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How do you do, fellow wrestlers? There is no Carter Starocci here. It is I... Starter... Carocci... doing wrestling camps around the country. Please don't forget to stay off the internet until you've paid your registration fee!

Trump is not a thief, therefore there is nothing to say about that. We can talk about your lies, or we can talk about red robster's lies. Right now we're talking about red robster's.

Fair enough. If our President’s behavior and thoughts on the matter are of interest to you, those statements are very easy to find. Thanks for the response.

It was you Ionel

a lot of monkeying around is cause

Does ban_basketball have a new roommate? What happened?

PA LE reciprocating the Snyder bust in OH

When was the last time an esteemed wrestling poster was actually sent to the Zoo and what was the reason for zooing?

And this has what to do with Trump being a thief?

Anyway, all the recent talk (not just in wrestling) of "affording" superstar athletes had me wondering, why not drop some serious cash on an elite coach and build from the ground up?

I mean, I was skeptical before. But now, I think it’s fair to question it…

https://mndaily.com/252143/city/st-robinsonfired/

Thanks for those takes, @fishbane - that's interesting stuff. My instinct tells me that, if given a choice, spending the money on a GOAT coach is a better investment than a GOAT wrestler because a coach can instill a long-term culture, build a deep recruiting pipeline, and develop talent. They may also have more leverage with the AD to keep the sport well-funded for the long haul. But you make good points for the value of superstar athletes. Look at how Caitlin Clark changed wbb at Iowa. In pro sports, star players definitely fill seats and move merch, but I also think that there's less risk to splurging on "big pro sport" talent these days since we are in the moneyball era and unknowns about performance, fit within a system, etc. are mitigated to an extent; whereas in college wrestling we don't have similar quantifiable reassurances to fall back on. Imo though, a big reason for the salary disparity between the best players and coaches in the NBA comes down to basic supply & demand. Sports like basketball cast such a huge net that there are tons of great coaching candidates who could step in anytime and be very successful with whatever roster they are given. Maybe not so much with college wrestling, where the shortlist of elite coaches like Gable, Cael, maybe Taylor/JB/Dake/Nolf, etc. to choose from is a pretty small pool, esp relative to the # of teams. The market also prices coaches based on different metrics than players. Even under the CBA, athletes leverage their own stats and free agency to command premium salaries; opportunities for coaches, otoh, are tied more to overall team success (or the movement or firing of coaches elsewhere). I can see how guys like Spencer and Taylor have created or reinforced a winning culture and opened new doors for recruiting and other stuff, but at the end of the day I think top wrestlers are still drawn to a program and a coach, not just a big bag. The converse might also be true, but in theory a top coach could take raw talent and develop a kid into something good, whereas star athletes don't really develop coaches.

St. Carl of State College?

But it was an Ohio State duffle!

Thank goodness, otherwise what Carl did to Bobby Douglas would have been embarrassing.

The report said a gun in his possession and more firearms in his duffle bag. Sheesh.

It wasn't...

So have I. Never arrested with dope, carrying a gun in an unregistered vehicle though. That's a special kind of bonehead move...

I have made many myself

Such a bonehead move...

I hope he gets through this as easily as possible.

There's a Coach Fired thread ... maybe check over there.

Will this affect his job at Lehigh?

By all means then, carry on...