Postby TrueSouthFanInInwood » Thu Dec 29, 2016 12:01 am
First of all, comparing Pine to Miller is a disservice to Miller. Miller is already floors above him.
Second, I will agree that comparing him to Adams is not fair. Musselman was able to catch the interest of some bigger level tournaments previous years due to guys like Kernan, Spinks, DeRito, etc. Not so much this year, (hopefully next year), so he will just have to settle for rolling through a potentially undefeated season. Given the proper exposure, I'm guessing he's a 10-20th ranked guy in the nation.
Finally, if you want to play the matchup game (which I don't believe in), Laya may have pinned Wood in 51 seconds, but guess what? He only beat Timmy Dieter of Sherando 5-2. Wanna take a few stabs of what Miller does to that kid? It's a lot worse than 5-2. They worked out together a lot of this summer. But, as far as a 106 challenging him, if you do want to play the matchup game, a kid Miller outplaced at the S32 qualifier only lost to Kurt McHenry (yes, world champ McHenry), 5-2.. which suggests to me Miller would do the same, if not better. Any 106's around here going 6, much less giving him a close match? Didn't think so.