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?

Sure, if you think so. Explain one thing that has improved since they parted ways.

Oklahoma has been amazing since Cody left. I'll never understand the vitriol. They hired him to clean up their program, he does that, punches through multiple AA's and NC, and he still the "worst" on this board. Regardless, when Buffalo parted ways with Beichner Buffalo consistently had guys ranked in the top 20 and competing for AA. Since Stutzman's hire, they have slowly taken a downturn. 9 guys in the portal last year, all underclassmen. Enough said. Binghamton almost shut them out this year. While I agree he was a great hire on paper coming from Bloomsburg where he was making some noise, he hasn't really done enough to warrant locking him in for another contract. Buffalo can do better with the right hire.

Tough to evaluate a Head Coach on just finish alone as many have pointed out, but the big picture or culmination of a lot of things could prove a critical look at the program and if a change is needed. 1. Recruiting: losing the best kids on the bus to PSU, period. PSU does a great job but process of development is much easier when you start with the best. Iowa got Lee, and he did as expected. They need to land more straight up ready made products and not lose them to other schools, specifically PSU and tOSU. 2. Development: I think they are on par with the best in this area. They produce "surprises" on the national scene every year, maybe not to Iowa homers, but to the rest of the country. They are starting at the middle and bringing guys into the conversation. I see Arnold being a great example of this in the next few years as one of the few top recruits landed that I believe will perform to the expectations. 3. NIL: Mixed. Early in the game but they are getting mileage out of these transfers. Caliendo, Franek, and Woods all placed and met at the very least minimum expectations. 4. Institutional Control: They've had a rough couple of years. The gambling thing is a joke for sure but still a rule and they got whacked. Call it what you want, it is a negative knock. Actively recruiting the Ferraris and all that comes with it. AJ is what he is and bringing in Angelo cost them arguably their best recruit in Chittum to their direct instate rival. Again, they went all in on the gamble and until proven otherwise they are in the loss column on this. 5. Stale wrestling: They have become a garden variety B10 product and aren't all that exciting to watch. Other than Caliendo and Kennedy they really don't wrestle that offensively consistent against the best competition. Since they limit their exposure as well, it seems to continually cost them. 6. RTC: Yikes. Taken some real hits here. Next few weeks a great opportunity to change this. Who do you replace him with? Hawkeye wrestling nation embraces their own so it isn't that easy to bring in someone outside that will put an entirely new face on the sport for them. Being in the top 5 consistently and winning in recent years makes it difficult to toss him. Don't see a change coming soon but the conversation is warranted.

Oklahoma is a career killer now. They can’t figure out what they are. Hired Mark Cody to clean the program up then ousted him for doing it. He had consistent AA’s and a National Champ. Then they did Roselli dirty as well. Good luck whoever goes there.