to a full stall point.  

[AIW-HS 15]

Pletcher ain’t beating Lee this year. 

[DocBZ 89]

On 2/9/2020 at 5:50 PM, Mokoma said:

This is my prediction, and I’m not even sure it’s an outlandish prediction.

This match will not be close.

Ref was awful tonight. How did he miss an obvious Pin??

[Wrestleknownothing 388]

1 hour ago, AIW-HS said:

Pletcher ain’t beating Lee this year. 

I'm with ya on this one. Lee showed me a couple things tonight. While he presses hard he only takes shots when he feels he has an advantage. Much more strategic in his attacks while still wearing down his opponent. Pletcher looked gassed to me and that is not something that can be solved between now and the end of the season.

[PABuck 14]

1 hour ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

... Pletcher looked gassed to me and that is not something that can be solved between now and the end of the season.

That's right. Just ask Joey McKenna.... :P

Edited February 16, 2020 by PABuck

[shieldofpistis 112]

On 2/9/2020 at 6:43 PM, 1032004 said:

I don’t see either of these guys losing 3 in a row to the other.  Just not sure when each will happen.

I will bet you lee wins each time they wrestle. I have to win 2 matched prob you only 1.

[shieldofpistis 112]

1 hour ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

I'm with ya on this one. Lee showed me a couple things tonight. While he presses hard he only takes shots when he feels he has an advantage. Much more strategic in his attacks while still wearing down his opponent. Pletcher looked gassed to me and that is not something that can be solved between now and the end of the season.

3 weeks not long enough to train conditioning? That is half an mma camp. 

[MSU158 1,537]

A 4 or 5 minute match, I would slightly favor Pletcher. When conditioning isn’t a factor, Pletcher looks a tad bit better. However, conditioning is actually a HUGE factor and the last 2.5 minutes favor Lee considerably. 

Lee’s gas tank advantage is as much as I have seen since Metcalf, maybe even more. His attack rate actually goes up in the 3rd and he has become a hammer on top so if he has to finish the match on top he can and will. 

Edited February 16, 2020 by MSU158

[dmm53 471]

I'm curious how Lee vs. Retherford goes.

They might meet up at Olympic Trials if Lee manages to get past Yianni, which should be interesting. 

Yianni is crazy good with scrambles but Lee is now a force to be reckoned with. And he neutralized Eierman's scrambling when they met at the US Open.

[1032004 889]

1 hour ago, shieldofpistis said:

I will bet you lee wins each time they wrestle. I have to win 2 matched prob you only 1.

Well no guarantee they wrestle 2 more times.  How about 2:1 (I’ll donate $5 to $10 for you) Lee doesn’t go undefeated on the year?

[VakAttack 2,763]

This match was at BJC. I think the remaining matches will be closer. I think Pletcher takes it at B1Gs, but Lee wins it all.

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[cangemi 221]

Lee is really good. He had that jump similar to Rutherford junior year. He is not losing this year. Next year super interesting if him Yanni go same weight.

[Marcus Cisero 340]

Nick Lee has shown one thing this season that's indisputable - when he's in on the leg, you're going down.

Looks like we got a new #1. 

Edited February 16, 2020 by Marcus Cisero

[shieldofpistis 112]

5 hours ago, 1032004 said:

Well no guarantee they wrestle 2 more times.  How about 2:1 (I’ll donate $5 to $10 for you) Lee doesn’t go undefeated on the year?

Deal

[Wrestleknownothing 388]

7 hours ago, PABuck said:

That's right. Just ask Joey McKenna.... :P

Touche. But I think there are two differences. I believe that was McKenna's first match back after illness last year and 2020 Nick Lee handles 2019 Nick Lee.

[Lurker 1,397]

If I’m Penn State I’m looking at how much Pletcher was able to get to his legs, and each was from space. Lee dominated when he had his hands on him. If they can keep Pletcher from getting under Lee’s hands, the next match will have some separation.  If not and Pletcher can adjust and finish...we may have a different match. 

[whaletail 202]

7 hours ago, VakAttack said:

This match was at BJC. I think the remaining matches will be closer. I think Pletcher takes it at B1Gs, but Lee wins it all.

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Odd as it sounds, Pletcher very much looked like he got Carvered at BJC.

He's never had gas tank issues previously (that I recall), and apparently he's a distance runner as well.

Last night, however, was a tale of two halves, and subsequent Lee's second period TD, it almost seemed like Pletcher had been injured in the exchange.  He went from controlling the match to utterly defeated in a moment, and didn't even raise his head for the duration of the ride out.

Maybe it was just Nick's pace, but the second half of that match was a complete headscratcher for me.

[BLT 58]

11 hours ago, dmm53 said:

I'm curious how Lee vs. Retherford goes.

They might meet up at Olympic Trials if Lee manages to get past Yianni, which should be interesting. 

Yianni is crazy good with scrambles but Lee is now a force to be reckoned with. And he neutralized Eierman's scrambling when they met at the US Open.

He no doubt earned the win vs Eierman at the open but the nature of FS neutralizes a good chuck of scrambling on its own.

[Lurker 1,397]

2 minutes ago, BLT said:

He no doubt earned the win vs Eierman at the open but the nature of FS neutralizes a good chuck of scrambling on its own.

The Russians would strongly disagree

[VakAttack 2,763]

The Russians would strongly disagree

Scrambling is different in free, since you can't expose your back.

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[Lurker 1,397]

3 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

Scrambling is different in free, since you can't expose your back.

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Yes it’s different. It’s still there. And they do it very very well. Point is FS does not negate scrambling. Good scrambling can be just as effective in FS

Edited February 16, 2020 by Lurker

[82bordeaux 90]

50 minutes ago, Lurker said:

The Russians would strongly disagree

Yianni would also strongly disagree.

[TBar1977 3,839]

After watching Lee-Pletcher 1, I think Nick wins the next two matches as well. He can get to Pletcher's legs more often, and his conversion rate is very high. 

Edited February 16, 2020 by TBar1977

[Mokoma 272]

Just now, TBar1977 said:

After watching Lee-Pletcher 1, I think Nick wins the next two matches as well. He can get to Nick's legs more often, and his conversion rate is very high. 

He gets to his own legs?

[TBar1977 3,839]

1 minute ago, Mokoma said:

He gets to his own legs?

Oops. Fixed it.