Matty Lopes

Talk about the champions, or the Top 25 nationally-ranked team!
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Re: Matty Lopes

Post by HFO » Tue May 16, 2023 11:09 am

125 Bailey/Seymour Neither will benefit by going up a weightclass. Should be Top 20 either of them. Not AA.

133 Crookham/McGonagle. Loser takes his shot moving up. AA potential.

141 Hines/133 loser and everyone else. Loser moves up to 149 for a shot. AA potential

149 Brignola/141 loser and everyone else. Top 20 potential

157 Wide open. A late grad school addition would be nice. Loser of 149 will bump up. This will be congregation of newbies trying to make lineup. Top 50?

165 Meys and possibly someone beats him. I'm of mindset that a 2x NJ State Champ is likely to have the tools. Pat and coaches have 6 months to refine that. Top 20 potential.

174 Logan until someone convincingly beats him. Lawrence had a decent year behind the scene, but didn't face any highly ranked. Top 40 likey.

184 Was hoping for another grad transfer. Wide open. Given training everyday against Beard there is upside here as year goes on. Top 20 potential.

197 Beard. Hoping he is on fire after way season ended. National Champion contender.

285 Taylor. Has clearly solidified himself and continues to improve. R12 in 2024.

Lehigh could have benefited at 6 weightclasses with graduate transfer and and it got 0. It did get 1 undergraduate transfer in Meys. It has to do better in that area when guys appear in portal. This means understanding the landscape of what weights, expectations of R12 guys likely to hit portal, majors and potential grad school programs to sell them on whether M.S. Technical Entrepreneursip, Masters in Management or whatever. Then day they hit you have a packet of material sent to them of degrees they might apply for, a money/scholarship/GA/TA package and where you see them starting at a weight.

LEHIGH seems to be playing pull marketing waiting to see who responds rather than an aggressive push marketing in anticipation when wrestlers hit the portal and pouncing on them with an all our campaign.

125 Cornell guy who is proven in EIWA going to Central Michigan for MS Engineering Management. Maybe not a huge upgrade, but this is type of guy Lehigh could have completed for with Lehigh MS Management Engineering, Flex MBA, MS Financial Engineering.

The same is true of the 4 transfers to Michigan.

So it will be a fun team because of unknowns and no lofty expectations. We have 4 R12 talent and that isn't shabby. We have 2 National Title caliber talent in Crookham and Beard, but that takes both desire and some degree of luck of no injury or a bad match.

Should be a nice team.


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Re: Matty Lopes

Post by Oracle » Tue May 16, 2023 1:20 pm

"It has to do better in that area when guys appear in portal. This means understanding the landscape of what weights, expectations of R12 guys likely to hit portal, majors and potential grad school programs to sell them on whether M.S. Technical Entrepreneursip, Masters in Management or whatever. Then day they hit you have a packet of material sent to them of degrees they might apply for, a money/scholarship/GA/TA package and where you see them starting at a weight."

HFO: I don't think you posted anything outlandish overall, except for this.

You really don't think our staff understands the landscape? Sorry, but that's absurd. Understanding and being able to land someone are two different things. Michigan is Big 10 -- they have the most qualifiers and best competition to prep for a national title. The EIWA has Cornell as the only monster team.

BTW, if you are referring to Cornell's Dom Lajoie; isn't he from Michigan? That would be a yes.

We can't praise Pat for Beard and Samuelson one year and then smack them down this year. Plus it's not over yet.
So far, we signed Hunter Meys at a weight where we had a big need. That's "understanding the landscape," is it not?
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Re: Matty Lopes

Post by LUEngineer » Tue May 16, 2023 4:47 pm

If Logan elects to drop to 165, Mays can redshirt with 3 good years left if he can’t dominate Logan to get the spot. Brignola will be at 157 next year & happy not to be weight cutting so badly.

Rogers is the wild card at 184 so interested in how he does at June freestyle.
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Re: Matty Lopes

Post by JAD77 » Tue May 16, 2023 5:24 pm

Oracle wrote: Tue May 16, 2023 1:20 pm "It has to do better in that area when guys appear in portal. This means understanding the landscape of what weights, expectations of R12 guys likely to hit portal, majors and potential grad school programs to sell them on whether M.S. Technical Entrepreneursip, Masters in Management or whatever. Then day they hit you have a packet of material sent to them of degrees they might apply for, a money/scholarship/GA/TA package and where you see them starting at a weight."
HFO: I don't think you posted anything outlandish overall, except for this.
We can't praise Pat for Beard and Samuelson one year and then smack them down this year. Plus it's not over yet.
So far, we signed Hunter Meys at a weight where we had a big need. That's "understanding the landscape," is it not?
Wasn't it Denny that posted about Samuelson's comments at the Lewis Wrestling Dinner? Tate said that almost immediately after entering the portal Zach Rey contacted him, and he was the first school to do so. Doesn't sound to me like they are sleeping on potential transfers. However HFO, I'm sure the coaching staff will appreciate some advice from you in how to do their jobs :lol:
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Re: Matty Lopes

Post by Sanddollour » Tue May 16, 2023 8:03 pm

HFO wrote: Tue May 16, 2023 11:09 am 125 Bailey/Seymour Neither will benefit by going up a weightclass. Should be Top 20 either of them. Not AA.

