Lordnelson

The answer to rules open to interpretation/misinterpretation is never more rules or caveats to the rules. Officials have a difficult time in many of these positions judging PD vs "the kid put himself there" and letting it play out. I wish High School would adopt the 1st injury time resulting in opponent choice rule. It literally plays no role in "athlete safety" to allow an opponent a "free" injury time that almost always results in: a. the athlete returning to wrestle b. coordinated pit stop to catch a breath, get coaching **Really it's about coaching and encouraging your athlete not to put themselves in those positions.

Great work here. Some teams really struggled this weekend for whatever the reason. A lot praying at the wildcard altar.

The kid makes it impossible to actually genuinely like him. It reminds me of kids in school that were doing dumb things at parties but we all couldn't stop watching so we never intervened, just watched it burn. Top talent, top self destructive behavior. Need him in the UFC now so Dana can call him an idiot.

PSU's first multi-day weigh in. Every season they blip at the Big 10's. Whether it's one or two guys or they cede the team title to tOSU or IA like they have occasionally in past couple of years before blowing them out at the show. Nothing to see here, move on.

Jax wanted OkSt long before Taylor was hired there. Bo went to Iowa for the money, the end. Kid is a wrestling lifer and good on him for getting the money that so many before him never had the opportunity to having lived out of their cars to chase world and olympic level dreams with hopes of maybe landing a College Coaching Gig somewhere. PSU is the best overall setup in our sport. 1. They have, if not the best, one of the best Coaching staffs. The athletes that stay always develop 2. They recruit extremely well 3. Their RTC has evolved into the best, therefore all kids have exposure to multiple looks at top tier excellence and have a natural transition post graduation 4. They have financial backing that supports the changing landscape of NCAA Sports You can look at other programs and find obvious dents in one of the 4.

Much ado about nothing

If you're asking me about NDSU, none in my opinion. My point is that if in theory he's on the hot seat as another poster insinuated then he should have time to reboot the program and be able to choose his staff with autonomy....if it is all "on him".

I think Coach Blanc still should get a couple of seasons to reboot. As for where his assistants fit in to the future, that's another story.

Notable to include the support system that surrounds programs. RTC's are a big one, and the biggest prior to the mystery of NIL. I took these snapshots from @afellars01 on Twitter. I believe he FOI'd the information. The University v RTC v NIL support system tells the story of the programs as a whole. You could logically deduce that OU is a great place to coach because of the support given directly by the University. You could could also logically draw a conclusion that Oklahoma Schools are way off the mark in using multiple avenues to support their athletes and are still coaching in the 1990's. Cornell is doing more than 2.5x in budget yearly than the Oklahoma RTC. They have no scholarships, IVY League Education, and give aid on Financial need with very little NIL support. A look into this information may give you a clue as to why Cael was for NCAA regulation on NIL, he cornered the RTC market.

I get you're not hating on the guy but you've made the point that "his style doesn't translate there". Supporting the fact that Admin cut ties "may have been the right move" is really a nothing point. He was there 3 seasons and it's been 8 years since he left. He was brought in under the guise of cleaning up their optics. Meanwhile they were top 10, had 10 All Americans and two National Champs under him. So his style of winning clearly doesn't fit what Oklahoma wanted. Whatever, I'll never understand what world OU fans live in and why they had to get rid of Cody. To me it just looks like over meddling alum trying to bend rules and Cody wasn't having it. I remember a bunch of them freaking out over Caldwell transferring. I guess I'm just nuts here.

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In 2024's current economy, paying a D1 Coach under 100,000 a year and expecting measurable success is really burying your head in the administrative sand. When Brockport listed their coach's position a few years ago, it was a stipend, like 17,000. Embarrassing for a program that has won National Titles and operates under NYS Ed Aid. Onondaga Community College in Syracuse created and listed a Coaching position for their new "programs" for an embarrassing stipend as well, which included coaching both Men's and Women's wrestling.

Have you seen the 10 most expensive programs in the country per this season?