Number 2 is certainly up for debate. Much easier to develop when your room is full of top 10's. Injury prevention, maybe. They've lost their fair share too. I'll give you the "VAST" comment in Number 1.
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Yes, I'd guess 10 is the longest he'd go. That's just my opinion, with no discussions with anyone
This makes no sense at all. The likes of DT, Dake, Burroughs while having the highest of international and ncaa accolades have proven nothing that they could successfully lead one of the top 2 programs in the NCAA.
While they come from the mold of Gable, Smith, Brands and Sanderson the difference is these great coaches from this era all cut their teeth coaching for multiple years before given the reigns.
No way any of they’d guys is given the keys to a program with a half million dollar salary out of the gate
You're crazy if you wouldn't.
DT as a head coach would be smart enough to hire a team that could help in the administrative side. And with the money/resources that Iowa has, it wouldn't take him long to figure that stuff out. He'd be able to recruit at an elite level immediately and run practices. What would he really need "seasoning" for? Flight and van plans?
So you're boy DT is going to coach in the "House that Tom built" (BTW, if anyone doesn't think it would have happened without Tom, they are certifiably crazy).
Next DT, an ex-PSU grad, is going to fund raise like Tom has for HWC and beyond.
Then, we're going to have to trust that he can: coach, recruit, train to at the highest level from day 1.
Send me some of what you're on.
So right now we have arguably the second best coaching staff in the country who have won national titles in the past. We are going to fire all of them and bring in a team of guys with no ties to the program and no real coaching experience. Meanwhile you have a very obvious head coach of the future about to go for his fourth Ncaa title. Seems like a great plan. Maybe we can get this guy to bring back a guy who left our program and has used every opportunity since to dump on our program. (we and us used incorrectly here I'm not affiliated with the Iowa wrestling program in any way.)
I think they already have some stuff going on and might not want to head up a D1 program.
While I agree with your original opinion on scoring on his own offense, he has improved at every nationals. That he gets scored on when he takes chances at the end of matches just reinforces (mentally) that risk taking can be harmful in a match. In college wrestling, there is so much parity now. We saw it this weekend in multiple conference tourneys where matches come down to one point or an OT takedown. I don’t know how many shots he took in the third period against Maryland and the other kid did nothing (until he did).
1. I mean, I guess you're saying a non-Iowa grad can't have the Iowa job? Sounds pretty ridiculous.
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Just paying attention. You might want to try it outside of the Hawk program. Particularly to the (only) one program that is kicking our arses year after year.
I don't have a say in it. Spencer has said he wants to compete in Paris, so that kind of speculation is a long way off
Of course. I was just responding to the post that says these types should be the target. I’m not saying they can’t or won’t be great coaches at the D1 level or wherever they choose to land. Just that it’s a risk taking somebody with 0 time doing the things a Tom Brands or Sanderson or Smith does.
I get what you’re saying. IMO you had two coaches who after great wrestling careers builds dynasties.
There’s a lot to building a Dynasty other than having the success on the mat that Dan Gable or Cael Sanderson did.
Joseph was 3 time pa state champ beating Kemerer several times. He was top 10 p4p Recruit.