133 Crookham/McGonagle. Loser takes his shot moving up. AA potential.

141 Hines/133 loser and everyone else. Loser moves up to 149 for a shot. AA potential

149 Brignola/141 loser and everyone else. Top 20 potential

157 Wide open. A late grad school addition would be nice. Loser of 149 will bump up. This will be congregation of newbies trying to make lineup. Top 50?

165 Meys and possibly someone beats him. I'm of mindset that a 2x NJ State Champ is likely to have the tools. Pat and coaches have 6 months to refine that. Top 20 potential.

174 Logan until someone convincingly beats him. Lawrence had a decent year behind the scene, but didn't face any highly ranked. Top 40 likey.

184 Was hoping for another grad transfer. Wide open. Given training everyday against Beard there is upside here as year goes on. Top 20 potential.

197 Beard. Hoping he is on fire after way season ended. National Champion contender.

285 Taylor. Has clearly solidified himself and continues to improve. R12 in 2024.

Lehigh could have benefited at 6 weightclasses with graduate transfer and and it got 0. It did get 1 undergraduate transfer in Meys. It has to do better in that area when guys appear in portal. This means understanding the landscape of what weights, expectations of R12 guys likely to hit portal, majors and potential grad school programs to sell them on whether M.S. Technical Entrepreneursip, Masters in Management or whatever. Then day they hit you have a packet of material sent to them of degrees they might apply for, a money/scholarship/GA/TA package and where you see them starting at a weight.

LEHIGH seems to be playing pull marketing waiting to see who responds rather than an aggressive push marketing in anticipation when wrestlers hit the portal and pouncing on them with an all our campaign.

125 Cornell guy who is proven in EIWA going to Central Michigan for MS Engineering Management. Maybe not a huge upgrade, but this is type of guy Lehigh could have completed for with Lehigh MS Management Engineering, Flex MBA, MS Financial Engineering.

The same is true of the 4 transfers to Michigan.

So it will be a fun team because of unknowns and no lofty expectations. We have 4 R12 talent and that isn't shabby. We have 2 National Title caliber talent in Crookham and Beard, but that takes both desire and some degree of luck of no injury or a bad match.

Should be a nice team.
If you are talking about LaJoi from Cornell.why do you think Lehigh lost out on him when Seymour I believe majored him or teched him at the Binghamton Open. This team works hard. The coaches work hard and are the best for the team. Henderson is a great addition. Having Darian, Nashon, Wood and the rest at the RTC trust in the process and they will help build a stronger program. Have a little faith in the team assembled and support them to the fullest.
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Re: Matty Lopes

Post by BP-LU87 » Tue May 16, 2023 8:26 pm

Fwiw…..wrestlestats has Lajoie ranked #98 at 125. Seymour is ranked #48 and beat Dom 10-1 last season. Bailey is #28 and is 5-2 vs common opponents whereas Lajoie 2-5 vs common opponents. We’re ok taking a pass.
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Re: Matty Lopes

Post by LUEngineer » Tue May 16, 2023 9:10 pm

agree that we have 2 good guys at 125 with no need for portal transfer.

Biggest need is a 174 pounder that can step in immediately.
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Re: Matty Lopes

Post by Oracle » Wed May 17, 2023 6:33 am

Logan has some nice leg attacks and is generally decent on his feet. Not great because he doesn’t defend all that well. But this part of his wrestling is good. Really bad on top. Average to below average on bottom. Tons of experience—he has faced many of the top guys.
We all want him to break thru. When Gerry Leeman was coach, you had your spot unless you lost and continued to lose. Ralph Prkyrl was the starting 137. He lost a couple and got pinned in the first period at Navy. That was it. New starter was inserted. Happened to be Jay Leeman, but he was better than .500. Why bring it up? Maybe it’s time for a change if results don’t materialize.
Thane Lawrence. Maybe squeeze the new guy Jared Schoppe down? I’d like to see what Lawrence might produce given a chance in duals, not just Opens.
But you’re right about 174.
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Re: Matty Lopes

Post by mookie » Wed May 17, 2023 7:17 am

How do you expect to win without wrestling on the mat?
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Re: Matty Lopes

Post by Oracle » Wed May 17, 2023 8:43 am

You can't. I'm being polite.

Well....if he was a TD machine maybe .....
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