Cody Brewer leaving Virginia Tech for Princeton AHC role

[flyingcement]

Good luck to him.  Wonder who will replace him at VT

[Le duke]

Good luck to him.  Wonder who will replace him at VT

Mekhi?


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[flyingcement]

Just now, Le duke said:

Mekhi?


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Not a bad choice!  There was some chatter on the Virginia Tech boards about whether or not Seidel would stay committed given this change.  Apparently he was quite close with  or fond of Brewer.  

[ionel]

1 minute ago, flyingcement said:

Not a bad choice!  There was some chatter on the Virginia Tech boards about whether or not Seidel would stay committed given this change.  Apparently he was quite close with  or fond of Brewer.  

Virginia Tech has boards? 

[flyingcement]

Just now, ionel said:

Virginia Tech has boards? 

https://virginiatech.sportswar.com/message_board/vtwrestling

[flyingcement]

@ionel btw you've got quite the rotation of avatars going!

[ionel]

6 minutes ago, flyingcement said:

@ionel btw you've got quite the rotation of avatars going!

In the midst of a campaign, guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do.  

[Hammerlock3]

1 hour ago, Le duke said:

Mekhi?


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severely doubt it

[WildTurk]

Tom Brands?

[NM1965]

5 hours ago, Le duke said:

Mekhi?


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Isn't he going to see what he can do at the Sr level before getting into coaching, if he's actually interested in coaching? 

[NM1965]

2 hours ago, WildTurk said:

Tom Brands?

Tom isn't legally allowed to be more than 500 miles from his shrink. 

[Hammerlock3]

11 minutes ago, NM1965 said:

Isn't he going to see what he can do at the Sr level before getting into coaching, if he's actually interested in coaching? 

who says he's interested in the sr level?

[wrestle87]

21 minutes ago, NM1965 said:

Isn't he going to see what he can do at the Sr level before getting into coaching, if he's actually interested in coaching? 

Mekhi has a LOT of wear and tear on his body, not to mention he's a pretty heft 'tweener.  He's got the skillset to be very good in freestyle...but I don't know how many joints he has left to sacrifice at the alter of wrestling.

[VAtoSC]

I don't think Mekhi is anywhere near healthy enough currently to try and wrestle on the SR Level. 

Do they look to bring back a former Hokie like Brascetta from Maryland or Dance from American? Or do they go outside the program? 

Edited April 9 by VAtoSC

[Hammerlock3]

21 minutes ago, VAtoSC said:

I don't think Mekhi is anywhere near healthy enough currently to try and wrestle on the SR Level. 

Do they look to bring back a former Hokie like Brascetta from Maryland or Dance from American? Or do they go outside the program? 

Robie has been pretty good at pulling in high profile guys from a variety of places...very difficult to predict, doubt he'll jump at a tech guy. Seems likely a smaller guy who can be a practice partner is a priority, or maybe midsized depending on how much frayer is wrestling these days. Another concern might be if they are worried about Henson getting portal swooped, maybe you get someone to challenge him.

Edited April 9 by Hammerlock3

[steamboat_charlie]

No idea who they'll go after.  Brewer is a guy that's transitioned really naturally into coaching.  Definitely can see him running a program down the line.

This being an Olympic year, will we see some guys hang it up that might also be poised to make a natural transition?  

Looking at lightweights... maybe Gilman, Richards, or McKenna?  I could see all three being strong technical coaches and potentially good recruiters. 

If it's a lateral, hard to say who would go from an assistant gig to another assistant gig without a clear progression path, with Frayer already in the associate HC role (unless he's poised to leave soon for a HC job).  

[Winners Circle]

18 hours ago, steamboat_charlie said:

No idea who they'll go after.  Brewer is a guy that's transitioned really naturally into coaching.  Definitely can see him running a program down the line.

This being an Olympic year, will we see some guys hang it up that might also be poised to make a natural transition?  

Looking at lightweights... maybe Gilman, Richards, or McKenna?  I could see all three being strong technical coaches and potentially good recruiters. 

If it's a lateral, hard to say who would go from an assistant gig to another assistant gig without a clear progression path, with Frayer already in the associate HC role (unless he's poised to leave soon for a HC job).  

I doubt Brewer would have left if he had any inclination that Frayer was planning too leave, because then Brewer could have slid into AHC role at VT (instead of the same role at Princeton).

[steamboat_charlie]

1 hour ago, Winners Circle said:

I doubt Brewer would have left if he had any inclination that Frayer was planning too leave, because then Brewer could have slid into AHC role at VT (instead of the same role at Princeton).

Fair point.  

However, it's possible Frayer is a a year or two away from helming his own program, and Brewer preferred to make this jump now to accelerate his own progress and shorten the timeline to a HC role.  

If that's the case you might be able to lure a promising AC from another program that has an AHC ahead of them who's not likely to leave.  

[Hammerlock3]

does retherford have plans post olympics?

[WrestlingFan89]

10 hours ago, Hammerlock3 said:

does retherford have plans post olympics?

He’s taking Terry’s job

[1032004]

20 hours ago, Hammerlock3 said:

does retherford have plans post olympics?

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/12/04/2790027/0/en/ABR-Dynamic-Funds-LLC-Expands-Team-with-World-Champion-Zain-Retherford.html

[Hammerlock3]

4 hours ago, 1032004 said:

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/12/04/2790027/0/en/ABR-Dynamic-Funds-LLC-Expands-Team-with-World-Champion-Zain-Retherford.html

money liking jerk....

[Antitroll2828]

On 4/9/2024 at 4:24 PM, steamboat_charlie said:

No idea who they'll go after.  Brewer is a guy that's transitioned really naturally into coaching.  Definitely can see him running a program down the line.

This being an Olympic year, will we see some guys hang it up that might also be poised to make a natural transition?  

Looking at lightweights... maybe Gilman, Richards, or McKenna?  I could see all three being strong technical coaches and potentially good recruiters. 

If it's a lateral, hard to say who would go from an assistant gig to another assistant gig without a clear progression path, with Frayer already in the associate HC role (unless he's poised to leave soon for a HC job).  

I feel like I read or heard an interview where McKenna said he was going to the Wharton school of business when he started training at penn RTC so he probably has a big $$ job waiting I don’t think he goes into college coaching in any full time capacity, Gilman is a weird dude idk if he goes into coaching 

[steamboat_charlie]

20 hours ago, Antitroll2828 said:

I feel like I read or heard an interview where McKenna said he was going to the Wharton school of business when he started training at penn RTC so he probably has a big $$ job waiting I don’t think he goes into college coaching in any full time capacity, Gilman is a weird dude idk if he goes into coaching 

Re: McKenna that makes complete sense.  Smart kid.  

Gilman is weird but I think he could be interested in coaching.  Despite his quirks he does have a fairly cerebral approach to the sport.  

[Antitroll2828]

3 hours ago, steamboat_charlie said:

Re: McKenna that makes complete sense.  Smart kid.  

Gilman is weird but I think he could be interested in coaching.  Despite his quirks he does have a fairly cerebral approach to the sport.  

Not disagreeing with your take on Gilman I just meant he might stop wrestling and start climbing mountains or end up a hippie living in the desert or something else wild and unexpected bc he is just a different kind of cat then most of your average  high level guys