I'm sure he will be on here shortly with the "Terry to ISU" thread
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I'm sure he will be on here shortly with the "Terry to ISU" thread
He makes a good amount more than Pritzlaff and Perry. Definitely makes more than Popolizio. About a wash with Dresser.
Plus, even as much as ISU is down, it is still a program with great tradition in the Big 12. It is at least as big of a draw as Oklahoma and they got Roselli who Is a great coach.
The timing is tough for ISU, because they do have some great young wrestlers redshirting and on the way in. Just when it looked like KJ was turning around recruiting, his time runs out. I'm not big on hoping ISU again becomes a national power, but the timing of KJ's resignation is about as bad as it could possibly be for the sake of the future of ISU's program. It's kinda hard not to feel for them a bit.
Just an FYI that I found on another forum...someone tried reporting that Pollard had a "guy lined up".
Might be bs, but regardless what happens, this year's recruiting class, or signed recruits, is toast. Not sure how things work, and it's going to cause a few coaches a headache, but I would think the majority of the scholly $$$ is already allotted out for those already signed. If you get a top notch guy available... you find a way, I guess.
Might be bs, but regardless what happens, this year's recruiting class, or signed recruits, is toast. Not sure how things work, and it's going to cause a few coaches a headache, but I would think the majority of the scholly $$$ is already allotted out for those already signed. If you get a top notch guy available... you find a way, I guess.
I think Pollard informed KJ he was looking last week and to keep mum which tells me that he has a guy and that they are going to release the name quickly. If not, then they were stupid for doing this before the NCAAs were done. If they are smart, they are able to do this to try and get the coach on board keeping recruits around.
I hope they get a good hire so I can go to some relevant Iowa-ISU duals in the future. Would rather see a strong ISU than a strong Minnesota.
Since the Gophs are content to field a lineup of in-State kids only, outside of Lizak, I'm not going to worry about them being strong anytime soon. The upside for them is the recruiting budget must have a pretty good bottom line because they seldom need a plane ticket to go see their targets. Just a hour car drive to the 'burbs.
A sweet little cult they have going around all those lakes.
BTW: Now I'll have to wait for one of the three stooges, aka Jammie/Grappler/MnRodent. to correct me.
A sweet little cult they have going around all those lakes.
BTW: Now I'll have to wait for one of the three stooges, aka Jammie/Grappler/MnRodent. to correct me.
I would be absolutely shocked if Pariano gets a head coaching job anytime soon. He did do a hell of a job at northwestern though.
The Allar decommit hurts them but Gomez not so much. He's gotten a ton bigger and 33 seems long gone. I highly doubt he's beating Storr any time soon if ever.
His name just popped in my head... I think he'd be an absolutely tremendous hire.
You think he'd take the call??
Who knows. You'd have to think if he wanted to coach at a big d1 he would have thrown his hat in for Oklahoma job etc.
I guess there is 2 ways to look at it.
What hire keeps this Years and last years class together?
Who's best long term?
Maybe Pollard is believing Downey's own hype and plans on making him coach.
Yes he would. And he is worth the dollars it would take to get him back to ISU, for what he would bring in to that university.
Iowa St should be a top 10 team, year in and year out. It's good for the sport. They have a really solid recruiting class coming in next year, hoping they can get a solid coach and not lose all those recruits. I may be alone in my thinking here, but I miss the duel meets when Iowa St was good. Like the Joe Heskett days.
Hire an OTC guy with no college coaching experience...what could go wrong with that?
I actually think this has a better chance of happening than Bael returning. But I hope to God it doesn't.
Troy Nickerson? Former ISU assistant/great technician/young/motivated/D1 head coaching experience.
Dust off Bobby D. He is a great guy and great coach. Wish they hadn't pushed him out for Cal. They didn't want to lose Cal like they lost Gable. Of course he is coming up on 75 but I'm still a big fan.
Read your post on CF. And I'm extremely confused about your cryptic response regarding the newest recruits ...What did you mean regarding Allar... "I think that ship has sailed". He's signed, sealed, and delivered with the November NLI... to ISU. He likely requests a release, but that ship hasn't "sailed".
You've posted this twice now.
You must believe it.
I could post 10 reasons why Cael wouldn't go from State College back to Ames, but I'll save the HR board the grief.
Well, it's clear I'm one of the old farts around here, because I miss the Mike Land/Joe Zuspan/Kelly Ward/Frank Santana/Mike Mann days. . . .
EDIT: Also, although he was a great wrestler, I think I'd refer to the "Joe Heskett days" as the "Cael Sanderson days" instead. He was also pretty good.
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mike land was the name i thought of. when he said heskett i thought what a youngster.
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