PJ Casale

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Re: PJ Casale

Post by TMH » Tue Jul 20, 2021 3:51 pm

D3 for LU wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 8:27 pm I wonder why he decommitted from the Hawkineers? :|
(Not the first Delbarton recruit to fly the coop. ;) )
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Sometimes we forget what it's like to be a 16 or 17 yo teenager. I have no real idea what has motivated PJ to decommit but I suspect it goes somewhere along these lines..

PJ just won his 1st NJ State Championship as a sophomore at 220#. Being from NJ, he is fully aware of Lehigh's reputation both academically and on the wrestling front. He envisions himself as a college HWT and perhaps Zach Rey is one of his idols. They may even have worked out together at a camp or something at one point. He commits early.
Like with all 17 yr old kids, things change. The World Team Trials and Pan Am gold gives him a new sense of self-worth. Bigger suitors with more to offer financially come knocking on his door causing a further re-evaluation.

Being a perfect tweener compounds things even more. He is no longer sure that HWT is his college calling. He has come within striking distance of 197#. That's an entirely different style of wrestling. Finally he decides that he may have committed too early. It happens. I would have loved to see him in Brown and White. Lehigh has an incredible amount to offer in terms of not only wrestling development but also personal development. The big picture becomes blurred. I wish him well wherever he ends up except for matches against Lehigh.


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Re: PJ Casale

Post by whiz wit » Tue Jul 20, 2021 3:52 pm

LU808 wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 2:58 pm
whiz wit wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 1:36 pm Maybe on a recent campus visit he ran into Denny.
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Re: PJ Casale

Post by TMH » Tue Oct 05, 2021 2:45 pm

Just announced his commitment to Rutgers
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Re: PJ Casale

Post by whiz wit » Tue Oct 05, 2021 4:37 pm

TMH wrote: Tue Oct 05, 2021 2:45 pm Just announced his commitment to Rutgers
A sign of the times, I'm afraid.
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Re: PJ Casale

Post by mookie » Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:01 pm

Pitiful choice. Rutgers is a pit.
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Re: PJ Casale

Post by JAD77 » Thu Oct 07, 2021 2:14 pm

mookie wrote: Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:01 pm Pitiful choice. Rutgers is a pit.
That's a little tough. Rutgers isn't that bad.

He bought into the whole "Jersey schtick". Said something about Jersey Tough and getting Jersey kids to stay home.

As a lifelong New Jerseyan, I'm a little sick of the Jersey Tough crap. However, with Rutgers on the rise, it is only natural that more and more New Jersey kids are going to want to represent their state. NJ has plenty of wrestling fans, and now they pack the RAC. Used to be you could hear a pin drop at a home match. Lots of kids want to be the hometown hero.
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Re: PJ Casale

Post by LU808 » Thu Oct 07, 2021 2:56 pm

I concur with the "sick and tired" of the "Jersey Tough" guy machismo. It's based on a sense of inferiority about living in NJ with it's poor reputation. They deliberately go out of their way to invent the mafioso persona thinking it embellishes their brand. I grew up in NJ and played FB at Lehigh. Most of the NJ kids exhibited that same nonsense. Really childish when middle aged adults don't / can't grow out of it too.
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Re: PJ Casale

Post by D3 for LU » Thu Oct 07, 2021 3:27 pm

Ah, fuggedaboutit! :P
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Re: PJ Casale

Post by Mountain Hawk » Thu Oct 07, 2021 3:44 pm

Could we come close on a net financial package? Not even close
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Re: PJ Casale

Post by whiz wit » Thu Oct 07, 2021 4:25 pm

Pity that we haven't been able to schedule Rutgers in recent years.
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