Speaking of "MESA" Mtn. View..
How are they doing with their new coach and the "B" team that did so well at the
Black ford duals last year??
Pretty sure I remember they were up there on the pre season team rankings.
From what I see, looks like they haven't had much sucsess without Callison and all of his transfers.
Not that Casteel is doing much better..
Now Tumbleweed what exactly are you talking about? What exactly do you see? (As you put it) No one picked Mesa Mtn View to win it this year. On early projected rankings they were 3rd behind SS & Cibola. (Based on what they had coming back) When the kids went to Corona then they were projected 4th or 5th in D1.
Mesa Mtn View finished 6th at FW. Behind Corona, SS, Queen Creek, Cleveland & Mtn View Marana. That would be 3rd best for D1 teams. Many feel that Queen Creek & Mtn View Marana are two of the top teams in D2 (Me included, both have transfers but had great teams first) & Cleveland is the favorite to win it in its divison in NM.
Mesa Mtn View placed 6th at the Sierra Nevada Classic. The only dual they have lost this year is to Rancho Bernardo a good California team. They are undefeated in AZ duals so far. I'm sure many teams would take that "haven't had much success" (As you put it Tumbleweed) in a transition year. Coach Anderson took over this summer. He hasn't even had a year with the team. You might want to give him a year to make this team his own. He's doing a great job.
Callison took over a brand new school with a team that only has a sophomore & freshman class. No Juniors or Seniors. He's doing well with what he has. Casteels Jr high team is really good! They have been beating a lot of good teams. Casteel is on track.
The thing people don't understand is you don't win a championship with just transfers. You have to have the supporting cast in place or it won't work. (& they have to gel, Corona parents have been giving me crap about saying that for months haha) Corona had a really good team coming back this year. Mesa Mtn View had a good team in place before transfers came in. In 2013 (Before the Taylors) Mesa Mtn View placed 2nd at FW (Without Seth Monty, hurt) behind SS. Their #1 ranked HWT got hurt right before state & they didn't wrestle well. SS won it, Chandler made some gutsy moves & took 2nd & Corona 3rd & Mesa Mtn View took 4th. Last year Mesa Mtn View only had one transfer. (SS had a few & so did IR) They were in the mix all year. Ironwood Ridge had a good team before Klein came. He was an important part of the puzzle. (& they lost Castillo) SS had a good team before Tellez, Mordecai, Laguna & Hernandez transferred in.
So what exactly do you see?