He started off shaky. He realized that he was capable of doing much better. Now I see that he's inspired every time he steps unto the mat.

I had to make a decision about a match or a kid's future in wrestling. If he wrestled, we could have lost him for the season and I know neither Mike nor I wanted that.

As a coaching staff, we're going to be doing more individual work this semester. The dual meets are fine and we want to win them, but I'm more concerned about getting our kids into the tournaments. Dual meets are preparation and entertainment and like our match against Brown, we'll use them for gaining experience.

Once again this is a team we don't know too much about. We're just going to go out there and wrestle aggressively.

I want our young guys to keep wrestling aggressively. They just have to start minimizing their mistakes and using their heads along with instinct to make the right decisions and win the match.

It was a back and forth match-up. D'Amico came through for us. I wouldn't say that we reached a turning point after that win, but we raised our intensity level.

It's not a one-shot deal. Just because one of our younger guys wins a match, it doesn't mean we improved - but we also didn't regress.

D'Amico wrestled a smart match. He was facing one of the best heavyweights in the nation and he gave him all he could handle.

It's really hard to tell. He's having a great year, but if he doesn't have his game on that day - no matter what he did the rest of the season - he's not going to be an All-American.

It's the same story, different day. We gave up pins and we lost. If we don't give up the pins, then we win the dual-meet.