I’m not sure I really have a unique perspective but I will give my thoughts. I think it would be very tough to come up with creative amenities to add to a wrestling facility to really make it stick out to a recruit so far to sway their decision on one program to another. I feel like all of them should and most new ones do have your saunas, hot/cold bath, weight lifting area, rehab areas so it’s hard to gain an advantage in that area. Your top athletes now days aren’t like they were in the 70’s through 90’s; these kids want luxury. Last time I walked through the new room with a foreman he told me there wasn’t a lounge area for the athletes (I didn’t see one but we both could be wrong). I feel like if you want to use this facility as somewhat of a recruiting tool you need a badass area with your leather chairs, some tv’s, and gaming systems, or whatever to help lure this new generation of athletes in. I feel like if they don’t have something like this it could be a big miss.
Like I said it’s hard to get creative with stuff like speakers in the mats like tOSU but I feel like just having the same as everyone else plus a tunnel makes it hard to use as any sort of idea this will help us get recruits over other teams. I do think it was due time for a new room though.
