Dan Dennis Writes Another Chapter, Moving on from HWC

[HawkTalk3]

Dan Dennis is leaving the HWC to write a new chapter in his life. Quotes from Dan and Tom Brands in the story below

https://iawrestle.com/2017/08/30/dan-dennis-writes-another-chapter/

 

[crablegs1]

Huge fan of Dennis.

 

[HawkeyePA]

i love the fact that Dan is so open and needs to feel a change every so often in his life. He is a great influence on the young guys and he is always an asset for the lightweights in the room. I am sure he will be back again... when the time suits him and the feel is right... seems to be a throw back to the drifter kind of lifestyle that hardly exists anymore... a true free spirit. I say THANK YOU DANIEL DENNIS and best of luck....and we will see you when ....we see you

 

[YarakTrained]

Go West young man!

 

[fan_4_life]

 

[IAChief32]

Huge fan of Dennis.

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Dude...I posted this on Twitter. Hate to think we are thinking the same haha.

 

[tgrissel]

What a great kid he is. I went to Rio and stayed with his family down there. He's like no one I've ever met and his family is awesome. He'll skate through town and punish some guys in the room now and then. The dude is as real as it gets.

 

[hawkster03]

I'm honestly concerned a bit for him. He's such a free spirit, he even mentioned not having a plan. I don't want him living out of a car when he's 67 years old. It happens.

I just hope he has a good life, one that is successful (however he defines that).

 

[tgrissel]

One thing you have to remember about Dan Dennis. He didn't live in his truck because he had to. He lived in his truck because he wanted to. As the quote from one of his T-shirts said... "Not all who wander are lost" That IS Dan Dennis.

 

[JohnBasedow]

Good luck Dan Dennis! He is a true Hawkeye and represents so much this program stands for.

 

[crablegs1]

I'm honestly concerned a bit for him. He's such a free spirit, he even mentioned not having a plan. I don't want him living out of a car when he's 67 years old. It happens.

I just hope he has a good life, one that is successful (however he defines that).

Maybe DayHawk can help Mr. Dennis figure it out.

 

[jvclark]

One thing you have to remember about Dan Dennis. He didn't live in his truck because he had to. He lived in his truck because he wanted to. As the quote from one of his T-shirts said... "Not all who wander are lost" That IS Dan Dennis.

Good point. But I still don't want him living out of his car when he is 67....

 

[butchinmi]

Good point. But I still don't want him living out of his car when he is 67....

If he is living out of a truck in Santa Barbara when he is 67, I'm guess that is better than most people retire. Or, you can just work at a desk until your full retirement age and hope to live a few years til you die. I think the dude has it more figured out than most.

 

[tgrissel]

Dennis isn't confined by anyone's social standards. If he wants to live in his truck at 67 or 87 along side a mountain he will and he'll be happier than all of us.

 

[Grip220]

I can see him living off the grid somewhere out in the wilderness maybe Alaska or something like that for what you guys are saying it seems he is that type of man..Good luck to him have some adventure while your young and healthy...

 

[hawkster03]

Trust me, I work with a lot of people every day and their money (or lack of).

There are people that chose to live a certain "carefree" life in their younger days and now when they are older they don't have a pot to piss in. It ain't fun being old and broke and many would choose to change the past if possible.

Once again, I just hope the best for his future. Great Hawk and representative of the USA.

 

[hogghawk]

Dan Dennis and Ray Brinzer will always be two of my all time favorite Hawks. They both seem to have that personality that allows life to roll on and live each day like it is your last. Kudos to Dan and I wish you nothing but the best.

 

[The catman]

Dan, if you are listening, you are welcome to come stay in my cabin in the Yaak. It is wild country and you can hunt some wolves and tree some lions this winter. I won't be there much until Dec.

 

[DayHawk18]

Maybe DayHawk can help Mr. Dennis figure it out.

My uncle has a cabin in Oregon, he's free to stay there. If he needs any financial advice, I got him there!

 

[anon_0pi0cv8t1ggvb]

Trust me, I work with a lot of people every day and their money (or lack of).

There are people that chose to live a certain "carefree" life in their younger days and now when they are older they don't have a pot to piss in. It ain't fun being old and broke and many would choose to change the past if possible.

Once again, I just hope the best for his future. Great Hawk and representative of the USA.

Something tells me the people you are working with aren't Olympic caliber wrestlers and aren't capable of dealing with stressful or difficult situations as well as Dan Dennis. He'll be fine.

The fact that so many of you are acting super concerned just shows how weird our society is with our obsession with a 50 hour a week job with 2 weeks of paid vacation (no option for unpaid vacation), and huge mortgages with the goal of attaining as many possessions as possible.

