Good question. I don't know how many teams from other divisions would be of a similar caliber to the bottom rung of division one. If wrestlestat dual rankings are a guide, Gannon is the 18th ranked dual team in D2. Kent State is 69th in D1
Even then, Penn State expects to win by more than double. In fact many are saying that if Penn State does not at least have double the points of the second place team, it will be considered a major disappointment, and Cael could be on the hot seat.
I haven't seen many over the "overly explaining" type people end up in positions of leadership. Mostly because it's often a poor strategic tactic if you're viewing a debate as a win/lose.
While true in theory, I can also envisage a world in which he has done it nicely thousand times before and been ignored. Who knows. That's how most business world works though
I think when you provide rankings, you are giving a blunt, non-reactive message. When a person doesn't like the message, they may want to respond in kind. I agree Kozak was most noble, followed by Borelli, with Pyles as a distant last
Whining as a pejorative for calling out what he perceived to be as an injustice against his wrestler and his program. It's not as bad as it sounds and the world presents these situations to all of us
I think there is probably a middle ground that made more sense in reality. Dropping 18 spots while remaining undefeated is odd. Dropping some other moderate amount can be explained away by the Ventresca/Brown response which is fair to me.
I think he spends plenty of time evaluating those wrestlers, but not in a way on which he would be emphasizing where they stand in an objective historically based ranking
As a lower profile school that is overlooked even in the best of times, I'd argue the coach is benefiting the team by being more vocal and visible. Again, I thought the discourse between he and Kozak was completely above board.
I mean fair point on the last sentence. We all do with full time jobs. But what is our lens? To be entertained and to predict the winners.
The lens of a coach is - how do I prepare my wrestler for that guy. And so I feel it is less likely to view in an objective way because why would he?
There are only a handful of ranking services and after Intermat, Flo is the most commonly cited I tend to see. As others mentioned, coaches probably don't feel the need to delve into the nuances between Austin Murphy and Sal Perrine, its easy to defer to the public rankings.