Originally Posted by
Big Bird
Watching Stibral this week, he reminds me of a young Knutson a bit. Needs to improve his leg defense quite a bit and add a bit more strength, but he has some good tools. Even with that said, I'm really regretting Rylee Streiffel de-committing. He's super agile, quick, and had great mat sense in a few matches I watched. A lot of Gopher fans have said they need to find a bridge HWT from Kroells to when Gable Stevensen is college age, but I think they already have that guy with Streiffel. I'm skeptical his frame will support putting on a lot more weight, but he moves so well that I don't think it'll be a big issue.
I know its an extreme long shot, but I'd be on board with throwing a big offer at Beau Breske right now. Everybody wants him, but right now he's everyone's #2 option behind Mark Hall. Yesterday coach Eggum and Becker from MN even told us that Breske "is our backup plan, but he's also everyone else's backup plan in the running for Hall". I'm sure Breske knows he's most of the big teams #2 choice and I wonder if a coach like Kish could pique his interest by selling him on being your first choice and a big offer.
Also, thank you to Michigan State for deciding to promote an assistant from within and not opening up their head coaching job, even though they've been pretty much devoid of success for the past couple decades. I always thought Kish (or Bono) would be a great fit there, but now that isn't a concern. Puzzling decision, but I'm happy with it.