One of my favorite quotes of all time:

"There are thousands and thousands of people out there living lives of quiet, screaming desperation who work long, hard hours at jobs they hate, to enable them to buy things they don’t need to impress people they don’t like.”
-Nigel Marsh-

 

[IAHWKGUY]

I know not exact same, and two completely different people, but was it Paki O'Meara who lived out of a van after football and college were over?

 

[hawkster03]

Something tells me the people you are working with aren't Olympic caliber wrestlers and aren't capable of dealing with stressful or difficult situations as well as Dan Dennis. He'll be fine.

Define "stress" and "difficult situations"? Because I can guarantee you I've worked with people that have dealt with more "stress" and "difficult situations" than Daniel Dennis.

Wrestling in the Olympics? No.

Stress and difficult situations? Yes.

 

[anon_0pi0cv8t1ggvb]

Define "stress" and "difficult situations"? Because I can guarantee you I've worked with people that have dealt with more "stress" and "difficult situations" than Daniel Dennis.

Wrestling in the Olympics? No.

Stress and difficult situations? Yes.

......stress and the physically difficult situation of living out of a truck or living freely without some safety net, dwelling, or career.

Not trying to compare people's personal lives. (deaths, poverty, abusiveness) I just think the concern here is wacky. He's living life the way he wants to live it and he's already come back from that lifestyle to be an Olympian. Bunch of moms on here or what? =P

 

[Rustys Dad]

Good luck to this gentleman ... Follow your heart because in the end - it's your life and you need to do what's best for you. Thanks for all of your contributions to Iowa wrestling ...

 

[Abnormal lumps]

"The Dude Abides"

 

[JohnBasedow]

Something tells me the people you are working with aren't Olympic caliber wrestlers and aren't capable of dealing with stressful or difficult situations as well as Dan Dennis. He'll be fine.

The fact that so many of you are acting super concerned just shows how weird our society is with our obsession with a 50 hour a week job with 2 weeks of paid vacation (no option for unpaid vacation), and huge mortgages with the goal of attaining as many possessions as possible.

One of my favorite quotes of all time:

"There are thousands and thousands of people out there living lives of quiet, screaming desperation who work long, hard hours at jobs they hate, to enable them to buy things they don’t need to impress people they don’t like.”
-Nigel Marsh-

This. I love that quote.

 

[rossel 33]

 

[Jaybird319]

I'm looking forward to Dennis joining a history channel show in the near future

 

[butchinmi]

Trust me, I work with a lot of people every day and their money (or lack of).

There are people that chose to live a certain "carefree" life in their younger days and now when they are older they don't have a pot to piss in. It ain't fun being old and broke and many would choose to change the past if possible.

Once again, I just hope the best for his future. Great Hawk and representative of the USA.

Me too. Many kill themselves accumulating millions, retire, spend next to none of it, die and then the family fight over it. There are two sides to every coin.

 

[butchinmi]

I'm looking forward to Dennis joining a history channel show in the near future

Mountain Men is kinda a gimme here right?

 

[whejoe]

Can anyone confirm if Dan has a 401k... But seriously, good luck to DD on all future endeavors.

 

[Huck]

I would guess DD is about one of the last dudes we need to "worry" about. He's living life his way and I bet he comes out better than most of us.

It's not like he's living a fast and hard life. Guy has a solid head on his shoulders and is an elite level wrestler...who in their right mind would bet against a guy like that when it comes to "life"???

Best of luck DD, thanks for your efforts, and don't be a stranger to Iowa City.

 

[ih8iast8]

No debt, no problems.

 

[hawknut]

Mo money, mo problems.

 

[Old_wrestling_fan]

Me too. Many kill themselves accumulating millions, retire, spend next to none of it, die and then the family fight over it. There are two sides to every coin.

I have seen exactly this ^^ happen...only it didn't even have to be millions!

 

[so cal hawkfan]

Something tells me the people you are working with aren't Olympic caliber wrestlers and aren't capable of dealing with stressful or difficult situations as well as Dan Dennis. He'll be fine.

The fact that so many of you are acting super concerned just shows how weird our society is with our obsession with a 50 hour a week job with 2 weeks of paid vacation (no option for unpaid vacation), and huge mortgages with the goal of attaining as many possessions as possible.

One of my favorite quotes of all time:

"There are thousands and thousands of people out there living lives of quiet, screaming desperation who work long, hard hours at jobs they hate, to enable them to buy things they don’t need to impress people they don’t like.”
-Nigel Marsh-

You're just saying that based on your recent near death experience involving almost getting pulled into a hole in the ice.