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Doesn’t seem like they took very long to “vet” DT?

Sure and John didn’t need to point him out

Sounds like it was a search firm. And that DT may have reached out himself

I saw Minnow say supposedly there should be another EIWA job opening, no clue if any truth to it or where. Hofstra is an option, but talk about a COL shock…

Willie says the owner of Paycom is a new donor. Supposedly Taylor did turn down the initial offer (not necessarily due to the money) but they came back with a bigger one. Will be interesting to see once it comes out…

This will be interesting. As others said, I imagine Kennedy will be one, which is also interesting as it opens up a job at PSU. Dake certainly seems like an option as well, but if he stays in State College and plans to go another cycle, what about Nolf?

Wondering this as well. I think it’s possible he may not be done competing

I agree, I was skeptical all along that he was really promised anything. Will still be interesting to see if he stays and for how long though

Willie says he’s told an announcement is coming tonight

Obviously Brooks’s situation would be different, but Fix was definitely suspended from NCAA competition for non-NCAA reasons. I believe it was USADA and not UWW, not sure if that would make a difference. https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/cowboys/2021/02/14/got-our-leader-back-oklahoma-state-wrestler-daton-fix-set-return-from-suspension-at-cowboy-challenge/328859007/

Cael was off to a good start at ISU in his first 2 years before Cunningham joined the staff.

Not sure, but I believe Daton Fox was?

Yup. Although OSU apparently also going after Cunningham kinda makes the “well who could have predicted Taylor would lose to Brooks” argument moot.

I don’t particularly care about you being wrong, but I’ll admit I do like to be right. My original comment was simply saying that the fact that Scott hadn’t been named yet meant it probably wasn’t a done deal for him to be the coach. The fact that they’ve gone after both Cunningham and Taylor already proves that correct, even if Scott ultimately gets the job.

Yeah especially after he didn’t tell Nickal he was injured…

Uh, wouldn’t this be a conflict of interest for Cael?

This seems like a different tune than you were singing about it being a done deal for Coleman to be the HC and that this had all been hashed out for awhile… I personally would believe that Coleman knew it wasn’t a done deal all along, but took the risk knowing that it would at least give him a leg up. But even in that scenario it doesn’t mean he will definitely stick around for awhile if he doesn’t get it. I assume he would at least stay for next year though.

How so?

I believe on the same FRL where they were talking about raising 57kg they were also talking about adding more Olympic weights. I’m sure almost every wrestling fan (except Nomad IIRC) wants more Olympic weights. The reason it’s not talked about as much is because it has a slim chance of happening.

It’s certainly an “existing” debate and wasn’t just because of Vito. For example Gilman struggling with the cut was brought up as well prior to the trials, and some of the speculation around Lee was that he was at an advantage because he seemed to be one of the only top guys that didn’t appear to struggle with the cut. And yeah as was mentioned wanting to raise 57kg isn’t mutually exclusive from wanting more Olympic weights. IIRC in that discussion they were making suggestions for weight classes if there were 8 or something.

Well Taylor could always go to OK State for a few years then go back to PSU if the job opens up.

My Keckeisen comment was mostly sarcasm (although that’s certainly a tossup match IMO), I was more asking if people think Barr would be better than Cochran next season. Cochran beat an AA, Barr hasn’t beaten anyone with a win at NCAA’s

This facility will be used by the women also correct? Are the women not part of HWC? I noticed at trials the athletes were listed as “Iowa Womens Wrestling Club”

Yeah are they really not going to have an RTC? The Larkins are studs in FS, will they stay?

I don’t think this is true if the number is ridiculous. BWI posters were also commenting about how Cael had been unhappy with the pay of his assistants at one point, as well as the vax mandate apparently. It doesn’t seem like it’s necessarily all sunshine and roses at PSU, although he supposedly likes their new AD much better than their last one.